Pennsylvania Code
Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY
Part VIII - Bureau of Workers' Compensation
Chapter 123 - GENERAL PROVISIONS-PART II
Subchapter A - OFFSET OF UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION,SOCIAL SECURITY (OLD AGE), SEVERANCE ANDPENSION BENEFITS
Section 123.7 - Application of offset for Social Security (old age) benefits
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 38, September 21, 2024
(a) Workers' compensation benefits otherwise payable shall be offset by 50% of the net amount received in Social Security (old age) benefits. The offset shall only apply to amounts which an employe receives subsequent to the work-related injury. The offset may not apply to Social Security (old age) benefits which commenced prior to the work-related injury and which the employe continues to receive subsequent to the work-related injury.
(b) The offset may not apply to benefits to which an employe may be entitled, but is not receiving.
(c) The offset shall be applied on a weekly basis. To calculate the weekly offset, 50% of the net monthly Social Security (old age) benefit received by the employe shall be divided by 4.34.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code § 123.1 (relating to purpose); and 34 Pa. Code § 123.5 (relating to offset for benefits already received).
