Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part II - Bureau of Employment Security › Subpart A - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 61 - ADMINISTRATION › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 61.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Terms which are defined in the law and which are used in
						this subpart have the same meanings as provided in the law. In addition, the
						following words and terms, when used in this subpart, have the following
						meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
Applicant
-An individual applying for
						services with an employment office.
Application for benefits
-The initial
						request for unemployment compensation filed under section 501(a) of the law
						(43
						P. S. §
												821(a)),
						preliminary to filing claims for compensation. If an application for benefits
						is valid, as defined in section 4(w) of the law (43 P. S. §
												753(w)), the application
						establishes a benefit year commencing on the effective date of the
						application.
Board
-The Unemployment Compensation
						Board of Review of the Commonwealth.
Bureau
-The Department.
Claim for compensation
-A request for
						waiting week credit or payment of compensation for a week when the claimant was
						unemployed, filed under section 501(c) of the law.
Claimant
-An individual applying for
						compensation under the law, the unemployment compensation law of another state
						or territory of the United States, or under 5 U.S.C. Chapter 85 (UCFE and UCX
						programs).
Contributions
-The money payments
						required by sections 301 and 301.1 of the law (43 P. S. §§
												781 and
						781.1) to be made to the
						Unemployment Compensation Fund by an employer with respect to
						employment.
Department
-The Department of Labor and
						Industry of the Commonwealth.
Holiday pay
-Remuneration payable for
						services performed in the claim week in which a legal holiday occurs for
						purposes of computing compensation for partial and part-total
						unemployment.
Law
-The Pennsylvania Unemployment
						Compensation Law (43 P. S. §§
												751-914).
Leaving work
-An employe shall be deemed
						to have "left work" in the following situations:
(i) If he walked off work or abandoned his
					 position.
(ii) If, having been on
					 temporary short term layoff with a specific date of return, he refused or
					 failed to return to his employment on the specific date or when recalled by the
					 employer before that date.
(iii) If
					 he refused a transfer or a change in conditions of work which he was required
					 to accept under his contract of employment with the employer.
Payments in lieu of contributions
-The
						money payments made into the Unemployment Compensation Fund by an employer with
						respect to employment, under sections 1003, 1104 and 1202.2 of the law
						(43
						P. S. §§
												893,
						904 and
						912.2).
Secretary
-The Secretary of the
						Department.
Trainee
-An individual who applies for or
						receives training under a training program in which the Bureau is
						involved.
UC Office
-A Department office
						established to accept and process applications for benefits and claims for
						compensation.
UC Tax Review Office
-The individual or
						agency within the Department that administers appeals to the Secretary or the
						Secretary's designee.
UCTS
-The Office of Unemployment
						Compensation Tax Services, or its successor agency, within the
						Department.
Week
-Except as otherwise specifically
						provided, a week, with respect to an individual who files a claim for
						unemployment, means the calendar week-Sunday through Saturday, except that
						those individuals who are filing claims for compensation for a period of
						unemployment which began prior to the effective date of this section shall
						continue to file claims for weeks of any 7 consecutive days for as long as that
						period of unemployment continues and they are otherwise eligible. For purposes
						of this section, if the workday of an individual includes parts of 2 calendar
						days, the work performed by the individual during the workdays shall be
						considered to have been performed during the first of the calendar
						days.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													65.139 (relating to
						  definitions).