PRINTER'S NO. 1162
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1036
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY D. MILLER, BURGOS, GUZMAN, HOHENSTEIN, HILL-EVANS,
SANCHEZ, SCHLOSSBERG, N. NELSON, DELLOSO, PASHINSKI,
D. WILLIAMS, HOWARD, FREEMAN, McCLINTON, O'MARA AND SCHWEYER,
APRIL 7, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, APRIL 7, 2021
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 1, 1937 (P.L.1168, No.294), entitled
"An act to protect the right of employes to organize and
bargain collectively; creating the Pennsylvania Labor
Relations Board; conferring powers and imposing duties upon
the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board, officers of the State
government, and courts; providing for the right of employes
to organize and bargain collectively; declaring certain labor
practices by employers to be unfair; further providing that
representatives of a majority of the employes be the
exclusive representatives of all the employes; authorizing
the board to conduct hearings and elections, and certify as
to representatives of employes for purposes of collective
bargaining; empowering the board to prevent any person from
engaging in any unfair labor practice, and providing a
procedure for such cases, including the issuance of a
complaint, the conducting of a hearing, and the making of an
order; empowering the board to petition a court of common
pleas for the enforcement of its order, and providing a
procedure for such cases; providing for the review of an
order of the board by a court of common pleas on petition of
any person aggrieved by such order, and establishing a
procedure for such cases; providing for an appeal from the
common pleas court to the Supreme Court; providing the board
with investigatory powers, including the power to issue
subpoenas and the compelling of obedience to them through
application to the proper court; providing for service of
papers and process of the board; prescribing certain
penalties," further providing for definitions.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
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Section 1. Section 3(d) of the act of June 1, 1937
(P.L.1168, No.294), known as the Pennsylvania Labor Relations
Act, is amended to read:
Section 3. Definitions. When used in this act--
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(d) The term "employe" shall include any employe, and shall
not be limited to the employes of a particular employer, unless
the act explicitly states otherwise, and shall include any
individual whose work has ceased as a consequence of, or in
connection with, any current labor dispute, or because of any
unfair labor practice, and who has not obtained any other
regular and substantially equivalent employment, but shall not
include any individual employed [as an agricultural laborer, or]
in the domestic service of any person in the home of such
person, or any individual employed by his parent or spouse.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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