Pennsylvania HB 1688: An Act amending the act of December 5, 1936 (2nd Sp.Sess., 1937 P.L.2897, No.1), known as the Unemployment Compensation Law, in compensation, further providing for rate and amount of compensation.

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PRINTER'S NO. 2073
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1688
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY GROVE, BERNSTINE, GLEIM, PICKETT, M. JONES,
KAUFFMAN, STAATS, STAMBAUGH, REICHARD, ZIMMERMAN, GREINER,
RYNCAVAGE, ANDERSON, GAYDOS, HAMM AND BASHLINE, JULY 1, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, JULY 1, 2025
AN ACT
Amending the act of December 5, 1936 (2nd Sp.Sess., 1937
P.L.2897, No.1), entitled "An act establishing a system of
unemployment compensation to be administered by the
Department of Labor and Industry and its existing and newly
created agencies with personnel (with certain exceptions)
selected on a civil service basis; requiring employers to
keep records and make reports, and certain employers to pay
contributions based on payrolls to provide moneys for the
payment of compensation to certain unemployed persons;
providing procedure and administrative details for the
determination, payment and collection of such contributions
and the payment of such compensation; providing for
cooperation with the Federal Government and its agencies;
creating certain special funds in the custody of the State
Treasurer; and prescribing penalties," in compensation,
further providing for rate and amount of compensation.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 404(a)(1), (b) and (e)(1) and (2)(v) and
(vi) of the act of December 5, 1936 (2nd Sp.Sess., 1937
P.L.2897, No.1), known as the Unemployment Compensation Law, are
amended to read:
Section 404. Rate and Amount of Compensation.--Compensation
shall be paid to each eligible employe in accordance with the
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following provisions of this section except that compensation
payable with respect to weeks ending in benefit years which
begin prior to the first day of January 1989 shall be paid on
the basis of the provisions of this section in effect at the
beginning of such benefit years.
(a) (1) The employe's weekly benefit rate shall be computed
as (1) the amount appearing in Part B of the Table Specified for
the Determination of Rate and Amount of Benefits on the line on
which in Part A there appears his ["highest quarterly wage,"]
"average quarterly wage," or (2) fifty per centum (50%) of his
full-time weekly wage, whichever is greater. Notwithstanding any
other provision of this act, if an employe's weekly benefit
rate, as calculated under this paragraph, is less than sixty-
eight dollars ($68), he shall be ineligible to receive any
amount of compensation. If the employe's weekly benefit rate is
not a multiple of one dollar ($1), it shall be rounded to the
next lower multiple of one dollar ($1).
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(b) The ["highest quarterly wages"] "average quarterly
wages" of an employe shall be the total wages (computed to the
nearest dollar) which were paid to such employe [in that
calendar quarter in which such total wages were highest] during
the base year, divided by four.
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(e) (1) Table Specified for the Determination of
Rate and Amount of Benefits
Part A
[Highest] Average
Quarterly
Wage
Part B
Rate of
Compensation
Part C
Qualifying
Wages
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$1,688 - $1,712 $68 $2,718
$1,713 - $1,737 $69 $2,758
$1,738 - $1,762 $70 $2,797
$1,763 - $1,787 $71 $2,837
$1,788 - $1,812 $72 $2,877
$1,813 - $1,837 $73 $2,916
$1,838 - $1,862 $74 $2,956
$1,863 - $1,887 $75 $2,996
$1,888 - $1,912 $76 $3,035
$1,913 - $1,937 $77 $3,075
$1,938 - $1,962 $78 $3,115
$1,963 - $1,987 $79 $3,154
$1,988 - $2,012 $80 $3,194
$2,013 - $2,037 $81 $3,234
$2,038 - $2,062 $82 $3,274
$2,063 - $2,087 $83 $3,313
$2,088 - $2,112 $84 $3,353
$2,113 - $2,137 $85 $3,393
$2,138 - $2,162 $86 $3,432
$2,163 - $2,187 $87 $3,472
$2,188 - $2,212 $88 $3,512
$2,213 - $2,237 $89 $3,551
$2,238 - $2,262 $90 $3,591
$2,263 - $2,287 $91 $3,631
$2,288 - $2,312 $92 $3,670
$2,313 - $2,337 $93 $3,710
$2,338 - $2,362 $94 $3,750
$2,363 - $2,387 $95 $3,789
$2,388 - $2,412 $96 $3,829
$2,413 - $2,437 $97 $3,869
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$2,438 - $2,462 $98 $3,908
$2,463 - $2,487 $98 $3,948
$2,488 - $2,512 $99 $3,988
$2,513 - $2,537 $100 $4,027
$2,538 - $2,562 $101 $4,067
$2,563 - $2,587 $102 $4,107
$2,588 - $2,612 $103 $4,147
$2,613 - $2,637 $104 $4,186
$2,638 - $2,662 $105 $4,226
$2,663 - $2,687 $106 $4,266
$2,688 - $2,712 $107 $4,305
$2,713 - $2,737 $108 $4,345
$2,738 - $2,762 $109 $4,385
$2,763 - $2,787 $110 $4,424
$2,788 - $2,812 $111 $4,464
$2,813 - $2,837 $112 $4,504
$2,838 - $2,862 $113 $4,543
$2,863 - $2,887 $114 $4,583
$2,888 - $2,912 $115 $4,623
$2,913 - $2,937 $116 $4,662
$2,938 - $2,962 $117 $4,702
$2,963 - $2,987 $118 $4,742
$2,988 - $3,012 $119 $4,781
$3,013 - $3,037 $120 $4,821
$3,038 - $3,062 $121 $4,861
$3,063 - $3,087 $122 $4,900
$3,088 - $3,112 $123 $4,940
$3,113 - $3,137 $124 $4,980
$3,138 - $3,162 $125 $5,020