33 A.2d 264 | Pa. Super. Ct. | 1943
Submitted May 3, 1943. Claimant, after 35 years of service with Carnegie Illinois Steel Corporation as a laborer, became eligible *50 for a pension payable by his employer. He retired on July 1, 1940 and has not been employed since that date. He made a claim for unemployment compensation but not until January 30, 1942. Under the provisions of the Unemployment Compensation Law (Act of December 5, 1936, Second Ex. Sess. P.L. (1937) 2897) the board of review had no alternative and the claim was denied.
As indicated by its name, and the "Declaration of Public Policy" in § 3,
Consistent with its purpose and as a condition precedent to benefits, a claimant under the Act must show earnings from employment during a "base year" made up of "the first four of the last five completed calendar quarters immediately preceding the first day of an individual's benefit year." (Italics added.) § 4(a),
Claimant earned nothing during that period and no compensation is payable under the Act.
Order affirmed. *51