PECO Energy Co. v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

COLINS, President Judge.

The matter before the Court questions whether unemployment compensation bene*37fits are reduced by the amount of pension monies paid by an employer to an employee who has elected to retire under an enhanced retirement program. We hold that unemployment compensation benefits are subject to offset in such situations. Accordingly, we reverse the Board’s finding that employees herein are exempt from the offset provisions of the Unemployment Compensation Law.1

Before the Court are nineteen (19) appeals from orders of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board)…