The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-19
JOB INSURANCE
INFORMATION


Add age benefits have nothing
to do with unemployment insurance.
Each is entirely separate.
Q.-How much does job insurance
cost the worker?
A.-The employe pays nothing for
his job insurance. The employers
contributions make up the fund. Un-
employment benefits are for the pres
ent. Old age benefits are for the fu-
ture aid of the individual.
Q.-Is job insurance dole?
A.-No, it is not a charity. 1t be-
longs to the workers. The Unemploy-
ment Compensation Commission ad-
ministers this fund.
Q.-What is the purpose of sob in
surance"?
Alt will help to relieve distress
caused by unemployment.
Q.-Where should an unemployed
worker file his claim?
A.-Local offices are loca e d
throughout the state and an eligible
worker should make his claim at the
office nearest his home.
Q.-Are workers in seasonal EN-
ployment eligible for benefits?
A.-Yes, at the present time-the
same as any other workers, if they
worked in 20 weeks in 1888.
Q.-What is separation report?
Alt is report an employer is
required to give a worker within "a
hours after the worker leaves or loses
his employment.
Q.-When an unemployed worker
files claim for benefits, what docu-
ments must he have with him?
Ale must have his appointment
card; social security card; employment
service identification card and, if he
has left his job since Oct. l, 1888, the
separation notice which his employer
gave him.
Q.-ShouId a worker keep record
of his earnings?
Alt is not mandatory but advis-
able.
Q.-SuppOsing that worker loses his
Social Security account card but re-
members the number; does he have to
get another card?
A.-The worker must have his card
when applying for benefits or getting
job.
Q.-When an unemployed worker
applies for benefits, must he furnish
proof of his earnings and the number
of weeks he has worked?
A.-No. That information is on his
separation report on file at the COM
missions office. However, the work
er should keep record of his earn
ings to protect himself against pos
sible mistakes.
Q.-HOw does a person become an
insured worker, under the Ohio job
law?
Ale becomes an insured worker
by working in each of 20 weeks dur
ing the year Immediately prior to
making claims for benefits. The weeks
need not be full weeks, continuous, or
for the same employer. AND it mat
ters not whether the employer has
contributed to the fund; just so he was
liable for contribution by having 3 or
more in covered employment.
Q.-What period of time constitutes
weeks time under the Ohio law?
A.--For the purposes of paying
benefits for total unemployment under
the Ohio law, the week begins the day
an unemployed worker applies for
benefit. For partial benefits, the week
will be computed according to the en-
ployer's payroll week. In case a
worker is paid at irregular intervals,
or on monthly basis, the calendar
week will be used for the purpose Of
making computations of partial bene-
fits.
Q.--Does a person have to earn
less than sixty per cent of his weekly
wage before he can serve his waiting
period for partial unemployment?
A.-Yes. The same procedure gov
erning the payment of partial benefits
applies to the serving of the waiting
period
Q.-How long can person draw
partial benefits?
Ale can draw partial benefits for
up to 81 weeks, but he cannot draw
more than 16 times the amount he
would draw for one week of total un-
employment.
Q.-What is an extra worker?
Ale is a person who works not
more than one day per week, for an
employer subject to the act. The en-
ploycr pays contributions on the pay
of such worker, but the worker is not
entitled to benefits. There must be
written or oral contract that such
worker is an extra worker.
Q.-What is an Employment Service
Identification card?
At is card given to the worker
after he has registered for work at
that office.
Q.-Can worker secure record
Of his wages from the Commission at
any time?
A.-No. Such information is con
fidential. Such record, is maintained
for calculating his benefits.
Q.-Can an unemployed worker
qualify for benefits even though his
separation report shows that he has
not worked in each Of 20 weeks?
Ayes, il is possible. A separation