Unemployment Insurance: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of Lthe Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, Eighty-first Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 8059, a Bill to Extend and Improve the Unemployment Compensation Program, and for Other PurposesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1951 - 181 pages |
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... disqualifications should be revised and improved . It was a weakness in the original Federal legislation that it did ... disqualification provisions , which penalize the innocent along with the guilty , should be corrected . Fifth , I ...
... disqualifications should be revised and improved . It was a weakness in the original Federal legislation that it did ... disqualification provisions , which penalize the innocent along with the guilty , should be corrected . Fifth , I ...
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... disqualification from benefits under certain conditions which would undermine labor standards . In the 15 long years since 1935 the unemployment insurance program has not been subjected to any substantial revision by Con- gress , such ...
... disqualification from benefits under certain conditions which would undermine labor standards . In the 15 long years since 1935 the unemployment insurance program has not been subjected to any substantial revision by Con- gress , such ...
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... disqualifications which thwart the objectives of the program , and insecure financing . The staff report of the Ways and Means Committee in 1946 clearly pointed to these shortcomings . Earlier , in 1944 , the reports of the House and ...
... disqualifications which thwart the objectives of the program , and insecure financing . The staff report of the Ways and Means Committee in 1946 clearly pointed to these shortcomings . Earlier , in 1944 , the reports of the House and ...
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... disqualified for benefits under any other provisions of the law . The worker must , in addition , serve a waiting period , usually , of 1 week , during which no benefits are payable . These are the main benefit and related provisions ...
... disqualified for benefits under any other provisions of the law . The worker must , in addition , serve a waiting period , usually , of 1 week , during which no benefits are payable . These are the main benefit and related provisions ...
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... disqualification provisions now incorporated in State laws go beyond the original purpose . They include provision for the denial of benefits for causes unrelated to this basic objective . Moreover , the disqualifications imposed in an ...
... disqualification provisions now incorporated in State laws go beyond the original purpose . They include provision for the denial of benefits for causes unrelated to this basic objective . Moreover , the disqualifications imposed in an ...
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Page 64 - ... if the wages, hours, or other conditions of the work offered are substantially less favorable to the individual than those prevailing for similar work in the locality ; (C) if as a condition of being employed the individual would be required to join a company union or to resign from or refrain from joining any bona fide labor organization.
Page 14 - In the employ of the owner or tenant or other operator of a farm, in connection with the operation, management, conservation, improvement, or maintenance of such farm and its tools and equipment, or in salvaging timber or clearing land of brush and other debris left by a hurricane, if the major part of such service is performed on a farm.
Page 14 - For purposes of this chapter, the term "agricultural labor" includes all service performed — (1) on a farm, in the employ of any person, in connection with cultivating the soil, or in connection with raising or harvesting any agricultural or horticultural commodity, including the raising, shearing, feeding, caring for, training, and management of livestock, bees, poultry, and fur-bearing animals and wildlife; (2) in the employ of the owner or tenant or other operator of a.
Page 11 - wages" means all remuneration for employment, including the cash value of all remuneration paid in any medium other than cash...
Page 13 - For purposes of this chapter, the term "employee" means — (1) Any officer of a corporation; or (2) Any individual who, under the usual common law rules applicable in determining the employer-employee relationship, has the status of an employee...
Page 15 - The provisions of this paragraph shall not be deemed to be applicable with respect to service performed in connection with commercial canning or commercial freezing or in connection with any agricultural or horticultural commodity after its delivery to a terminal market for distribution for consumption. As used in this subsection, the term "farm...
Page 17 - State agencies in making payments of compensation under this title. (b) Any such agreement shall provide that compensation will be paid by the State to any Federal employee, with respect to unemployment after December 31, 1954, in the same amount, on the same terms, and subject to the same conditions...
Page 10 - For purposes of this chapter, the term "unemployment fund" means a special fund, established under a State law and administered by a State agency, for the payment of compensation.
Page 11 - ... (including any amount paid by an employer for insurance or annuities, or into a fund, to provide for any such payment), on account of (A) retirement, or (B) sickness or accident disability, or (C) medical and hospitalization expenses in connection with sickness or accident disability, or (D) death...
Page 3 - House of Representatives shall exercise continuous watchfulness of the execution by the administrative agencies concerned of any laws, the subject matter of which is within the jurisdiction of such committee; and, for that purpose, shall study all pertinent reports and data submitted to the Congress by the agencies in the executive branch of the Government.