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Show S ployment Benefits, Taxes tird Increase With Mew Year I, ,r1 legislation (Mi. UV Conpvess this I require maji.r ' ''in sttite unemploy- onipenaticm pro- ". tea by Utah j-(i5"y-' ;ih organization. ' , foundation report "' that the new V. .law requires that !.ft,v': ''vfrnce be e ..tended ;,aI firms, nonpro- '.,m'-zat;ons, and oth-tT oth-tT (2) a new pro-established pro-established which "sjv -'rcvide extended un. .;,lfnt benefits in .i,,f high unemploy-. unemploy-. l-'t; ."and (3) Federal un-1 un-1 ,nent taxes to be in-E in-E ;:. ;i In addition to the char !,r, ro,,luiliea by the new lodoral leyistation, th. ''"-I'ulation reports that riU,i? nSry t'ou,,dl t0 th 1 L" Department of Employment Em-ployment Sut-iu-itv has recommended rec-ommended SOme further changes in the law. The Principal change proposed propos-ed by the advisory council is an increase in the maximum maxi-mum weekly benefit to un employed workers- from 50 Per cent to G5 per cent of the statewide average wae of covered workers, In effect, the suggested change would raise the maximum unemployment benefit from ?5G to $73 per week. Foundation analysts point out that while the recommended higher maximum maxi-mum benefit is not specifically speci-fically required by the new Federal law, the Pre4 sirient has warned that the! Federal government might; act if the states fail to, raise the maximum bene-1 fit within the next two! years. The recommended change would raise the maximum benefit for higher high-er paid workers who usually usual-ly are heads of families. Studies by the Utah advis-! ory Council indicate that; approximately 41 per cent of the male claimants and! only 2 per cent of the fe.j male claimants would be! entitled to the proposed! highe)r maximum benefit! amount. The Foundation study reveals that Federal unem. ployment taxes were increased in-creased this year from $12 to $15 f-or each employee en minor $3. firm or mm- Af for another person but not for you. |