The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-01-07


number of stores or places opera&-
ed. A sub-contractor is included in
the contractors payroll unless he is
an employer within the meaning OF
the act.
The state industrial commission
will, set up regulations for payment
of the payroll tax and collect it.
Beginning January 1, 1871, an
employer can obtain reduced rate
of contribution under specified
conditions, such as:
If records for the employer show
his contributions exceed benefits
paid in his behalf to his employees
who have been laid off since the
fund was established, the rate may
be cut to 10 per cent, Is per cent
or nine-tenths of 1 per cent, depend
ing on the amount of the excess Of
contributions over benefits. This
provision applies only if the entire
fund is solvent as defined in the
act.
If an employer elects to operate
under the guaranteed employment
act (after 1880, by providing guar
antees that he will keep his en-
ployment at the level of the prev
ious year, for 40 weeks of the year
at 80 hours a week, he may obtain
a reduction to half of per cent.
Employers in seasonal occupa-
tions have special provisions to take
care of their situations. The COM
mission will work out the rules.
For Employees
Employees will pay no part of the
fund out of which unemployment
compensation is to be paid.
After January 1, 1888, it will be
possible to obtain benefits if a per-
son has lost his job. He cannot get
more than SIS or less than Sc a
week, his amount being half his
wage within the maximum except
in the lower brackets.
On becoming unemployed, the
person will appear at the nearest
state employment office (there will
be one in each of about 20 cities)
and serve notice of his claim, ap-
plying for work. If work is found,
he may collect benefits after two
weeks, and then for a maximum
period of 16 weeks.
He must take another position if
offered, if wages and conditions are
comparable to his former job, If 1t
is not in place where the job is
the result of a labor dispute, and
if it does not affect his relations
with his labor organization.
The scale of benefits is less if his
unemployment is only partial. To
tai benefits for complete unem-
ployment cannot exceed s240 in any
one year.
The two weeks waiting period is
heightened from one to nine weeks
if he left work without good cause,
if he is discharged for misconduct,
or if he fails to apply for or accept
suitable work offered. The waiting
period will be determined in each
case.
A striker may not obtain bene-
fits, but a person thrown out of
work because of a strike in which
he is not participating may collect.
The unemployed person presents
his case to a referee for the COM
mission, may appeal to the full COM
mission and to the courts. Appeal
tribunals are set up to provide a
place for appeals from the referee.
Persons in seasonal occupations
may get benefits only for unemploy-
ment during the normal season Of
employment las during the canning
season.
For The Public
Presumably, when the system is
in full effect, employment will be
stabilized, and many unemployed
cared for from this fund instead of
by relief.
Meanwhile, prices are expected to
advance, as it is conceded the tax
will be passed on to consumers in
most classes. Estimates of the in
crease vary.
A new division will be set up in
the industrial commission to admin
lister the act, it's expenses to be paid
by the federal government out Of
the 10 per cent of the tax which
goes to the United States treasury.