PRINTER'S NO. 1064
No. 977 Session of 1981
INTRODUCED BY FEE, BELFANTI, COCHRAN, A. K. HUTCHINSON, DeMEDIO,
GREENFIELD, GEORGE AND COLAFELLA, MARCH 23, 1981
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR RELATIONS, MARCH 23, 1981
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," eliminating the one
16 week waiting period for unemployment benefits.
17 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
18 hereby enacts as follows:
19 Section 1. Subsection (e) of section 401, act of December 5,
20 1936 (2nd Sp.Sess., 1937 P.L.2897, No.1), known as the
21 "Unemployment Compensation Law," amended July 10, 1980 (No.108),
22 is amended to read:
23 Section 401. Qualifications Required to Secure
24 Compensation.--Compensation shall be payable to any employe who
1 is or becomes unemployed, and who--
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3 (e) [(1) Has been unemployed for a waiting period of one
4 week, unless the Governor upon the occurrence of a major
5 disaster declares that a state of emergency exits, in which
6 event the department may suspend the waiting week requirement
7 with respect to unemployment resulting directly from such
8 disaster.
9 (2)] No week shall be counted as a week of unemployment for
10 the purposes of this section, (i) unless it occurs within the
11 benefit year which includes the week with respect to which such
12 employe claims compensation, or (ii) if compensation has been
13 paid or is payable with respect thereto, or (iii) unless the
14 employe was eligible for compensation with respect thereto under
15 all other provisions of this section and was not disqualified
16 with respect thereto under section 402 (a), (b), (d), (e), (g),
17 (h) and (i).
18 [(3) Notwithstanding any provision of this subsection, when
19 an individual has been paid benefits in his current benefit year
20 equal to four times his weekly benefit amount, he shall be
21 eligible to receive benefits for his waiting period claim in
22 accordance with this act.]
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24 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall
25 apply to all claims filed on or after the effective date of this
26 amendatory act.
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