PRINTER'S NO. 861
No. 761 Session of 1985
INTRODUCED BY JOHNSON, HALUSKA, VROON AND GODSHALL, APRIL 9,
1985
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR RELATIONS, APRIL 9, 1985
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," providing for
16 contributions and benefits for certain self-employed persons.
17 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
18 hereby enacts as follows:
19 Section 1. The act of December 5, 1936 (2nd Sp.Sess., 1937
20 P.L.2897, No.1), known as the Unemployment Compensation Law, is
21 amended by adding a section to read:
22 Section 402.5. Self-Employed Persons.--A person who is self-
23 employed on whose behalf contributions were made as provided in
24 this act shall be entitled to benefits as an employe when the
1 business is forced to close because of: (i) economic conditions;
2 (ii) threats of bodily harm; or (iii) another person has
3 discontinued supplying a product or service upon which the self-
4 employed person relied for a substantial portion of his
5 business.
6 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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