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PENNSYLVANIA UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION LAW PENNSYLVANIA UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION LAW PENNSYLVANIA UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION LAW i PENNSYLVANIA UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION LAW “UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION LAW” (1937 P.L.) Act of Dec. 5, 1936, Special Session 2, P.L. 2897, No. 1 Cl.43 Special Session No. 2 of 1936 No. 1936-1

AN ACT Establishing a system of unemployment compensation to be administered by the Department of Labor & 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.