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PRINTER'S NO. 506
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
543
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY BOBACK, KINSEY, CIRESI, HILL-EVANS, HOHENSTEIN,
HOWARD, PISCIOTTANO, N. NELSON, HELM AND GLEIM,
FEBRUARY 16, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, FEBRUARY 16, 2021
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 administration of
act, providing for reasonable accommodations.
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 212.1. Reasonable Accommodations.--The department
shall make reasonable accommodations upon request for all
claimants with a disability who are eligible for compensation
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and referred to employment offices for reemployment services.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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