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Social Security Explained, 2011 Edition
Provides a comprehensive and detailed explanation for the federal old-age, survivor's and disability insurance segments of the Social Security program.
Pennsylvania has amended its Unemployment Compensation Law as follows:
Extended benefits. There is a state “on” indicator for a week if: (i) the average rate of total unemployment, seasonally adjusted, for the period consisting of the most recent three months for which data for all states are published before the close of such week equals or exceeds 61/2 %; and (ii) the average rate of total unemployment, seasonally adjusted, for the three-month period above equals or exceeds 110% of such average rate for either, or both, of the corresponding three-month periods ending in the two preceding calendar years.
There is a state “off” indicator for a week if the requirements set forth above are not satisfied. These provisions are only applicable with respect to weeks of unemployment for which 100% federal sharing of extended benefits is available under section 2005(a) of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5, 123 Stat.115), without regard to the extension of federal sharing for certain claims as provided under section 2005(c) of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, or under a subsequently enacted provision of federal law.
Note that any week for which there would otherwise be a state “on” indicator will continue to be such a week and will not be determined to be a week for which there is a state “off” indicator.
High unemployment period. The term “high unemployment period” means any period during which an extended benefit period would be in effect if 8% were substitued for 61/2 % as the average rate of total unemployment in the state for the most recent three-month period for which data for all states are published, as discussed above.
In periods of high unemployment, the total extended benefit amount payable to any eligible individual with respect to his or her applicable benefit year will be the least of the following amounts: (1) 80% of the total amount of regular benefits (plus dependents' allowances) payable in the applicable benefit year; (2) 20 times the weekly benefit amount payable for a week of total unemployment in the applicable benefit year; or (3) 46 times the weekly benefit amount (plus dependents' allowances) payable for a week of total unemployment in the applicable benefit year, reduced by the total amount of regular benefits which were paid (or deemed paid) with respect to the benefit year.
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