77 P.S. § 22d "Employe" Includes Special School Police; Knowledge of Other Employment; Self-Employment; Wages; Minimum Compensation

• Library: Pennsylvania Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through P.A. Acts 2023-27
• Year: 2023
• Citation: 77 P.S. § 22d

In addition to those persons included within the definition of the word "employe" as defined in section 104, 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 special school police in municipalities and townships, who shall be and are hereby declared to be "employes" of the appointing municipality or township for all the purposes of said act, and shall be entitled to receive compensation in case of injuries received while actually engaged as policemen or while participating in instruction or while answering any emergency call for any purpose or while performing any other duty authorized by the municipality or township.

The municipality or township as employer shall, in all cases, be deemed to have knowledge of all other employment of all members of its special school police, including self-employment, and shall be liable for compensation on account of all wages and earnings resulting therefrom. In all cases where an injury compensable under the provisions of this act is received by a member of the special school police 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 favora...