PA HB1688

Amends Pennsylvania's Unemployment Compensation Law to calculate weekly benefit rates based on "average quarterly wages" (total base year wages divided by four) instead of the current "highest quarterly wage" method

Maintains the minimum weekly benefit rate at $68, below which employees are ineligible for compensation, and requires rounding benefit amounts down to the nearest dollar

Removes existing provisions that tied benefit calculation changes to a "trigger percentage" threshold of 250% under Section 301.7(a), which would have modified the wage calculation formula starting in 2026

Retains the alternative benefit calculation of 50% of full-time weekly wage if that amount exceeds the table-based calculation

Takes effect six months after enactment