HB 318 Pennsylvania House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

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 ineligibility for compensation.

HB 318 amends Pennsylvania's Unemployment Compensation Law to expand ineligibility for benefits when claimants unreasonably discourage their own employment opportunities. The bill requires claimants to make a good faith effort to secure work and prohibits actions like refusing job interviews or offers without good cause before discussing job details. Employers can report such behavior using new forms the Department of Labor must create within 90 days. This change directly affects unemployed Pennsylvanians applying for or receiving unemployment benefits.
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Jan 2025
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Introduced Jan 27, 2025 Last action Jan 27, 2025
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Jan 27, 2025
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