34 Pa. Code § 65.31
The provisions of this § 65.31 adopted July 1, 1969; amended September 15, 1972, effective September 16, 1972, 2 Pa.B. 1731; amended July 13, 1973, effective July 14, 1973, 3 Pa.B. 1309; reserved February 11, 2011, effective February 12, 2011, applies to claims for compensation filed on or after February 12, 2011, 41 Pa.B. 848. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (255865) to (255866).
Because the unemployment compensation claimant’s backdating of an application for unemployment benefits could not be justified on the basis that the employer misrepresented about eligibility for benefits, claimant’s application was considered untimely. Mitchelree v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, 635 A.2d 701 (Pa. Cmwlth. 1993).
A claimant has not complied with the reporting requirements if he is aware of the reporting requirements but only visits the local office informally and irregularly and merely keeps a friend who works at the office apprised of his situation on an informal basis. Zinicola v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, 407 A.2d 474 (Pa. Cmwlth. 1979).