Bronze Reporter [Volume: 1, Issue: 28]

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Page Ten

THE BRONZE REPORTER

Ratundayt May 29, 1954

These Are The Major Changes

In New Unemployment Pay Law

(Continued from page 9)
~Available Suitable Work ~ Section 29 (1) (a), (8), and-~ (4).
An unemployed worker under the
new law- must apply for available suitable work when so notified by the employer. This can
cause much confusion if;an employer calls a worker back for a
job and the employer says it is
suitable and the worker claims it
is not. An unscrupulous employer can threaten to protest. any
compensation paid a worker if
he refuses to accept what the
employer says is suitable. Unemployed workers should check with

their local unions when this oc
curs.
12 ~ Change In Pregancy Disqualification ~ Section 29 (1),/

\(d). The new law provides that a
weman who finds there is no job
available for her after she returns from a _ pregnancy leave
can receive compensation if she
shows: =

a. She received a leave of absence for pregnancy.

b.. She was dssured* work
the end of her leave.

c. She applied for work at the
end of her leave of absence.

d. No work was available.

Workers are advised to receive
written leaves. of absence for
pregnancy and to make sure that
such leaves offer reemployment
at the end of such leave.

SECTIONS ON:
DISQUALIFICATION;:

13 ~ Disqualification For Disciplinary Lay-Offs ~ Section 29
(1) (e). If a worker is given a
disciplinary Iay-off, and there is
no work available at the end of
the lay-off, he may receive compensation. However, he must
meet the other conditions, such
as applying for his job at the end
of. the disciplinary lay-off, being
available for work, etc.

14 ~ Procedural Disqualification ~ Section 32 (d). Employers receive a carbon copy of: every unemployment compensation
check issued. Under the new law,
all: future checks may be held up
once an employer protests one
check and may be delayed until
that check is redetermined. For

_ example, a worker may have received ten checks. If the employer protests, saying the. worker
was sick and so not available for
work, ALL FUTURE CHECKS
may be held up until a. redetermination is made. as to whether

~the worker was eligible and qualified for the tenth check. Employers may claim ALL future
checks to be held up until a supreme court. decision is: handed

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down, if the employer makes a
court appeal.
If the commission finds the

tenth check should not have been
paid then the eommission MUST
review the payment of the first
nine checks to see if any of them
~was paid due to: ~

a. Administrative error.

~pb. False statement.

ce. Misrepresentation, or |,.d. Non-disclosure of a material
fact.

Thus, it may be that an employe would be subject to restitution if any ONE of these four
conditions occured regarding any:
ione of the ten checks already received,

15-~ Section 32 (A). The employer is also to-be notified when
a claimant files a continued claim
at a different office, _ either in
Michigan or in another state.

16 ~ Section 32 (F). Under
the new law the employer~ will
ibe given a copy of a determination whenever the commission
finds a claimant refuses an offer
of work or fails to apply for
such werk. The name of the: prospective employer will be given to
the presently chargeable employer of the claimant.:

~EMPLOYING UNIT IS
CHANGED ae

17 ~ Redefinition Of ~Employing Unit~ Section 40.
~Employing unit~ under the old
law is defined as an employer of

~one or more. This is changed te
an employer of six.cr more under
the new law. This change.in definition has several effects:

a. An employer of less than six
probably can~t voluntarily apply
for coverage for unemployment
compensation.

performs~ some disqualifying act
with an employer of less than six
may not be disqualified, For example, a. worker may be laid off
and find another job with an employer who employs only five
people. If he leaves the new employer, such leaving may not disqualify him. for. compensation.
Check with your local~union if
this happens.

18 ~ Back Pay Awards Become Remuneration ~ | Section
48. The~new law provides that if
a worker gets a back pay award
~as in an NLRB case~or through
arbitration, such award shall We
remuneration. F

Payments for termination, separation, severance or dismissal,
and bonuses are NOT considered

~wages. bs
19. ~ Effective Dates., Exam-~

ples have been given of the effective date of changes in benefit amount or rate.

-The other sections mentioned
will be effeetive when and if the
Governor signs the bill. More information will be~ given when
available on other examples of
elfective dates, |

SEAMEN~S BENEFITS ARE
REVISED

20 ~ Benefits For Seamen.
Seamen~are'no longer disqualified from benefits when the lakes

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b. It is possible a worker whol

DON'T END UP LIKE THIS!

Could lie a month in bed,
Or fractures of the Head, ~
That, many people do,

Anymore to me or you.

Before that fatal end, -.

3

If everyone who drives a car
With broken bones and stitched-up wounds
And there endure the agonies

They~d never need preach safety > ~

If everyone could stand beside
The bed of some close friend
And hear the Doctor say, ~~~No Hope,~

And see }iim there) unconscious
Never knowing what took place, -,
The laws and rules of traffic

1 am sure we~d soon embrace.

~IF EVERYONE~

Seymour Taylor.

If everyone

Where once

ar

The wife and: children left behind
And step into. the darkened home

And look upon the ~Vacant Chair~
Where Daddy used to sit,:
I~m sure.each drunk or reckless driver

could meet

the sunlight shined,

Would be forced to think a bit.

If everyone

who takes the wheel

Would say a little prayer, |
~And keep in mind those in the car

Depending on his. care,

To never ta
The ~Great

And make a vow and pledge himself

ke a chanee,
Crusade for Safety~

Would suddenly advance.. aoe

are frozen over} (Sec. 21b.)

Under the old law, | seamen
could receive benefits only if unemployed during 30 weeks after
the third Sunday in March. Senate Bill No. 1042 provides that
seamen can receive benefits any
time of the year, but puts in a
hooker regarding an ~offer of
employment~. This hooker reads
as follows: '

|

~An offer of employment to a

seaman need not be the individual~s customary occupation under
conditions of employment ~and remuneration substantially equivalent to those under which the individual has been customarily
employed in such occupation.~
It is ~difficult~ to determine
what; this means. It may just
mean that a ship~s cook would

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have to accept suitable work cooking ashore. An employer may claim
that the chief é~ngineer would
have to accept a job in a hash
house or be denied compensation.

Seamen are particularly advis
ed |to check with their local.un
ions on this problem,

The act also provides that ~an
employing unit shall include Am
eriecan vessels.~

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