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The coverage extensions currently proposed provide a significant advance toward bringing into the program workers in need of wage loss protection.

Present and Proposed Unemployment Insurance Coverage of Wage and Salary Employment

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* Based on State unemployment insurance laws coverage provisions as of January 1, 1989.

** Excludes clergymen and members of religions orders, student nurses, interns, and students employed in schools where enrolled. *** Excluded from coverage under definition of employee and agriculturo

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Estimated number of Employers and Employment Added to Coverage by

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OASDI in providing coverage to an expanding labor force.

Wage and Salary Employment Covered Under OASDHI and Unemployment Insurance, 1940-1968

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Excludes civilian and military employment in Federal Government. 2 Annual average employment derived from data published by the BLS.

Data represent averages of survey week data for 4 calendar months: March, June, September and December.

Based on data reported by State employment security agencies and Railroad Retirement Board.

Twenty-five States continue to avait Federal initiative before extending
coverage to firms with less than four workers in twenty weeks. Of the
twenty-seven States which provide broader coverage than the FUTA provision,
eighteen provide for coverage substantially as broad or broader than
the proposal.

Impact on State Laws of Change in Definition of an Employer
under the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA)

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* Alaska, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico (effective 1/1/70), Rhode Island, and Washington provide for coverage of one or more at ang time.

1/ Coverage includes some employers of one or more workers.

2/ Minor changes may be required to include a small number of employers.

3/ Effective Jamary 1, 1970.

July 29, 1969

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