Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-07-03

duct any part of his contribution from
the wages of his workers, nor may thu
workers agree to pay any part thereof
Items to be included in wages
upon which contributions are to b.
/ based include all remuneration payable
for services, including wages or salaries
! commissions, bonuses and the cast
value of any payments in kind, sucI
as board and room.
Under Title 9 of the federal socia
/ security act uniform tax Of two per
cent Of the total payroll is imposed
upon employers Of eight or more per-
sons, but because Of the Montana I'M
| EMPLOYMENT compensation law, which
has been approved by the social security
board. each Montana employer Of eight
or more may deduct 90 percent of this
tax which viii be the amount Of his
contribution to the Montana unemploy-
ment compensation fund, and viii pay
the remaining 10 percent to the federal
| government. The employer OF one or
more, but less than eight persons. will
make no contribution to the federal
fund but viii make his full contribution
on basis Of i.8 percent in 1887 to the
Montana compensation fund.
All employers Of one or more persons
in covered occupations are required to
maintain complete employment and
payroll records and TO make such re-
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are necessary to determine their liabil-
ity for contributions Such report &C
companied by remittance covering
the contribution for the first half Of
1887 is required on or before July 81,
1897.
Payment Of unemployment benefits
will not begin until after July l, 1889,
when a fund win have been built up
sufficient to meet the benefit require
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be limited to so percent of the un-
employed workers former full-time
weekly wage but not more than SIS
per week in any instance, nor less than
81, or three-folrths of his weekly full
time wage, whichever amount is the
lesser.
Benefits viii be paid an individual
which period may be shortened de-
pending on his employment and earn
ings in a given period prior to loss OF
employment.
Benefits become available to an I'M
employed worker who has within the
first three out of the last four COM
pleteQ calendar quarters, Immediately
preceding the first day of the week
in which he becomes eligible for bene-
fits, earned wages equal to not less
than 10 times his weekly benefit
amount; when he is able and willing
to work, when he is unemployed
through no fault Of his own; and when
he has registered for work at state
employment office and cannot find
suitable work.
Benefits viii not be paid a worker
until three weeks after he has become
unemployed. A worker need not lose
his benefits If he refuses to accept a
Job If such job is open because Of q
strike, lockout or other labor dispute,
or If the wages, hours or other working
conditions are substantially less favor
able that those prevailing for similar
work in the locality, or II the worker
should be required to join a company
union, or refrain from joining or re-
tanning membership In q labor union.
All contributions to the Montana
unemployment compensation fund viii
be preserved for the exclusive purpose
of paying unemployment benefits, the
costs of administering the state law
being met by special grants by the
federal social security board.
Upon appeal tribunals, which viii
provide fair hearings to all workers
whose claims have been denied or re-
duced, employers and workers will have
equal representation.