PRINTER'S NO. 1803
No. 1479 Session of 1983
INTRODUCED BY DeVERTER, SEPTEMBER 27, 1983
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR RELATIONS, SEPTEMBER 27, 1983
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 defining "base
16 year" for certain employees with work-related injuries.
17 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
18 hereby enacts as follows:
19 Section 1. Section 4(a) of the act of December 5, 1936 (2nd
20 Sp.Sess., 1937 P.L.2897, No.1), known as the Unemployment
21 Compensation Law, amended July 10, 1980 (P.L.521, No.108), is
22 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
1 context clearly requires otherwise.
2 (a) (1) "Base year" means the first four of the last five
3 completed calendar quarters immediately preceding the first day
4 of an individual's benefit year.
5 (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), an individual who does
6 not meet the monetary requirements of section 401(a) due to an
7 absence from work because of a work-related injury compensable
8 under the act of June 2, 1915 (P.L.736, No.338), known as "The
9 Pennsylvania Workmen's Compensation Act," may elect to have his
10 base year consist of the four completed calendar quarters
11 immediately preceding the date of the work-related injury.
12 * * *
13 Section 2. This act shall apply to applications for benefits
14 dated on and after the effective date of this act.
15 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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