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PA SB495

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/21/2025

Primary Sponsor

Lindsey Williams

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Workers unemployed due to a labor dispute (such as a strike) become eligible for unemployment compensation benefits after a 30-day waiting period, replacing the current law that denies all benefits during labor disputes

  • Workers locked out by their employer face only the standard one-week waiting period, not the 30-day period applied to other labor disputes

  • Removes the existing provision that completely disqualified workers from unemployment benefits if they or their union were participating in or directly interested in a labor dispute

  • Amends Pennsylvania's Unemployment Compensation Law of 1936 and takes effect immediately upon enactment

Legislative Description

In compensation, further providing for qualifications required to secure compensation and for ineligibility for compensation.

Last Action

Referred to Labor & Industry

3/21/2025

Committee Referrals

Labor & Industry3/21/2025

Full Bill Text

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