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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY SOLOBAY, BELFANTI, BRENNAN, CALTAGIRONE, CARROLL, GRUCELA, HARKINS, MAHONEY, MELIO, M. O'BRIEN AND SIPTROTH, JANUARY 30, 2009 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR RELATIONS, JANUARY 30, 2009 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending the act of December 5, 1936 (2nd Sp.Sess., 1937 P.L. |
2 | 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 | benefits based on service for educational institutions. |
17 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
18 | hereby enacts as follows: |
19 | Section 1. Section 402.1 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 or added December 12, 1979 (P.L.503, |
22 | No.108) and July 21, 1983 (P.L.68, No.30), is amended to read: |
23 | Section 402.1. Benefits Based on Service for Educational |
24 | Institutions.--Benefits based on service for educational |
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1 | institutions pursuant to Article X, XI or XII shall as |
2 | hereinafter provided be payable in the same amount, on the same |
3 | terms and subject to the same conditions as outlined in section |
4 | 404(g); except that: |
5 | (1) With respect to service performed after December 31, |
6 | 1977, in an instructional, research, or principal administrative |
7 | capacity for an educational institution, benefits shall not be |
8 | paid based on such services for any week of unemployment |
9 | commencing during the period between two successive academic |
10 | years, or during a similar period between two regular terms |
11 | whether or not successive or during a period of paid sabbatical |
12 | leave provided for in the individual's contract, to any |
13 | individual if such individual performs such services in the |
14 | first of such academic years or terms and if there is a contract |
15 | or a reasonable assurance that such individual will perform |
16 | services in any such capacity for any educational institution in |
17 | the second of such academic years or terms. |
18 | (2) With respect to services performed after October 31, |
19 | 1983, in any other capacity for an educational institution, |
20 | except in an ancillary administrative capacity as described in |
21 | clause (3), benefits shall not be paid on the basis of such |
22 | services to any individual for any week which commences during a |
23 | period between two successive academic years or terms if such |
24 | individual performs such services in the first of such academic |
25 | years or terms and there is a reasonable assurance that such |
26 | individual will perform such services in the second of such |
27 | academic years or terms. |
28 | (3) (i) With respect to any services described in clause |
29 | (1) or (2), benefits payable on the basis of such services shall |
30 | be denied to any individual for any week which commences during |
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1 | an established and customary vacation period or holiday recess |
2 | if such individual performed such services in the period |
3 | immediately before such vacation period or holiday recess, and |
4 | there is a reasonable assurance that such individual will |
5 | perform such services in the period immediately following such |
6 | vacation period or holiday recess. |
7 | (ii) This clause shall not apply to service performed in an |
8 | ancillary administrative capacity during a period between two |
9 | successive academic years. |
10 | (iii) For purposes of clause (2) and this clause, the term |
11 | "service performed in an ancillary administrative capacity" |
12 | means service rendered by a substitute teacher who does not have |
13 | a contract with an educational institution for an academic year, |
14 | semester or specific portion thereof, and service involving |
15 | primarily, noneducational or nonprofessional, administrative |
16 | duties that are subject to supervision or control by |
17 | instructional, research or principal administrative personnel, |
18 | including, but not limited to, service as a cafeteria worker, |
19 | school bus operator, janitor or security guard. |
20 | (4) (i) With respect to weeks of unemployment beginning |
21 | after January 1, 1979, benefits shall be denied to an individual |
22 | who performed services in or near an educational institution |
23 | while in the employ of an educational service agency for any |
24 | week which commences during a period described in clauses (1), |
25 | (2) and (3) if such individual performs any services described |
26 | in clause (1) or (2) in the first of such periods, as specified |
27 | in the applicable clause, and there is a contract or a |
28 | reasonable assurance, as applicable in the appropriate clause, |
29 | that such individual will perform such services in the second of |
30 | such periods, as applicable in the appropriate clause. |
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1 | (ii) For purposes of this clause the term "educational |
2 | service agency" means a governmental agency or governmental |
3 | entity which is established and operated exclusively for the |
4 | purposes of providing such services to one or more educational |
5 | institutions. A political subdivision or an intermediate unit |
6 | may establish and operate such an educational service agency. |
7 | (iii) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed |
8 | to modify existing collective bargaining units organized under |
9 | the provisions of the act of July 23, 1970 (P.L.563, No.195), |
10 | known as the "Public Employe Relations Act," unless specifically |
11 | agreed to by both the employer and employe representatives. |
12 | (5) With respect to an individual who performs services |
13 | described in clause (2) [of this section] and who pursuant to |
14 | clause (2) or (4) [of this section] is denied benefits for the |
15 | period between academic years or terms, such individual if [he |
16 | is] not offered an opportunity to perform such service in the |
17 | second of such academic years or terms shall be paid benefits |
18 | for the period which commences with the first week [he] such |
19 | individual was denied benefits solely by the reason of clause |
20 | (2) or (4) [of this section], provided [he] such individual had |
21 | filed timely claims for benefits throughout the denial period |
22 | and was otherwise eligible for benefits. |
23 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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