43 Pa. Stat. § 920.5

Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-111
Section 920.5 - Eligibility
(a) General rule.--The self-employment assistance allowance described in section 4 shall be payable to a program participant who participates in self-employment assistance activities and is actively engaged on a full-time basis in efforts to establish a business and become self-employed. The self-employment assistance allowance shall be payable at the same interval, on the same terms and subject to the same conditions as regular benefits, with the following exceptions:
(1) The requirements of sections 401(d)(1) and 402(a) of the Unemployment Compensation Law are not applicable to such program participant.
(2) The requirements of sections 402(h) and 404(d)(1) of the Unemployment Compensation Law are not applicable to income earned from self-employment by such program participant.
(3) Such program participant shall be considered to be unemployed under sections 401 and 402 of the Unemployment Compensation Law.
(b) Ineligibility.--A program participant who fails to participate in self-employment assistance activities or who fails to actively engage on a full-time basis in efforts to establish a business and become self-employed shall be ineligible for a self-employment assistance allowance for a week in which such failure occurs.

43 P.S. § 920.5

1997, Nov. 26, P.L. 504, No. 54, § 5, imd. effective.