Evening star., 1935-09-19
SIMPLICITY IS AIM
IN DRAWING PLANS
IN lob INSURANCE
Minimum of Requirements
on Employers Objective
of Board.
TENTATIVE OUTLINES
TO BE OFFERED TODAY
Informal Studies Are Started by
Security Unit-Members
Take Office Oct. /.

Simplicity Of requirements on en-
ployers is a principal objective Of
plans for administration of unemploy-
ment insurance here, officials of the
District Unemployment Compensation
Board explained today. The plans are
now being prepared.
Tentative outlines for administra-
ton, adopted by the board at a
lengthy executive session late yester-
day, were to be presented today to
the National Social Security Board,
which has begun informal studies,
although its members will not take
Office until October l.
The Federal board holds powers
to pass on all policies and methods
Of operation of the District agency.
Few Forms Required.
Corporation Counsel E. Barrett
Prettyman, who aided in drafting a
tentative method of operation, said
the aim would be to relieve employers
of all possible operations in submis-
sion of records on employment. A
minimum of forms will be required
The local board contemplates placing
the detailed work on its staff
A huge task faces the new munic-
ipal agency in preparation of COM
plehensive set of regulations and a
handbook Of instructions. Promulga-
ton of rules has been set for Decem-
Der 20 at the latest. These are to
cover policies on every class of ques-
tions that can be anticipated. They
are to outline also procedural require
ments with respect to returns, records
and other details
Compilation of a register Of all en-
ployers has been started. John A.
Marshall, superintendent Of insurance,
who was named director for unem-
ployment insurance, will make use Of
lists Of business organizations, city
and telephone directories, automobile
licenses and those Of policyholders Of
workmens compensation insurance in
completing the register.
Workers Put at $1,000.
The commissioner estimates there
are $4,000 employers in the District
and some $4,000 employees who will
come under the insurance plan. 1t is
planned to divide the District into
zones. for each of which there will be
an examiner to maintain an inspec-.
ton of pay roll records. The zones
would be fixed by the number Of en-
ployes and employers in an area.
Use of punch card machine opera
ton in compilation Of data from time
to time from card indices has been
selected as a means of speedy admin
istration machinery. BY this means,
cards can be sorted quickly as to
classes of employment, wages, those
listed as out of work and so forth
Employers would not be required to
fill out lengthy monthly returns pro-
vided they can supply copies of their
pay roll records which contain the fol-
lowing information: Full names of en-
ployes, kind of work performed; rate
of wage, per hour, day or week: gratui-
ties, if any, in keeping with a scale for
averages which will be included in
regulations; time worked by hours. per
week, including overtime; total wage
actually paid. including gratuities; sep
arationS from and additions to en-
ployment, with dates, and the name of
the business and address of the en-
ployer.
Advance Rulings.
Advance rulings to be given by the
board are to include host of questions
of Interpretation. Among these are
questions of compensation RESPONSE
bility for a nonresident, corporation
officers and directors, receivers and
administrators, the employment of
physicians, lawyers and ministers,
statesmen on commission, association
members with drawing accounts. rela-
tions of religious, educational, fraternal
and charitable organizations to their
employees, part-time employees, rela-
tions between contractors and SUBJ
contractors, the broad field Of domestic
service and the definition of classes
of casual labor.
Members of the board are Daniel j.
Callahan, John Locher and District
Commissioners Hazen, Allen and
Sultan.