§ 65.32. Week of unemployment.

 (a)  The week of unemployment with respect to which a claim is filed shall be the calendar week preceding the week which includes the day on which the claim is actually or constructively filed; except that those individuals who are filing claims for compensation for a period of unemployment which began prior to the effective date of this section shall continue to file claims for weeks of any 7 consecutive days for as long as that period of unemployment continues and they are otherwise eligible.

 (b)  Notwithstanding the provisions contained in this section, the local offices shall insure that claimants be scheduled to report for the purpose of processing the first compensable week of their application on the first local office work day possible within the applicable time limits of this section regardless of the last digit of their Social Security number. Thereafter, claimants may be rescheduled in accordance with the digit reporting schedule.

   The provisions of this §  65.32 adopted July 1, 1969; amended September 15, 1972, effective September 16, 1972, 2 Pa.B. 1731; amended July 13, 1973, effective July 14, 1973, 3 Pa.B. 1309. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (9313) to (9314).

   Reporting Requirements

   A claimant has not complied with the reporting requirements if he is aware of the reporting requirements but only visits the local office informally and irregularly and merely keeps a friend who works at the office apprised of his situation on an informal basis. Zinicola v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, 407 A.2d 474 (Pa. Cmwlth. 1979).

   Timeliness

   Because the unemployment compensation claimant’s backdating of an application for unemployment benefits could not be justified on the basis that the employer misrepresented about eligibility for benefits, claimant’s application was considered untimely. Mitchelree v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, 635 A.2d 701 (Pa. Cmwlth. 1993).