PA HB1692

Employees who leave work or are discharged due to domestic violence situations that jeopardize their safety or their family's safety remain eligible for unemployment compensation benefits

Domestic violence can be verified through protective orders, police/court/medical records, statements from counselors or shelter workers, or a self-affirmation (with documentation required within 150 days)

Documentation of domestic violence must remain confidential and cannot be disclosed to employers in claim notices

Employers receive automatic relief from unemployment compensation charges when benefits are paid due to domestic violence-related separations

Creates new grounds for unemployment ineligibility including failure to obey workplace rules, deliberate property damage/theft, reporting to work intoxicated, threatening coworkers, and unexcused absences on two or more occasions