Evening star., 1935-10-21
Registration of Employers
Must Be Accomplished
by January 10.
EMPLOYEES MUST FILL
OUT CENSUS CARDS
First Formal Pay Roll Returns
Must Be Filed Not Later
Than February Is.
BY DON s. WARREN.

District, not specifically exempted
from the social security act, must be
accomplished by January 10, under q
second section Of tentative rules pub.
hshed today by the District Unem-
ployment Compensation Board.
At the same time the employers
would be required to have all theil
employees I'LL out employe census cards
which must be filed promptly with the
board to establish a register OF de-
tailed information concerning all EN-.
ployes who might later become eligible
for unemployment compensation.
Employers would be required to file
their first formal pay roll returns with
the board not later than February Is
covering employment experience dur.
ing January and at the same time
remit the first pay roll contributions
These will amount to 1 per cent Of
each employers pay roll during the
months of 1896. The levy on en-
ployers will be 2 per cent in 1887 ano
3 per cent in 1888.
To Hold Public Hearing.
The tentative rules, to be considered
ut a public hearing at the District
Building November 4, also outline
severe penalties which may be laie
on employers who fail to comply with
the law or regulations. The rules
were drafted for consideration by the
board by Corporation Counsel E. Bar.
rett Prettyman and Supt. Of Insur-
ance John A. Marshall, who has beer
named director of unemployment COM
pensation.
Headquarters for the board will bt
established in the Estes Building, 47C
Indiana avenue, some time after No
vember II. Marshall's present office
Is in the Ford Building, Pennsylvania
avenue and John Marshall place.
Under present plans, Director Mar.
shall will register at hi, office al
EMPLOYERS known to him to be liable
for contributions and will notify en-
ployers of their registration. Any
employer liable for payments who
does not receive the notice before
January would be held responsible
for appearing at the Office for a reg
istration form. known as employer
census card"
Must Name Agents.
Nonresident employers, whether ol
not having Offices in the District. who
desire to make returns without re-
ferring them to their home offices fol
execution would be required to fllt
with the director a copy Of suit
able power of attorney" authorizing
q resident agent to make the returns
Each registered employer will bt
furnished a placard, certifying regis
kration, and this must be posted prom
lnently in the main Office of the en-
ployer. If any employer fails or re-
fuses to pay his contributions or other
wise to comply with the act, the pla'
card is to be taken up by the board!
director.
Every employe in the District, q!
10 whose wages any employer Is liza
bic for contributions, must be regis
tered. This will be on an "employt
census card" to be furnished by tht
director, through the employer. Thi'
form is to contain information in.
cluding the name, sex, color, date o.
birth and signature of the employe
Each employer shall cause each of hi
employees to fill out these cards.
Numbers to Be Assigned.
When the employe census cards ART
returned to the director he would as
sign to each employe a registration
number, which thereafter would con-
troll the accounts of the employe
Each registered employe would b
sent an identification card bearing hi!
name and number. Employees woule
be- charged q fee of 81 for replace.
llfent Of lost registration cards.
Any employe applying for benefi
payments (Which are to begin Janu
ary 2, 1889 and was found not tx
be- registered, would carry the burder
Of proof as to every essential fact ir
establishing eligibility for compen'
sation.
For the month of January, 1886, re.
turns required of employers would bt
prepared as follows:
The director would furnish, every
employer with a supply of blank pay
roll sheets. The employer would fl
out this form listing the names, reg
istration numbers, hours of employ.
ment and wages payable with gra-
tuities, If any, separately noted) fol
each employe These, forms woulc
provide for regular employees and cas-
ual and temporary employees. Ths
employer could enter the names of hi
employees on these forms in whatever
order he chooses, alphabetically, or BY
departments, or by classifications, OF
any other method.
Preparation Of Pay Rolls.
For the convenience of employer
the director plans to prepare each
month beginning with February, 1896
for each employer pay roll sheet
upon which the director would entel
the names and registration number ol
each employe appearing on the pre-.
ceding months return Of that en-
ployer. The arrangement OF names
Of employees would be the same as thai
used by the employer on the January
return. Blank pay roll sheets would
be attached for the entry Of data con-
cerning any new employees and fol
casual or temporary employees moi
shown on the regular return.
The employer. on receipt Of thest
forms, would enter on the pay rol
sheets the hours of employment ant
the wages payable for each employs
for tts past month. He also woult
note the, date of separation opposits
the name Of each employee who hac
left his employ since the last return
The completed return sheets would
have to be fled with Director Mar.
shall not later than the close Of the
business day Of the 18th Of the month
II mailed, the returns would have tc
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