PRINTER'S NO. 3097
No. 2327 Session of 1976
INTRODUCED BY GILLESPIE, VALICENTI, GARZIA, DOMBROWSKI,
BELLOMINI, BERLIN, NOVAK, GIAMMARCO, LEDERER, FEE, O'KEEFE,
DiDONATO, COHEN, SALOOM, GALLAGHER, BRADLEY, McINTYRE,
STAPLETON AND HASKELL, APRIL 6, 1976
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR RELATIONS, APRIL 6, 1976
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 ineligibility for compensation.
17 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
18 hereby enacts as follows:
19 Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 402, act of December 5,
20 1936 (2nd Sp.Sess., 1937 P.L.2897, No.1), known as the
21 "Unemployment Compensation Law," amended December 5, 1974
22 (P.L.771, No.262), is amended to read:
23 Section 402. Ineligibility for Compensation.--An employe
24 shall be ineligible for compensation for any week--
1 (a) In which his unemployment is due to failure, without
2 good cause, either to apply for suitable work at such time and
3 in such manner as the department may prescribe, or to accept
4 suitable work when offered to him by the employment office or by
5 any employer, irrespective of whether or not such work is in
6 "employment" as defined in this act: Provided, That such
7 employer notifies the employment office of such offer within
8 seven (7) days after the making thereof: Provided further, That
9 any failure or refusal to apply for or accept work offered to
10 him by the employment office or by any employer based upon such
11 work or such employer not conforming in pay and benefit levels
12 with the wages and benefits that prevail in the area as
13 determined pursuant to the act of August 15, 1961 (P.L.987,
14 No.442), known as the "Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Act," shall
15 be considered as good cause for such failure or refusal and
16 shall not render any such employe ineligible for compensation.
17 * * *
18 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 30 days.
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