Unemployment Insurance for Seamen: Hearing[s] Before the Committee on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House of Representatives, Seventy-seventh Congress, First Session on H.R. 5446, a Bill to Establish Unemployment Insurance for the Maritime Industry and for Other Purposes

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Page 154 - Act; or (5) any employee employed in the catching, taking, harvesting, cultivating, or farming of any kind of fish, shellfish, crustacea, sponges, seaweeds, or other aquatic forms of animal and vegetable life...
Page 186 - In any such proceeding the rules of evidence prevailing in courts of law or equity shall not be controlling.
Page 188 - The contributions required by this Act shall be collected and paid quarterly or at such other times and in such manner and under such conditions not inconsistent with this Act as may be prescribed by Regulations of the Board, and shall not be deducted.
Page 182 - includes" and "including" when used in a definition contained in this Act shall not be deemed to exclude other things otherwise within the meaning of the term defined.
Page 201 - Act of 1923, as amended, and may, without regard to the provisions of the civilservice laws and the Classification Act of 1923, as amended...
Page 183 - No certifying or disbursing officer shall be held liable for any amount certified or paid by him in good faith to any person where the recovery of such amount is waived under...
Page 189 - The Board shall from time to time certify to the Secretary of the Treasury for payment to each State...
Page 185 - He does not belong to a grade or class of workers of which, immediately before the commencement of the stoppage, there were members employed at the premises at which the stoppage occurs, any of whom are participating in or financing or directly interested in the dispute.
Page 185 - Act to any otherwise qualified employee for refusing to accept work if — (i) the position offered is vacant due directly to a strike, lockout, or other labor dispute; (ii) the remuneration, hours, or other conditions of work offered are substantially less favorable to the employee than those prevailing for similar work in the locality...
Page 187 - No additional evidence shall be received by the court, but the court may order additional evidence to be taken before the Board, and the Board may, after hearing such additional evidence, modify its findings of fact and conclusions and file such additional or modified findings and conclusions with the court, and the Board shall file with the court the additional record.

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