DETERMINATION OF WEEKLY BENEFIT RATE

1. (a) The table specified for the determination of rate and amount of benefits, as provided in Appendix A, shall be extended or contracted annually as prescribed in section 404(e)(2) of the law (43 P. S. § 804(e)(2)) as follows:

   1. (1) The total number of persons in covered employment reported by employers to the Department for the 12-month period ending June 30 is divided by 12 and rounded to the nearest unit to produce the average monthly number of covered workers.
   2. (2) The total amount of covered wages reported by employers to the Department—irrespective of the limit on the amount of wages subject to employer contributions—for the 12-month period ending June 30 is then divided by the monthly number of covered workers. The result is rounded to the nearest cent to produce the average annual wage.
   3. (3) The average annual wage is then divided by 52, rounding to the nearest cent, to produce the average weekly wage.
   4. (4) The average weekly wage is then multiplied by 2 and the product is divided by 3. The result becomes the maximum weekly benefit rate. If the result is not a whole dollar amount, it shall be rounded to the next higher multiple of $1.
2. (b) The amount of qualifying wages set forth in the benefit table for the highest quarterly wage, not the base year wages of the employe, shall be subject to section 401(a) of the law (43 P. S. § 801(a)).
3. (c) The Secretary shall annually submit the table specified for the determination of rate and amount of benefits to the Legislative Reference Bureau for suggested publication as a notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin under 45 Pa.C.S. § 725(a)(6) (relating to additional contents of the Pennsylvania Bulletin) and for suggested codification in the Pennsylvania Code, as Appendix A, under 45 Pa.C.S. § 702(7) (relating to contents of the Pennsylvania Code).

Authority

The provisions of this § 65.111 issued under sections 201(a) and 404(e)(2) of the Unemployment Compensation Law (43 P. S. § § 761(a) and 804(e)(2)).

Source

The provisions of this § 65.111 adopted December 17, 1971, effective December 18, 1971, 1 Pa.B. 2319; corrected December 24, 1971, effective January 1, 1972, 1 Pa.B. 2346; amended December 15, 1972, effective January 1, 1973, 2 Pa.B. 2327; amended December 15, 1973, effective January 1, 1974, 3 Pa.B. 2817; amended December 20, 1974, effective 30 days subsequent to final approval of act of December 5, 1974, 4 Pa.B. 2568; amended December 19, 1975, effective January 4, 1976, 5 Pa.B. 3272; amended December 17, 1976, effective January 2, 1977, 6 Pa.B. 3113; amended December 17, 1977, effective January 1, 1978, 7 Pa.B. 3784; amended December 30, 1978, effective January 1, 1979, 8 Pa.B. 3812; amended December 22, 1979, effective January 1, 1980, 9 Pa.B. 4168; amended December 25, 1981, effective January 1, 1982, 11 Pa.B. 4439; amended December 31, 1982, effective January 1, 1983, 13 Pa.B. 17; corrected January 21, 1983, effective January 1, 1983, 13 Pa.B. 522; amended December 30, 1983, effective January 1, 1984, 13 Pa.B. 4013; amended December 28, 1984, effective December 29, 1984, 14 Pa.B. 4688; amended December 28, 1984, effective January 1, 1985, 14 Pa.B. 4719; amended January 3, 1985, effective January 1, 1986, 15 Pa.B. 50; amended December 26, 1986, effective January 1, 1987, 16 Pa.B. 5004; amended December 25, 1987, effective January 1, 1988, 17 Pa.B. 5359; amended December 23, 1988, effective January 1, 1989, 18 Pa. B. 5675; amended December 22, 1989, effective January 1, 1990, 19 Pa.B. 5467. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (134103) to (134108).

Cross References

This section cited in 34 Pa. Code § 65.112 (relating to extending or contracting benefit table).