Evening star., 1939-11-05
JobIess Claims
OF $2,S20,S3S Paid
In District
Security Benefit
Eligibility Depends
On Stute Lows

On State Laws
EDery one ,Dho has a social
security account number should
knotD hoW the changes made by
the last Congress In the old-age
!, insurance provisions of the Social
= Security Act apply to him. For
5 the benefit OF the readers of The
& Star, the District field Office OF
=, the Social Security Board has
? prepared a series OF brief articles,
g each explaining one point OF the
= neD provisions. FOLLOWING Is the
- nineteenth OF this series.
Claims for unemployment COM
pensation amounting to $2,82O,838
have been paid to men and women
In the District since unemployment
compensation became payable here
January. 1898. During September,
1850 initial and re-opened claims
were filed by District workers who
had lost their jobs. In addition, 49,
52l continued claims were received
by the District agency. Continued
claims are those which are filed for
weeks subsequent to the initial fil-
ing and If they are valid are GER
titled for payment.
Re-opened claims are those which
were approved some time ago; then
discontinued when the claimant
found another job before using up
his share Of benefits; and then re-
claimed when he lost his job again.
Initial claims are the new claims.
State Laws Differ.
just who are the people here
who can reasonably expect weekly
payments of unemployment COM
pensation, in case they find them
selves without jobs? They are the
men and women who have held
Jobs in factories, shops, mines, mills
oftices, stores and other places of
business or industry, where one or
more workers are employed. In
North Carolina, Virginia and West
Virginia, employers having eight or
more employees for some time in
each Of 20 different weeks In the
year are subject to the law. The
same is true of Tennessee and most
of the other States.
In Maryland, the unemployment
compensation law applies to en-
ployers having four or more en-
H ployes at some time il each of 20
weeks of the year. In Ohio, the
law applies to employers having
three or more employees at any time
during the year. In the District
the law applies to employers who
have only one employe.
1t depends upon the State law as
to which employers are subject to
the law and which ones are exempt,
Only the employees of establishments
subject to the law are included un-
der the benefit provisions.
Cases illustrated.
: 1t sometimes happens that work.
er loses his job, applies for unem-
ployment compensation. and then
finds that he is not entitled to such
benefits. Why? Usually because his
employer was not subject to the
State law and therefore, none of
the employees of that particular en-
ployer are covered by the law. For
example: John Jones, who lives in
North Carolina works for a con-
tractor who employs only four men.
Johns brother, Ed Jones, who lives
In Maryland works for a contrac-
tor who employs four men during
20 weeks of the year. Johns en-
ployer is not subject to the North
Carolina law, but the contractor in
Maryland for whom Ed works is
subject to the law. Therefore, John
would not be eligible for unem-
pioyment compensation benefits in
North Carolina, but when his BROTH
er, who lives in Maryland, loses
his job he may claim unemployment
compensation benefits, If he is other
wise qualified for such payments.
Questions pertaining to unem-
ployment compensation or to job
placement should be referred to the
local employment serpice office
located at 40 Indiana Ape. NV,
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