PRINTER'S NO. 229
No. 209 Session of 1977
INTRODUCED BY MESSRS. STEWART, BITTINGER, PETRARCA, LAUDADIO,
LIVENGOOD AND D. R. WRIGHT, FEBRUARY 9, 1977
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR RELATIONS, FEBRUARY 9, 1977
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of December 5, 1936 (2nd Sp.Sess., 1937
2 P.L.2897, No.1), entitled "An act establishing a system of
3 unemployment compensation to be administered by the
4 Department of Labor and Industry and its existing and newly
5 created agencies with personnel (with certain exceptions)
6 selected on a civil service basis; requiring employers to
7 keep records and make reports, and certain employers to pay
8 contributions based on payrolls to provide moneys for the
9 payment of compensation to certain unemployed persons;
10 providing procedure and administrative details for the
11 determination, payment and collection of such contributions
12 and the payment of such compensation; providing for
13 cooperation with the Federal Government and its agencies;
14 creating certain special funds in the custody of the State
15 Treasurer; and prescribing penalties," further providing for
16 the definition of week.
17 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
18 hereby enacts as follows:
19 Section 1. Subsection (z) of section 4, act of December 5,
20 1936 (2nd Sp.Sess., 1937 P.L.2897, No.1), known as the
21 "Unemployment Compensation Law," amended May 23, 1949 (P.L.1738,
22 No.530), is amended to read:
23 Section 4. Definitions.--The following words and phrases, as
24 used in this act, shall have the following meanings, unless the
25 context clearly requires otherwise.
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2 (z) "Week" means any calendar week ending at midnight
3 Saturday, or the equivalent thereof, as determined in accordance
4 with general rules adopted by the department: Provided, however,
5 That for the purposes of computation of the partial benefit
6 credit if the workday of an individual includes parts of two
7 calendar days, all the work performed by such individual during
8 such workdays shall be deemed to have been performed during the
9 day in which the preponderance of the work was performed.
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11 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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