We are asking the Pennsylvania General Assembly to reconsider the provision in the Act 60 (S.B. 1310) law requiring 49.5% of wages in the base year to be earned in the three quarters other than the high quarter.
Why is this important?
I earned $22.68 too much in my high quarter to qualify for unemployment this winter and there are others who were affected with even lower amounts.
As a Construction Inspector, I am required to work as the contractors do , sometimes putting in 60 to 80 hours a week in the "good weather" months, I have worked in the off season as an on call person for occasional tasks , but not enough to sustain my family.
I along with others in the construction/seasonal fields sacrifice time with family, must pay for a lot of expenses on the road and feel this is a targeting of one specific group to lower the amount of people who collect unemployment when laid off through no fault of their own.
