Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1937-01-09

= SESSlON Ut 1900
paid such contributions or interest
thereon shall make application for
an adjustment thereof in connection
with subsequent contribution pay
ments, or for a refund thereof
because such adjustment cannot be
made, and the commission shall
determine that such contributions
or interest or any portion thereof
was enormously collected, the COM
mission shall allow such employer
to make an adjustment thereof,
without interest, in connection with
subsequent contribution payments
by him, or If such just adjustment
cannot be made, the commission
shall refund said amount, without
interest, from the fund. For like
cause and within the same period,
an adjustment or refund may be
SO made on the commissions own
initiative.
Section Is. PROTECTION OF
RIGHTS AND BENEFITS.
(a) Waiver of Rights Void. No
agreement by an individual to
waive, release or commute his
rights to benefits or any other
rights under this Act shall be valid.
No agreement by any individual
in the employ Of any person or
concern to pay all or any portion
of an employers contributions, re-
quired under this Act from such
employer, shall be valid. No en-
ployer shall directly or indirectly
make or require or accept any de-
duction from wages to finance the
employers contributions required
from him, or require or accept any
waiver of any right hereunder by
any individual in his employ.
CD No Assignment of Benefits:
Exemptions. No assignment, pledge,
or encumbrance of any right to
benefits which are or may become
due or payable under this Act shall
be valid; and such rights to bene-
fits shall be exempt from levy,
execution, attachment, or any other
remedy whatsoever provided for
the collection of debt; and benefits
received by any individual, so long
as they are not mingled with other
funds Of the recipient, shall be
exempt from any remedy whatso-
ever for the collection of all debts
except debts incurred for neces-
saries furnished to such individual
or his spouse or dependents during
the time when such individual was
unemployed. No waiver of any ex-
emption provided for in this sub
section shall be valid.
Section 16. PENALTIES. (a)
Whoever violates any of the pro-
visions of this Act shall be guilty
of misdemeanor and shall be
punished by a fine of not more
than $4,000 or by imprisonment Of
not longer than 80 days.
CD Any person who wilfully
makes a false statement or repre-
sentation to obtain any benefit
or payment under the provisions
of this Act either for himself or
another person or to cause or at
tempt to cause lower contribu-
ton to be paid to the fund, or any
person who wilfully refuses to pay
a contribution to the fund shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor and
punished by q fine of not more
than $4,000 or by Imprisonment
of not longer than 80 days.
Section II. REPRESENTATION
IN COURT. In any civil action to
enforce the provisions of this Act
the commission and the State may
be represented by any qualified at
torney who is regular salaried
employee of the commission and is
designated by it for this purpose
or at the commissions request by
the Attorney General; an aggrieved
employee shall be entitled to ap-
pear before any court by himself
or with a licensed attorney.
Section Is. NONLIABILITY OF
STATE. Benefits shall be deemed
to be due and payable under this
Act only to the extent provided in
this Act and to the extent that
moneys are available therefor to
the credit of the unemployment
compensation fund and neither the
State nor the commission shall be
liable for any amount in excess of
such sum.
Section 10. SAVING CLAUSE.
The legislature reserves the right
to amend or repeal all or any part
of this Act at any time; and there
shall be no vested private right Of
any kind against such amendment
or repeal. All the rights, privileges,
or immunities conferred by this Act
or by acts done pursuant thereto
shall exist subject to the power Of
the legislature to amend or repeal
this Act at any time. If for any
reason the e--cise tax on wages pro-
vided for in Title TX of the Social
Security Act is held to be invalid by
the Supreme Court Of the United
States or the contributions imposed
under this Act are held to be in
valid by court Of last resort, or in
case the Social Security Act is re-
pealed, no further contributions
shall be collected under this Act,
and no further benefits paid, and
any moneys in the unemployment
compensation fund shall be held in
a separate account by the Treasurer
Of the State Of Minnesota pending
the disposition thereof as may be
provided by law. The contribution
imposed under this Act shall not be
collected for the calendar year 1885,
II this Act Is not approved by the