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Articles Discussing Unemployment Compensation In Pennsylvania.

Fraud, Data Breaches Continuing to Crush Federal and State Unemployment Benefit Departments, Pennsylvania’s Next?

January 25, 2022 | Jackson Lewis Filed Under: Unemployment Compensation (PA)

Jackson Lewis

Few want to get past the COVID-19 pandemic more than leaders of federal and state unemployment benefit departments. For the last 2 years they have been successfully targeted for fraud and data breaches, racking up billions in losses. Thousands of employees across the country, including yours truly, have had false

Pennsylvania Court Affirms Unemployment Benefits for Medical Marijuana User

November 24, 2020 | Jackson Lewis Filed Under: Unemployment Compensation (PA)

Jackson Lewis

A Pennsylvania Appeals Court affirmed an order granting unemployment benefits to a medical marijuana user who was terminated by his employer for a positive drug test.  The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Auth. v. Unemployment Comp. Bd. of Review, Case No. 228 C.D. 2020 (Commw. Ct. Pa. Nov. 18, 2020).

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Pennsylvania Court Allows Unemployment Benefits For CBD User

May 12, 2020 | Jackson Lewis Filed Under: Unemployment Compensation (PA)

Jackson Lewis

A Pennsylvania court affirmed an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review holding a claimant to be eligible for unemployment benefits after her employer terminated her employment for testing positive for marijuana. Washington Health System v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, No. 886 C.D. 2019 (May 11, 2020).

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Reversing Precedent, Pennsylvania High Court Rules Voluntary Early Retirees Entitled to Unemployment Benefits

January 25, 2013 | Jackson Lewis Filed Under: Unemployment Compensation (PA)

Jackson Lewis

Overruling more than 30 years of precedent, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that the “voluntary layoff” provision of the Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation Law permits employees to receive unemployment compensation benefits when they accept an early retirement incentive offered as part of a reduction in force. Diehl v. Unemployment Compensation Bd. of Rev., No. 51 MAP 2011 (Pa. Dec. 28, 2012). Earlier case law held that employees who received early retirement incentives in a reduction in force were not eligible to receive unemployment compensation. The Supreme Court found that those cases were unsupported by the unemployment compensation law’s plain language.

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