PA HB1687

Amends Pennsylvania's Unemployment Compensation Law to tie the maximum weeks of unemployment benefits to the state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate, ranging from 12 weeks (when unemployment is 5.5% or below) to 20 weeks (when unemployment exceeds 9%)

Creates two six-month application periods (January 1 and July 1) that use averaged unemployment rates from preceding months to determine benefit duration for claims filed during each period

January application period uses the average unemployment rate from July, August, and September; July application period uses the average from January, February, and March

Caps total maximum benefits per benefit year at the individual's weekly benefit amount multiplied by the number of weeks allowed under the sliding scale

Takes effect six months after enactment