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PA SB495
Bill
Status
3/21/2025
Primary Sponsor
Lindsey Williams
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AI Summary
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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
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Workers locked out by their employer face only the standard one-week waiting period, not the 30-day period applied to other labor disputes
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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
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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