Exhibits, charts, and tables-Continued Computation of benefits based upon $170 per week wage (S. 1074).- - Employment in the area and District of Columbia January 1960.. Excerpt from 1955 hearings re Secretary Mitchell's comments on Excerpts from Rockefeller report, long-term antirecession policies.. Excerpt from unemployment compensation hearings, April 21 and May 1, 1958, pages 148 and 149, re majority of covered workers receiving payments equal to one-half of regular earnings. - - Experience rating accounts grouped by rate, average tax rates, and estimated savings in employer contributions due resulting from experience rating provisions- Floor statement, Hon. Wayne Morse, February 16, 1959, upon introduction of S. 1074__ Maximum State unemployment compensation benefit provisions, as of January 1, 1960 (Research and Tax Department, Metropolitan Washington Board of Trade) --- -. Number of claimants disqualified for voluntary quitting, misconduct, Number of claimants exhausting benefit rights and exhaustions as Income, outgo, and reserves.. Benefit, reserve, and tax rates. Significant measures for the period 1950–59. S. 1074, text of.. S. 2407, text of.. Page 74 154 158 103 102 157 76 153 20 85 153 11 12 13 14 1 2 4 S. 2987, text of. S. 2988, text of.. S. 3493, 85th Congress: Text of Senate Report No. 1639, on.. States which have increased or decreased disqualification provisions. 22 25 155 155 10 119 82 Weekly benefit amount based on average weekly wage in covered 156 Discharge for misconduct (Metropolitan Washington Board of Refusal of suitable work (Metropolitan Washington Board of Voluntary leaving, by State (Metropolitan Washington Board of AFL-CIO, Mr. Raymond Munts, assistant director, department of Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, President Robert 152 48 Letters and memorandums-Continued Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, President Dated July 30, 1959, to Hon. Alan Bible, re Commissioners Page 49 Dated February 10, 1960, to Hon. Alan Bible, re Commissioners 52 Dated July 9, 1959, to Hon. Richard M. Nixon, re draft bill 51 District of Columbia Unemployment Compensation Board, Mr. Louis Dated February 19, 1960, to Hon. Wayne Morse, re analysis of Dated February 19, 1960, to Hon. Wayne Morse, re clarification Dated July 27, 1959, re District Unemployment Compensation Dated February 19, 1960, to Hon. Wayne Morse, re effective Dated February 19, 1960, to Hon. Wayne Morse, re effect upon Dated February 19, 1960, to Hon. Wayne Morse, re effect of Dated February 18, 1960, to Hon. Wayne Morse, re technical wage. Master Builders' Association, Inc., District of Columbia Chapter of Metropolitan Washington Board of Trade: 126 147 53 148 112 147 145 152 Mr. William H. Press, dated February 10, 1960, to Hon. Wayne 47 97 U.S. Department of Labor, Hon. James T. O'Connell, Acting Secre- 148 COMPENSATION ACT, 1960 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1960 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH, The subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 10 a.m., in room 6226, Also present: Chester H. Smith, Chief Clerk; William P. Gulledge, counsel; Martin A. Ferris, assistant counsel; and Charles Lee, professional staff member. Senator MORSE. The hearing will come to order. This morning and Friday morning, February 12, 1960, beginning at 9:30 a.m., this subcommittee is pleased to receive testimony upon four bills relating to the Unemployment Compensation Act of the District of Columbia. (S. 1074, S. 2407, S. 2987, and S. 2988 are as follows:) [S. 1074, 86th Cong., 1st sess.] A BILL To amend the District of Columbia Unemployment Compensation Act of 1935, as amended. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) section 7(b) of the District of Columbia Unemployment Compensation Act, approved August 28, 1935 (49 Stat. 946), as amended (title 46, ch. 3, D.C. Code, 1951 edition; 68 Stat. 993), is amended to read as follows: "(b) The weekly benefit amount of any individual qualified therefor under section 7(c) shall be an amount equal to the lesser of the following: (1) One twenty-third of the amount of his earnings for the quarter in his base period in which his earnings were the highest, or (2) 67 percentum of the average weekly earnings of all individuals performing service which constitutes employment (as defined in section 1(b)) and of all individuals performing service which, if such service were not performed in the employ of the United States or of any wholly owned instrumentality thereof, would constitute employment (as defined in section 1(b)) for the latest year for which such average weekly earnings have been computed. Such average weekly earnings shall be computed annually on the basis of reports of earnings and employment by all employers and by the United States, and shall be arrived at by dividing the total earnings paid to all individuals referred to in clause (2) of this subsection during the last completed calendar year for which reports have been received by a quantity equal to four and one-third times the total monthly employment of such individuals for such period. For the purposes of this subsection the term 'earnings' shall have the same meaning as that assigned to such term in section 1(d). All departments, agencies, and wholly owned instrumentalities of the United States shall submit reports to the Board containing such information as may be necessary to make the determination required by this subsection." 1 (b) Section 7(c) of such Act is amended to read as follows: "(c) To qualify for benefits an individual must have (1) been paid wages for employment of not less than $130 in one quarter in his base period, (2) been paid wages for employment in not less than two quarters in such period, and (3) earned during such period wages the total amount of which is equal to at least one and one-half times the amount of his wages for the quarter in such period in which his wages were the highest. Notwithstanding the provisions of clause (3), any otherwise qualified individual the total amount of whose wages during such period is less than the amount required to have been earned during such period under such clause may qualify for benefits if the difference between the amount so required to have been earned and the total amount of his wages during such period does not exceed $70, but the amount of his weekly benefit, as computed under section 7(b), shall be reduced by $1 if such difference does not exceed $35 or by $2 if such difference is more than $35." (c) Section 7 (d) of such Act is amended to read as follows: "(d) Any otherwise eligible individual shall be entitled during any benefit year to a total amount of benefits equal to thirty-nine times his weekly benefit amount: Provided, That such total amount of benefits, if not a multiple of one dollar, shall be computed to the next higher multiple of one dollar." (d) Subsections (a), (b), and (c) of section 10 of such Act are amended to read as follows: "(a) An individual who has left his most recent work voluntarily without good cause, as determined by the Board under regulations prescribed by it, shall not be eligible for benefits with respect to the week in which such leaving occurred and with respect to the six consecutive weeks of unemployment which immediately follow such week. "(b) An individual who has been discharged for misconduct occurring in the course of his most recent work proved to the satisfaction of the Board shall not be eligible for benefits with respect to the week in which such discharge occurred and for the six weeks of consecutive unemployment immediately following such week. "(c) If an individual otherwise eligible for benefits fails, without good cause as determined by the Board under regulations prescribed by it, either to apply for new work found by the Board to be suitable when notified by any employment office, or to accept any suitable work when offered to him by any employment office, his union hiring hall, or any employer direct, he shall not be eligible for benefits with respect to the week in which such failure occurred and with respect to the six consecutive weeks of unemployment which immediately follow such week. In determining whether or not work is suitable within the meaning of this subsection the Board shall consider (1) the physical fitness and prior training, experience, and earnings of the individual, (2) the distance of the place of work from the individual's place of residence, and (3) the risk involved as to health, safety, or morals." SEC. 2. The amendments made by the first section of this Act shall be effective on and after July 1, 1959, and the benefit rights of any individual having a benefit year current on or after the effective date shall be redetermined and benefits for calendar weeks ending subsequent to the effective date shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of the District of Columbia Unemployment Compensation Act as amended by this Act: Provided, That no claimant shall have his benefits reduced or denied by redetermination resulting from the application of this provision. All initial and continued claims for benefits for weeks occurring within a benefit year which commences on or after the effective date shall be computed and paid in accordance with the provisions of the District of Columbia Unemployment Compensation Act as amended by this Act. [S. 2407, 86th Cong., 1st sess.} A BILL To amend the District of Columbia Unemployment Compensation Act, as amended Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 3(c) (8) of the District of Columbia Unemployment Compensation Act, approved August 28, 1935 (49 Stat. 946), as amended (title 46, ch. 3, D.C. Code, 1951 edition; 68 Stat. 988), is amended by adding the following: "iv. Any employer, at any time, may voluntarily pay into the unemployment compensation fund an amount in excess of the contributions required to be paid |