The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-03-02
JOB INSURANCE
INFORMATION

Q.-iH CdSe OI paft1al uneWpiOy-
ment, is the employe required to reg
lister at an Ohio State Employment
Service office before his waiting
period commences?
Ayes.
Off an employe is required to
register before his waiting period
commences for partial unemployment,
how soon after such registration will
the employer be notified?
A.-The employer will be notified
within two or three days after the en-
ploye registers.
eff minor rs no longer required
to attend school, and does not enroll
in school of higher learning, will
the employer be required to pay con-
tributiOns on his wages?
A.-The employer will be required
to pay contributions on wages paid
to the minor unless he is enrolled in
or actually attending school,
Q.-How do you distinguish be-
tween Casual and Temporary" en-
plOyes?
"A casual employe is one who
performs services for short time
only-not to exceed four weeks of
continuous duration-which services
are occasional, Incidental, and irregular
and do not promote nor further the
employers business, trade or pro-
fession, for which permission has
been obtained from the Commission
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ployed by an employer in coverable
employment, which is in the further
ance of the employers business, trade
or profession, for any period of tenn
porary duration.
Q.-How shall we distinguish be-
tween casual and "part-time" en-
IplOyes?
A casual employe is one who is
hired to perform services for remun-
GRAFTON in coverable employment not
to exceed four consecutive weeks,
which are not in the promotion of the
employers business, trade or pro-
fession, permission therefor having
been granted by the Commission. The
Ohio Law does not provide for part
time" employees as such. However, for
the purpose of benefits, an individual
shall be deemed partially unemployed
in any week of less than full-time
work if the total remuneration pay
able to him for such week is less than
60 per cent of his average weekly
wages.
Q.-HOw shall we distinguish be-
tween ''part-time" employees and
''seasonap employees?
"A part-time employe (for the
purposes of benefits) is an individual
whose total remuneration in any week
of less than full-time work is less than
60 per cent of his average weekly
wages. No empie.spant has, as yet,
been declared seasonal in Ohio.
Q.-Under what circumstances is
the owner of property the employer
of the general contractor engaged to
construct building?
A.-The owner of the property
would be considered an employer of
the general contractor when there is
an mployer-employe relationship ex-
isting between such parties or when
such property owner reserves in him
self the right of control as to what
shall be done and how it shall be done.
I Q.-Under what circumstances is
this owner subject to payroll taxes on
the wages paid the workers on the
construction project?
A.-Only when the owner is the en-
Iployer of such workers and retains
control over the methods to be used in
the performance Of said job.
Q.-ls the owner of the building
liable for unemployment cOmpensa-
tion contributions for the employees of
the contractor and sub-cOntractors?
A.-Usually not.
Q.-HOw can the owner of the build
ing avoid liability for unemployment
compensation contributions and have
definite knowledge that the cOntri-
buttons have been paid?
i A.-The owner of the building
would not be liable where the contract
is let to a general contractor and the
general contractor sublets to the sub
contractors.
Q.-ls a general contractor liable
for contributions on the employees of a
sub-cOntractOr?
Aft there is no employer -employe
relationship, no. If there is such an
employer-employc relationship, yes.
Q.-Are contractors specializing in
certain trades and Offering their ser
vices to the public subject to contri-
buttons on their employees?
Amy employer who employs
three or more individuals in coverable
employment at any one time is liable
under the Ohio act.
:. Q.-Are individuals, as well as part
nershps or corporations, subject to
contributions on their entire payroll?
Il A.-No. Only such remuneration as
falls within the category of coverable
: employment. They would not have tc
return on the salaries paid to in
: ldividuals who are performing services
in exempted employment.
u Q.-under what circumstances is
any employer engaging the services OF
i contractor or sub-cOntractOr the
d. emplOycr of persons hired by the con
tractor or sub-contractOr, and liable
for payroll contributions on theil