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DEDUCTIONS Your benefits may be reduced under the following circumstances: Benefit Reduction UC Law requires a benefit reduction when the balance in the Pennsylvania UC Trust fund is low. This money is taken from the weekly benefits of all claimants to repay the trust fund. This amount is a percentage of your total benefits which changes year to year. Your Notice of Financial Determination will show you the percentage. Earnings UC Law requires you report all work and earnings, including tips and commissions each week, Sunday through Saturday. You must report all gross earnings, even if you have not yet received payment from your employer. If you are working part-time, you may still be eligible for partial UC benefits. Be sure to report any earnings from part-time work. See the Reporting Earnings section below for more information. Overpayments An unemployment benefit that you previously received, but it was later discovered you should not have received, is referred to as an “overpayment.” Overpayments remain on your record for a period of several years, depending on the situation. If you did not fully repay the department and you collect unemployment benefits in the future, your weekly payments will be reduced to help repay this debt. Potential Earnings Each week, you must report if you were absent from work when work was available. You must indicate the amount of potential earnings, the wages you could have earned had you not been absent from work when work was available. For example, if you were scheduled to work but called off or did not show up, you must report those wages to us as earned. It does not matter that you did not earn any money for those hours and will not be paid by your employer. Child Support Some or all your unemployment benefits may be reduced if you: • Owe court-ordered child support o Questions about the amount being deducted from your benefits should be directed to the Domestic Relations Section of the Court of Common Pleas that issued the order. o Additional information on withholding support from UC benefits is provided in Support Withholding from Unemployment Compensation (UCP-24), or at www.uc.pa.gov/UCP-24. Holiday Pay and Vacation Pay UC Law requires you report all holiday and vacation pay earnings each week. Holiday pay and vacation pay amounts that equal more than your partial benefit credit will be deducted from your benefits for the week in which the holiday or vacation occurs. However, vacation pay is not deducted if you do not have a recall date from your employer. Retirement Income Retirement income, such as pension payments or survivor benefits, may affect your weekly benefit amount (WBA). When you apply for UC, you must tell us if you receive or applied to receive payment from your retirement plan. Receiving a pension can affect the amount of UC benefits for which you are eligible. A pension may reduce your benefits if an employer in your base year contributed to or maintained the pension plan, and your work during the base year increased the amount or affected your eligibility for the pension. Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation Handbook 6