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

to the fund OF employers III SUCH
occupation or industry on account
of such seasonal employees.
Section 6. BENEFIT ELIGIBIL-
ITY CONDITIONS. An unemployed
individual shall be eligible to receive
benefits with respect to any week
only if the commission finds that
(a) He has registered for work at
and thereafter has continued to
report to an employment office In
accordance with such regulations as
the commission may prescribe;
(b) He has made claim for bene-
fits in accordance with the pro-
visions of section (a) of this Act;
Co He is able to work and Is
available for work; and
I'D Prior to any week for which
he claims benefits he has been to-
tally unemployed for a waiting
period of two weeks (and for the
purposes of this subsection, three
weeks of partial unemployment
shall be deemed to be equivalent to
one week of total unemployment
Such weeks of total or partial I'M
employment or both need not be
consecutive. No week shall be
counted as a week of total unem-
ployment for the purposes of this
subsection:
Cd if benefits have been paid
with respect thereto;
CD unless the individual was
eligible for benefits with respect
thereto in all respects except for
the requirements of subsections CD
and (e) Of this section;
60 unless it occurs within the
Is consecutive weeks preceding the
week for which he claims benefits,
provided that this condition shall
not interrupt the payment of bene-
fits for consecutive weeks Of I'M
employment nor require any indi-
vidual who, prior to the first day of
his benefit year, shall have accumu-
lated such two waiting period weeks,
to accumulate more than three adj
ditional waiting period weeks dur
ing his ensuing benefit year;
"a unless it occurs after benefits
first could become payable to any
individual under this Act.
(e) He has within the first four
out of the last five completed
calendar quarters Immediately pre-
ceding the first day of his benefit
year, earned wages for employment
by employers of not less than 16
times his weekly benefit amount
and that he has had not less than
ten weeks of employment as defined
in this Act within the last half
Of his base period; provided, that
if the aforesaid wages of the indi-
vidual during such four calendar
quarters have been reduced. below
the eligible amount because of some
mental or physical disability due to
service in the armed forces of the
United States in time of war, wages
earned by the individual in en-
ployment by an employer during his
base period shall be substituted for
those earned in such four calendar
quarters.
Section z. DISQUALIFICATION
FOR BENEFITS. An individual
shall be disqualified for benefits
(a) For the week in which he has
left work voluntarily without good
cause, if so found by the commits
sion, and for not less than one nor
more than the five weeks which i'm
mediately follow such week Gin
addition to the waiting period as
determined by the commission &C
cording to the circumstances in
each case.
(b) For the week in which he has
been discharged for misconduct
connected with his work, if so found
by the commission, and for not less
than one nor more than the nine
weeks which Immediately follow
such week Gin addition to the wait
ing period as determined by the
commission in each case according
to the seriousness Of the miscon-
duct.
Co If the commission finds that
he has failed, without good cause,
either to apply for available, suit
able work when SO directed by the
employment office or the commits
sion or to accept suitable work when
offered him, or to return to his
customary self-employment Gf any
when so directed by the commits
sion. Such disqualification shall
continue for the week in which such
failure occurred and for not less
than one nor more than the five
weeks which Immediately follow
such week Gin addition to the wait
ing period as determined by the
commission according to the cir
cumstances in each case.
Cd In determining whether or
not any work is suitable for an in
dividual, the commission shall con-
slider the degree of risk involved to
his health, safety, and morals, his
physical fitness and prior training,
his experience and prior earnings,
his length of unemployment and
prospects for securing local work in
his customary occupation, and the
distance of the available work from
his residence.
CD Notwithstanding any other
provisions Of this Act, no work
shall be deemed suitable, and bene-
fits shall not be denied under this
Act to any otherwise eligible indi-
vidual for refusing to accept new
work under any of the following
conditions:
ca if the position offered Is va
cant due directly to a strike, lock-
out, or other labor dispute;
CD if the wages, hours, or other
conditions of the work offered are
substantially less favorable to the
individual than those prevailing for
similar work in the locality;
Co if as a condition of being en-
ployed the individual would be re-
quired to join company union or
to resign from or refrain from
joining any bona fide labor or