The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-18

when the long-awaited com. uensation benefits to eligible Jop- iess workers of Connecticut be- come payable after January l. Ip38. the states fund for allevia. tion of unemployment will total more than 4l6,6OO,OO0.
 Since November S0th ot last year when e special session of the Iegls- lature passed the Connecticut Vn- employment Compensation Act. the state has made paiastaking efForts to have everything In read. jness for the debut of 1883. TO that end. Joseph M. Tone, Labor Corn- missioner, hes been appointed ao. iministrator of the act, and tne Unemployment Compensation Dd" vlsIon has been set up In his oe- nartment to serve those Of Con- necticut,s covered workers wno have the misfortune to lose sneaE jobs. -
 Not every worker, of course, VII he eliRible for benefits. An un. employed individual may recelve cornnengatlon if he has been on tne navroli of an employer who is covered by the Law, has earned 2 certain amount of wages on wnicn contributions have been paio 0E are payable and is able 70 work and available for work. The max. inurn amount c person is eH1titleo to Ia 1i6,O0O, while there is no ,cininn,Yn, No one will receive henefits, by the terms Of the act, for more than l3 weeks In any one year.
 The word "covered" in the pre- ceding paragraph needs some ex- nianation, Tn general, ala employer is "covered" by the Act # ne nas five or more persons on ms pey" roll. But oil types of endeavor are not subject to the provisions 0s the Connecticut lew.
 For example, agricultural lab- orers and domestic servants M private homes are not eligible TOT benefits: nor are crews of vessels operating in the Tavigable waters of the United States; minors in employ of their parents; persons working for their children or TOT their husbands or wives; those en- Tared in government service, m. ciudinR employment by 0 state or its political subdivisions; individ" ,ials coming under the law of on. other state; casual laborers not in the course of on employers trade or business; workers m cer. tain charitable end non-profit institutions.
 About 4Bo,0o0 workers are GOV. cred by the act and will receive naymei,ts from the fund when they become unemployed. An ln- diyidual's benefit rate is roughly about half his average weekly ware with $500 the weekly max. irniir,n. No one who is otherwise eligible will be denied colnpensa: tiofl because he Is not citizen of the United States. Nor will on In: diyiduai, otherwise eligible, fail to receive benefits because some other member of his family is ci1l. ployed.
 Procedure
 To obtain benefits the lndivld- ual has to follow Q certain pro. cedure, A Waterbury worker, TOT example, who loses his job goes to the State Employment Service Ofsice ct 12S Bank street, after January 1, 1898. He Is greeted py a receptionlst and sent to talk. privately, with on interviewer of the employment service about ms experience and background. He registers for employment by fill- ing out 0 form. Then he discusses with an examiner of the Unem. rioyment Compensation Division, his eligibility to draw conpensa- ton. His application for compen- sation is made on another form ct that time.
 Each week thereafter the appli- cant must return to the Bank street oftice if he is still Idle. If he is eligible for benefits, pay. ments to him from the cornpea- sation Is made on another form at that time.
 Each week thereafter the applls