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Have you been denied unemployment compensation (UC) benefits under Section 401(c) of Pennsylvania’s unemployment compensation law? If you have applied for Pennsylvania unemployment compensation (UC) benefits and later received a Disqualifying Determination listing Section 401(c), you may be wondering what this means. Section 401(c) is cited by the Pennsylvania Department of Labor when there is a question of whether the claimant filed a valid application for benefits. The Disqualifying Determination may also indicate that the claim was identified as a result of fraud.

Don’t panic when you receive this determination. You have the right to appeal this determination and it usually only means that the Department of Labor is auditing the case for suspected fraud. I believe the Pennsylvania Department of Labor is simply doing their due diligence into an application for UC benefits before they decide to pay an applicant their benefits. I have found that Section 401(c) is …

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