Pennsylvania Act 1957-71 — MAKING AUXILIARY POLICE ELIGIBLE FOR WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION

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MAKING AUXILIARY POLICE ELIGIBLE FOR WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION
                  Act of May 17, 1957, P.L. 152, No. 71               Cl. 77
                               A SUPPLEMENT

     To the act of June 2, 1915 (P.L.736), entitled, as amended "An
        act defining the liability of an employer to pay damages for
        injuries received by an employe in the course of employment;
        establishing an elective schedule of compensation; providing
        procedure for the determination of liability and compensation
        thereunder; and prescribing penalties," providing for the
        payment of compensation to auxiliary police or their
        dependents.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

        Section 1.  In addition to those persons included within the
     definition of the word "employe" as defined in section 104 of
     the act of June 2, 1915 (P.L.736), known as "The Pennsylvania
     Workmen's Compensation Act," reenacted and amended June 21, 1939
     (P.L.520), and amended February 28, 1956 (P.L.1120), there shall
     be included all auxiliary police of the various cities,
     boroughs, incorporated towns and townships, who shall be
     "employes" of such cities, boroughs, incorporated towns and
     townships for all the purposes of the act, and shall be entitled
     to receive compensation in case of injuries received while
     actually engaged as policemen or while going to or returning
     from their place of duty or while participating in instruction
     or while answering any emergency call for any purpose or while
     performing any other duty authorized by the city, borough,
     incorporated town or township.
        Section 2.  The city, borough, incorporated town or township
     as employer shall, in all cases, be deemed to have knowledge of
     all other employment of all auxiliary police, including self
     employment, and earnings in such employment shall be included in
     computing average weekly wages. In all cases where an injury
     compensable under the provisions of this act is received by an
     auxiliary policemen who is, in whole or in part, a self employer
     and loss of earnings results therefrom, such earnings shall for
     the purposes of this act be regarded as wages. The average
     weekly wage as so regarded shall be that most favorable to the
     employe computed by dividing by thirteen the total earnings of
     the employes in the first, second, third or fourth period of
     thirteen consecutive calendar weeks in the fifty-two weeks
     immediately preceding the accident. In all cases where an injury
     compensable under the provisions of this act is received by a
     member of the auxiliary police who is self-employed or
     unemployed, payments shall be made of not less than twenty-two
     dollars and fifty cents ($22.50) per week for total disability
     and not less than twelve dollars and fifty cents ($12.50) for
     partial disability.