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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY BENNINGHOFF, AUMENT, BOBACK, BOYD, CREIGHTON, DALEY, DUNBAR, EVANKOVICH, GILLESPIE, GINGRICH, GRELL, GROVE, HARRIS, HESS, M. K. KELLER, KNOWLES, LAWRENCE, MILLARD, MOUL, QUINN, RAPP, SACCONE, SAYLOR, STERN, SWANGER, TALLMAN, TOOHIL, TRUITT AND VULAKOVICH, MARCH 27, 2012 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, MARCH 27, 2012 |
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| AN ACT |
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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 | qualifications required to secure compensation. |
17 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
18 | hereby enacts as follows: |
19 | Section 1. Section 401 of the act of December 5, 1936 (2nd |
20 | Sp.Sess., 1937 P.L.2897, No.1), known as the Unemployment |
21 | Compensation Law, is amended by adding a subsection to read: |
22 | Section 401. Qualifications Required to Secure |
23 | Compensation.--Compensation shall be payable to any employe who |
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1 | is or becomes unemployed, and who-- |
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3 | (h) Had been employed by a separating employer for a minimum |
4 | of thirty (30) days. For the purposes of this subsection, the |
5 | term "separating employer" shall mean the last employer of the |
6 | claimant. |
7 | Section 2. This act shall apply to initial claims filed on |
8 | or after July 1, 2012. |
9 | Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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