The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-06-28
CSC EXPLAINS new
PROVISIONS U NDER
UNEMPLOYMENT ACT


At the last session of the Terri
torial Legislature the benefit pro-
vision of the Alaska Employment
Security Law formerly the Alaska
Unemployment Compensation Law
was amended to provide for a sys-
tenn Of weekly dependency allow
ances in addition to basic weekly
unemployment insurance benefits
for those claimants having depen-
dents. This amendment is made be-
cause of the recognized additional
need of the basic necessities of life
for those claimants having depen-
dents.
According to r. E. Sheldon.
Executive Director, there are sew
eral states which have depen-
dency allowance provision in then
I laws but no two of them are alike
with respect to the definition Of. de
/ pendency and for the amount OF al
lowance Therefore, he wishes to
outline generally and briefly some
of the provisions peculiar to the
/ Alaska dependency allowances
4 amendment, which are as follows:
% Dependency allowances are
applicable only to those Claimants
whose benefit year commences on or
after July l, 1919. These claimants
,.,;ll l,a apti4Io1 70 lo,, o,,,,,,o4,..,st
weekly benefit consisting OF TIE
basic unemployment insurance
benefit, heretofore pegahle, tc5ath-
] er with an additional allovienca for
each dependent, up to a maximum
Of three. The additional allowance
is based on an increase of 20 per
cent over the weekly unemployment
insurance benefit Fer example, a
claimant having weekly benefit
of S25 would receive 20 per cert OF
S25 or IS for each dependent claim
ed, up to maximum of three This
means that claimant with maxi
mum dependents may have payable
to him a total weekly benefit and
F.. allowance of $40 as compared with
the previous maximum OF s25.
CD A dependent is defined as
! follows: vile, son under 10, daugh-
ter under Is, stepson under 10.
stepdaughter under ID. tAlso i,iclud-
es legally adopted child Or child
c,,r,,ortod t,t,rc,,o,,t RI e-.-,.4, n. do
cree of ccurt)
Unable to work: Husband dis
abled, mother disabled, father ois-
abled stepmother disabled, step
father disabled, brother over 18 dls-
abled, sister over Is disabled, son
over 13 disabled, daughter over Is
disabled, stepson over l6 disabled,
stepdaughter OF 10 disabled.
90 The above list of dependents.
in order to be legally recognized
under the provisions OF the act,
must reside IN Alaska; must not be
! painfully employed or receiving I'M
employment benefits, must be
wholly or mainly dependent on the
F., claimant for supper. "Gainful en-
ployment" is interrre.ed as consist
ing of earnings equal 70 CT exceed
ing $40 per week, except 70. chill
dren under the age o. Is years
who are employed during school va
cation.
a. whole or main support
must consist OF more than Sc per
cent of the support contributed to
the dependent.
CD Disabled dependents if other
wise qualified, VIII be recognized as
such by the Commission only if
claims are supported by a pbysl-
clans certificate attesting TO the
disability of the Dependent.
90 No claimant may obtain al
loWanceS with respect to dependents
who reside outside of the Territory
with the exception that a dependent
may be claimed who has been re-
moved from the Territory at the di-
rection of a physician, and further
provided that a physicians certifi-
cate to that effect shall accompany
the claim.
% No dependents allowances are
payable for a dependent who is
drawing unemployment benefits
from the Territory or from another
State.
80 Dependency allowances are
payable only for the same week
that unemployment insurance bene-
fits are payable For example, ii
the claimant has reported earnings
during the week being claimed,
which preclude the paypeu. of an
unemployment insurance benefit,
then no allowances for dependents
are payable for that particular week
even though the claimant contribut-
ed whole or main support for such
dependents.
80 A witness signature is re-
quired on all initial applications for
dependency allowances; in addition.
a witness signature is required for
all claims which show a change, or
addition of dependents. Signatures
are listed below in the order in
which they are preferred by the
commission: Government school