PRINTER'S NO. 3556
No. 2581 Session of 1990
INTRODUCED BY DALEY, KASUNIC, STISH, ROBINSON, CORRIGAN,
COLAIZZO AND GRUITZA, MAY 23, 1990
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR RELATIONS, MAY 23, 1990
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 compensation.
17 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
18 hereby enacts as follows:
19 Section 1. Section 401(e) of the act of December 5, 1936
20 (2nd Sp.Sess., 1937 P.L.2897, No.1), known as the Unemployment
21 Compensation Law, amended July 21, 1983 (P.L.68, No.30), is
22 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--
2 * * *
3 (e) [(1) Has been unemployed for a waiting period of one
4 week.]
5 (2) No week shall be counted as a week of unemployment for
6 the purposes of this section, (i) unless it occurs within the
7 benefit year which includes the week with respect to which such
8 employe claims compensation, or (ii) if compensation has been
9 paid or is payable with respect thereto, or (iii) unless the
10 employe was eligible for compensation with respect thereto under
11 all other provisions of this section and was not disqualified
12 with respect thereto under section 402(a), (b), (d), (e), (g),
13 (h) and (i).
14 * * *
15 Section 2. This act shall apply to applications for benefits
16 the effective dates of which occur on or after the effective
17 date of this act.
18 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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