The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-11-29
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ESQ MEET OPENS;
STUDY ABUSES OF
J0BLESS BENEFITS

JUDLEyy kENffSIS
Policing of unemployment COM
pensation requests to avoid abuses
that may be depicting the unem-
ployment fund and the matter of
seasonality of occupations in AL
aska-also considered in the light
of depicting the Unemployment
fund-were discussed at the open
ing session of the meeting of the
Employment Security Commission
in the Senate Chamber of the Fed
eral Building Tuesday afternoon.
With Ralph Rivers, chairman and
member of the commission from
the Fourth Division, presiding. and
George Vaara, member from the
Third Division and RobeiIt E.
Sheldon, director, present, repre-
sentatives of both labor and man.
agement spoke on the subjects be-
fore the commission-with an evil
dent desire for cooperation.
Anthony zorich, member of the
Commission from Ketchikan, is I'M
able to attend the meetings.
Roy B. Erling, manager of the
Fairbanks Exploration division of
the United States Smelling and
Refining Company, was first speak
er in the discussion of abuses of
the Unemployment benefits.
AS possible amendments to the
present law, he suggested ID that
termination slips" be presented to
each employee at the time he left
his job to show the reason for
termination and that CD such
termination slips be attached to
every application for benefits.
Mr.. Erling advocated that penal
ties for abuses of the law be es-
tablished by statute, and not be
left to the discretion of the direc-
tor-this for the protection of the
| director.
Reduce Benefits
The mining man further urged
that benefits be reduced for men
who quit jobs or are discharged for
cause and in order to prevent
abuses by employer and employee,
provisions should be made to cover
these three types of cases:
l. The employee who might quit
because his job is made unbearable
! by action of superior.
2. The man who quits because
he is physically incapable of per-
forming the work and
3. The employee who quits be-
cause of abusive treatment by a
superior.
These types of termination
should be provided for by amend
ment with protective clauses" Mr..
Erling said.
provisions should be made to
protect the Unemployment Com
pensation Fund for those who are
out of work through no fault of
their own" said AL Anderson, ex-
ecutive secretary of the Alaska Min
ing Industry. But I do not believe
people should indiscriminately leave
employment to take a holiday. Un-
der certain condition, a percentage
| of the benefits allowed by law
should be denied as a penalty for
| abuses"
"It should be the desire of both
labor and management to protect
the fund.-" Mr.. Anderson concluded.
For labor, Erwin Hill, president
| of the Alaska Territorial Fedora
ton of Labor, asked that in pro-
pounding penalties for abuses Of use
of the fund, that the 5000 unem-
ployed in Alaska should not be
Disseminated against because of the
few professional buns"
However, we are not in favor of
employees chiseling," Mr.. Hill said.
Il think employees should accept
work when available-but that con-
sideration should be given to suit
able and unsuitable employment"
No Chiseling
Suggestion was made by Ward
Gilmore of the Fairbanks Central
Labor Council and Building Trades
that workers should report to their
unions that they are available for
work after making initial claim
for unemployment benefit.
I'VE don't want our people to be
chiselers either" Mr.. Gilmore said.
"We wish to be helpful"
Present as a representative of
the regional Federal Security Of
flee in San Francisco was Mrs.
Mary Hutchinson who was called
upon by Mr.. Sheldon to speak be-
cause "of her familiarity with the
restrictions of the law"
Because abuses ofsthe law dis
credit the whole security sys-
tenn, Mrs. Hutchinson said she con-
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