Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
Section 63.1 - Successors-in-interest(a)Comparisons. A successor employer who, under the provisions of section 301(d)(1) of the Law (43 P. S. § 781(d)(1)), has made application for the transfer of the whole or any appropriate part of the experience record and reserve account balance of a preceding employer shall be considered as continuing essentially the same business activity as his predecessor only if the Bureau finds that the anticipated employment risk of the succeeding employer with respect to such factors as unemployment has a direct relationship to the employment experience of the preceding employer. The determination shall be made by comparing the respective employers in matters such as the nature of the enterprises, the number of individuals employed by each and the wages paid or estimated to be paid to the employes.(b)Information required. The successor employer shall submit whatever information the Bureau may request for the purpose of making its determination pursuant to subsection (a).(c)Disapproval of applications. Whenever the Bureau finds that the anticipated employment risk of the successor is not substantially comparable to that of the predecessor for whose experience record and reserve account balance the successor has applied, his application shall be disapproved.