PRINTER'S NO. 1662
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1175
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY COSTA, SABATINA, FONTANA, TEPLITZ, TARTAGLIONE,
KITCHEN, BREWSTER, YUDICHAK, WHITE, HUGHES AND HAYWOOD,
APRIL 1, 2016
REFERRED TO LABOR AND INDUSTRY, APRIL 1, 2016
AN ACT
Amending the act of December 5, 1936 (2nd Sp.Sess., 1937
P.L.2897, No.1), entitled "An act establishing a system of
unemployment compensation to be administered by the
Department of Labor and Industry and its existing and newly
created agencies with personnel (with certain exceptions)
selected on a civil service basis; requiring employers to
keep records and make reports, and certain employers to pay
contributions based on payrolls to provide moneys for the
payment of compensation to certain unemployed persons;
providing procedure and administrative details for the
determination, payment and collection of such contributions
and the payment of such compensation; providing for
cooperation with the Federal Government and its agencies;
creating certain special funds in the custody of the State
Treasurer; and prescribing penalties," in compensation,
providing for temporary lockout benefits and further
providing for rate and amount of compensation.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of December 5, 1936 (2nd Sp.Sess., 1937
P.L.2897, No.1), known as the Unemployment Compensation Law, is
amended by adding a section to read:
Section 402.7. Temporary Lockout Benefits.--(a) An
individual shall be eligible for temporary lockout benefits for
a week if any of the following apply:
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