Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 49, December 7, 2024
Section 65.104 - Initial payments(a) When, following the retirement of an employe and, as part of a general pension plan, an initial payment is made in lieu of or in addition to the regular pension amount to which the employe is entitled, the initial payment will be considered a pension payment, and will be subject to this chapter.(b) Initial payments are independent of regular pension payments. To the extent that they meet the requirements for deductibility provided in this chapter, the Department will deduct them from compensation otherwise payable to a claimant even if the claimant's regular pension payments are not deductible. The Department will not deduct initial payments if they do not meet the requirements for deductibility provided in this chapter, even if the claimant's regular pension payments are deductible.(c) When the initial payment includes an amount paid for any reason other than pension, including unused vacation, only that amount which is attributable to the pension is deductible.(d) When the initial pension payment is received by a claimant in a lump-sum, the deduction of this initial pension amount will be calculated by dividing the initial pension amount by the number of weeks for which the pension plan specifies the initial payment is being made. The number of weeks attributable to unused vacation or other payments will not be used in determining the weekly pension amount to be deducted. The result of this calculation, if not a multiple of 1 dollar, will be computed to the next higher multiple of 1 dollar and will be considered the prorated weekly deductible amount of the initial payment and is the amount by which the weekly benefit rate will be reduced, but not below zero.The provisions of this § 65.104 adopted July 1, 1969; amended March 12, 1976, effective 3/13/1976, 6 Pa.B. 450; amended January 2, 1998, effective 1/3/1998, 28 Pa.B. 21.