PRINTER'S NO. 66
No. 66 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY BELL, JANUARY 23, 1989
REFERRED TO LABOR AND INDUSTRY, JANUARY 23, 1989
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of December 5, 1936 (2nd Sp.Sess., 1937
2 P.L.2897, No.1), entitled "An act establishing a system of
3 unemployment compensation to be administered by the
4 Department of Labor and Industry and its existing and newly
5 created agencies with personnel (with certain exceptions)
6 selected on a civil service basis; requiring employers to
7 keep records and make reports, and certain employers to pay
8 contributions based on payrolls to provide moneys for the
9 payment of compensation to certain unemployed persons;
10 providing procedure and administrative details for the
11 determination, payment and collection of such contributions
12 and the payment of such compensation; providing for
13 cooperation with the Federal Government and its agencies;
14 creating certain special funds in the custody of the State
15 Treasurer; and prescribing penalties," further providing for
16 the burden of proof in cases involving certain foreign-owned
17 employers.
18 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
19 hereby enacts as follows:
20 Section 1. The act of December 5, 1936 (2nd Sp.Sess., 1937
21 P.L.2897, No.1), known as the Unemployment Compensation Law, is
22 amended by adding a section to read:
23 Section 409. Foreign-owned Employers.--The employer shall
24 have the burden of proving all factual findings relating to
25 unemployment compensation claims arising in connection with a
1 labor dispute when the employer is owned seventy-five per centum
2 (75%) or more, directly or indirectly, by foreign ownership,
3 corporate, individual or otherwise.
4 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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