CONTENTS I. Message from the President transmitting proposals relative to unem- ployment insurance, dated July 8, 1969 – – II. H.R. 12625, Employment Security Amendments of 1969_ IV. Department of Labor explanation and justification of H.R. 12625... VI. Brief description of present unemployment insurance system.. VII. Significant provisions of State unemployment compensation laws, Pie chart-Present and proposed unemployment insurance coverage of wage and salary employment, Calendar year 1968. Table-Estimated number of employers and employment added Graph-Wage and salary employment covered under OASDHI and unemployment insurance, 1940-1968__ Table-Wage and salary employment covered under OASDHI and unemployment insurance, 1940-1968--- Sec. 101. Definition of employer-Coverage of small firms. Table-Impact on State laws of change in definition of an employer under the Federal unemployment Tax Act (FUTA)- Table Distribution of States by minimum size-of-firm pro- vision in State unemployment insurance laws, selected dates, 1937-69___ Table Estimated number and percent of small firms and em- ployment excluded from coverage under state unemployment Table Estimated number of firms and employment added to unemployment insurance coverage by proposed change in Table-Comparison of contribution rates of small employers with those of all other employers, rate years beginning in Table-Beneficiary experience of workers from small and large firms, States covering employers of one or more workers---- Sec. 102. Definition of employee. Statement-Definition of employee... 64 76 88 106 Statement Effect of the proposed change in definition of agri- 118 35-277069 VIII. Background information and statistical data-Continued Sec. 104. Nonprofit organizations. Page 120 121 122 Statement-Coverage of nonprofit organizations. Table-Employment in all nongovernment hospitals by major 123 124 125 126 Sec. 104. State hospitals and colleges. Table-Total civilian labor force and full-time equivalent 127 Table-Employment in State hospitals, by State-- 128 Table-State institutions of higher learning, number and 129 STATE LAW PROVISIONS Statement-Provisions required to be included in State laws___ 130 Table Requalifying requirements.. 131 Table Status of State UI laws with respect to H.R. 12625 pro- Statement-Interstate unemployment insurance arrangements. Statement-Labor dispute disqualification may not be termi- 132 133 137 139 Table State laws with provisions which can result in cancella- 140 Table State qualifying requirements compared with proposed 141 EXTENDED BENEFITS PROVISIONS Sec. 201. Title XX: Social Security Act. Table Minimum and maximum potential durations under Statement-National extended benefit periods under H.R. grams. 143 146 147 149 Graph-Periods in which extended benefits would have been 151 Table State extended benefit trigger periods under H.R. 152 Table-State extended benefit trigger periods under H.R. 15119 153 Table State extended benefit trigger periods under H. R. 15119 154 VIII. Background information and statistical data-Continued Table Estimated benefit costs of Federal-State exended unem- Table Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Page 155 157 158 159 160 FINANCIAL PROVISIONS Sec. 301. Wage base increase. Statement-The taxable wage base, H.R. 12625... 161 163 Table-Provisions for automatic extension of State's taxable Table-State taxable wage base and percentages of total 164 165 Table Selected industries arrayed by average tax rate as a 166 Table-Proportion of wages of individual employers taxable 167 revenues_ Table-Proportion of individual employers' wages taxable Statement-Impact of tax base increase of State tax yields Table-Net changes in administrative costs. 168 169 170 171 172. Bar chart-Reserve ratio as multiple of highest 12-month 174 State financial data. Table-Average employer contribution rates, by State.. 175 176 177 178 Table Significant measures (in percent). Table Proposed statutory ceiling, Federal unemployment account_.. 179 Sec. 304 and 305. Federal unemployment trust fund accounting. 180 Flow chart-Flow of FUTA fund under proposed UI bill. Table-Estimated amounts of title IX, Reed Act fund as of 181 182 183 184 |