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Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Act (Act of June 2, 1915, P.L. 736, No. 338), complete act (77 P.S.)

Publisher: Pennsylvania General Assembly, Legislative Data Processing Center
Edition: Unconsolidated Statutes of Pennsylvania as published by the Legislative Data Processing...
Last checked: 2026-09-17
Status: US state statute

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Publisher. Pennsylvania General Assembly, Legislative Data Processing Center (legis.state.pa.us / palegis.us)

Edition. Unconsolidated Statutes of Pennsylvania as published by the Legislative Data Processing Center; the page's own revision stamp reads "2024-11-14 08:44:50 AM".

Status. US state statute; public domain.

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Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Act (Act of June 2, 1915, P.L. 736, No. 338), complete act (77 P.S.) is a state statute published by Pennsylvania General Assembly, Legislative Data Processing Center (legis.state.pa.us / palegis.us). It is one of the Pennsylvania documents that insurance license exam questions are written from, including pennsylvania property & casualty practice questions. This page summarizes it and points to the official version, which is the text to rely on.

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Workers' Compensation Act of 1915, Section 311
“Unless the employer shall have knowledge of the occurrence of the injury, or unless the employe or someone in his behalf, or some of the dependents or someone in their behalf, shall give notice thereof to the employer within twenty-one days after the injury, no compensation shall be due until such...”
Workers' Compensation Act of 1915, Section 303(b) (Exclusive remedy; third-party actions)
“the employer, his insurance carrier, their servants and agents, employes, representatives acting on their behalf or at their request shall not be liable to a third party for damages, contribution, or indemnity in any action at law, or otherwise, unless liability for such damages, contributions or...”
Workers' Compensation Act of 1915, Section 305(d) (Failure to secure payment of compensation)
“(d) When any employer fails to secure the payment of compensation under this act as provided in sections 305 and 305.2, the injured employe or his dependents may proceed either under this act or in a suit for damages at law as provided by article II.”
Workers' Compensation Act of 1915, Section 301(a) (Liability; intoxication)
“In cases where the injury or death is caused by intoxication, no compensation shall be paid if the injury or death would not have occurred but for the employe's intoxication, but the burden of proof of such fact shall be upon the employer.”
Workers' Compensation Act of 1915, Section 302(a) (Liability of contractor for subcontractor's employes)
“Section 302. (a) A contractor who subcontracts all or any part of a contract and his insurer shall be liable for the payment of compensation to the employes of the subcontractor unless the subcontractor primarily liable for the payment of such compensation has secured its payment as provided for in...”
Workers' Compensation Act of 1915, Section 406.1(d)(1) (Temporary compensation)
“(d) (1) In any instance where an employer is uncertain whether a claim is compensable under this act or is uncertain of the extent of its liability under this act, the employer may initiate compensation payments without prejudice and without admitting liability pursuant to a notice of temporary...”
Workers' Compensation Act of 1915, Section 1603(b) (Uninsured Employers Guaranty Fund; Claims, Time)
“(b) Time.--An injured worker shall notify the fund within 45 days after the worker has been advised by the employer or another source that the employer was uninsured.”
Workers' Compensation Act of 1915, Section 438(b) (Employer reports of injury to the Department of Labor and Industry)
“An employer shall report such injuries to the Department of Labor and Industry by filing directly with the department on the form it prescribes a report of injury within forty-eight hours for every injury resulting in death, and mailing within seven days after the date of injury for all other...”
Workers' Compensation Act of 1915, Section 301(e) (Occupational disease; presumption from employment in a hazard occupation)
“If it be shown that the employe, at or immediately before the date of disability, was employed in any occupation or industry in which the occupational disease is a hazard, it shall be presumed that the employe's occupational disease arose out of and in the course of his employment, but this...”
Workers' Compensation Act of 1915, Section 301(c)(1) (Injury arising in the course of employment; employer-provided vehicle)
“The term "injury arising in the course of his employment," as used in this article, shall not include an injury caused by an act of a third person intended to injure the employe because of reasons personal to him, and not directed against him as an employe or because of his employment; nor shall it...”

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Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Act (Act of June 2, 1915, P.L. 736, No. 338), complete act (77 P.S.) is a state statute published by Pennsylvania General Assembly, Legislative Data Processing Center (legis.state.pa.us / palegis.us). Edition: Unconsolidated Statutes of Pennsylvania as published by the Legislative Data Processing Center; the page's own revision stamp reads "2024-11-14 08:44:50 AM"..

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