METROPOLITAN AREA, WHICH INCLUDES NEARBY MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA. *EXCLUDES DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA METROPOLITAN AREA. * THESE SELECTED STATES REPRESENT 58% OF ALL FEDERAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES IN CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES, ALASKA AND HAWAII, AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1953; PROVISIONS OF STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE LAWS AS OF JUNE 1, 1954. SOURCE: U. S. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR TABLE 1.-Effect of size-of-firm restrictions of State unemployment-insurance laws on number of workers covered, by State, March 1951 1 In effect during 1951. Payroll or other requirements not given. Data reported by State employment-security agencies. Estimates based on data furnished by Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance. Represents employment of single-unit employers whose March 1951 BOASI employment is less than the minimum number of workers requiring an employer to become subject to the State unemployment-insurance law, for the 35 States with size-of-firm limitations. With size-of-firm limitations in unemployment-insurance laws. 'No data available on number of workers excluded from coverage in those States whose size-of-firm provisions differ from "1 at any time" only by a specified period of time or minimum payroll requirements: in New Mexico, besides requirement of $450 in a calendar quarter, there is the alternative condition of 2 or more in 13 weeks. • For employers in cities of 10,000 or more: 1 in 20 weeks. TABLE 2.-Effect of size-of-firm restrictions of State unemployment-insurance laws on number of employers covered, by State, March 1951 1 Data reported by State employment-security agencies. Estimates based on date furnished by Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance. Represents singleunit employers whose March 1951 BOASI employment is less than the minimum number of workers requiring an employer to become subject to the State unemployment insurance law, for the 35 States with size-of-firm limitations. 35 States with size-of-firm restrictions in unemployment-insurance laws. TABLE 3.-Effect of size-of-firms restrictions of State unemployment insurance laws on amount of taxable wages covered, by State, first quarter 1951 1 Data reported by State employment security agencies. ? Estimates based on data furnished by Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance. Represents taxable wages of single-unit employers whose March 1951 BOASI employment is less than the minimum number of workers requiring an employer to become subject to the State unemployment insurance law, for the 35 States with size-of-firm limitations. 3 35 States with size-of-firm restrictions in unemployment insurance laws. TABLE 4.-Number of workers excluded by size-of-firm restrictions of State unemployment insurance laws, by industry division, 35 States, March 19511 1 Estimates based on data furnished by Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance. Represents employment of single-unit employers whose March 1951 BOASI employment is less than the minimum number of workers requiring an employer to become subject to the State unemployment insurance law, for the 35 States with size-of-firm restrictions. Transportation, communication, and other public utilities. • Includes agriculture, forestry and fishing, not shown separately; also data for establishments not classified by industry. Less than 50. |