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Show 18- - No Utah incentive to curb unemployment benefit costs Present unemployment compensation laws do not provide direct incentives for employees and employers to control unemployment benefit costs. This observation was made by Utah Foundation, the private research organization in a study of Utah's un- reporting fraudulent claims and lor abuses in the program. Because the Utah program does not provide direct incentivies for employees and employers to control unemployment benefit costs, the Foundation report notes that program. Department has had to take some special steps to limit payments to eligible claimants. Utah expends a larger proportion of its administrative budget on benefit control and fraud prevention that is the case nationally. employment compensation The study points out that unemployment benefits are not subject to federal and state taxes. As a result, some individuals especially secondary wage earners in a can obtain nearly as family much from unemployment benefits as they would receive e in pay from gainful employment. take-hom- persons who voluntarily leave work without good cause or refuse suitable employment to receive unemployment benefits after only a short post- ponement is considerably more lenient that that of most other states. Although Utah provides for a comprehensive initial interview and periodic interviews for the long-terunemployed, there is no weto determine if ekly follow-u- p claimants are actually conducting a diligent independent job search to obtain new employment while they are receiving unemployment benefits. The report suggests that the weekly claim certificate might be revised to list the specific efforts that were made during the preceding week to secure new employment. Utahs Employment Security m According to the study, the ability of states to crack down on fraudulent claims was severely hampered in 1975 when the U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare stopped the practice of allowing states to cross check unemployment benefit claims against Social Security reports filed by employers. While it is not now known how much abuse or outright fraud exists in the unemployment Utah's law of allowing & 8'2"x 14" MOISTRITE COLOR BOND ENVELOPES s Regular White-wov- e Mimeo, Duplicator Price per 1000 Sale $5.64m $5.44m $7.44m $7.24m $7.38 $7.18m Window s Price per 1000 Size Regular Sale Size Regular 20 8'2"x 11" No. 9 No. 10 24 $7.05m 82"x 14" m White-wov- No. 6Ji $6.94 m No 9 $8.64 m No. 10 $8 68 m - Regular $5.60m No. 6 Sale $5.40 m $6.90 nv e Price per 1000 $6.74m $8.44m PRICES EFFECTIVE Sept. 19th thru $8.48l!i Sept. 30th charge-an- d worth it! A Call Sherry Cash-and-Car- ry where you pay or Mr. Nelson from 9 to 1 SUPER SECRETARIES 555 East 4th South Center o o less-than-ret- prices daily. ail DIXON PAPER CENTER i 3 1519 South 700 West Salt Lake City, Utah 841 04 Phone (801 ). 973-681- 0 -- 6 SPECIALS Price per 1000 Serve-Yourse- lf 532-161- UNADVERTISED $3.50m $4.50m $4.82m The employer pays its for DAILY Sale 8ft"x 11" 24 Even if you make a minimum number of copies, the Sharp 'Mighty-Ma- x will prove practical for you, and improve your image. It's the any paper copier any business can afTord. So afford yourself a free demonstration. Phone us today. Be on the lookout WHITE BOND Regular everything-fro- m bond paper to bag paper. SPECIAL $3.80m We only register truly competent, highly productive the service It copies on x. But Sharp the affordable bond paper copier can copy on any paper. Thats right, any paper. From bond to brown paper bags. And its copies are as clear, crisp and clean as you've ever seen. Xerography 20 Mighty-Ma- Many high priced copiers can copy only on bond paper. Mimeo, Duplicator, DO YOU WISH YOU HAD A applicants. By screening carefully we save you time and frustration. Sharp Beginning Jan 1, 1978, unemployment coverage will be extended to nearly all employees of state and local government, including school Because of the districts. peculiarities of school employment, it is anticipated that there may be some problems in administering these new provisions. It is also expected that this extension of coverage will increase the cost of state and local government in Utah. insurance program, national estimates have placed the number of illegitimate claims somewhere between one percent and five percent of the total case load. BETTER SECRETARY? Want to find one fast? The Any Paper copier. |