Show I TWO WO MILLION a READY J FOR COMPENSATION i i r s I The Utah Unemployment Compensation atlon Fund passed the two million millio r dollar mark early in October tober n ac- ac Wording c t to Ray R R. R Adams Adams Adams' Director cof ot of the Unemployment Comp Compensation t Division of the the Industrial Commis Commis- sion This Fund ia is made up of contributions contributions con- con from about 2700 Uta Utah employers The rate of contribution is 9 of 1 per cent of the p pay y roll for 1936 lS 18 per cent for 1937 and will be 27 for 1938 1939 and 1940 Mr Adams estimates that about Utah employees are protected protect protect- protect protect-I ed b by this Fund J Benefit payments will begin next January The amount of benefits for or each worker will depend upon his employment record A person who has not had much employment will l not be eligible for many bene- bene fits fita Maximum benefits for total unemployment unemployment un un- I employment will be a week for 16 weeks in a 52 week period Some folks have asked us why I it t is that those who work little get only amount of unemployment ment compensation benefits while those hose who have worked steadily are entitled to comparatively more bene benefits benefits fits Is when unemployed Mr Adams said aid Some think that those who have hae worked the least should have hae havethe the he most benefits We Ve answer b by nut out that unemployment g r g r p YUU v. v compensation is not any form of or re re- lief It is not a new system of taking taking taking tak tak- ing ing care of the needy It Is not some new tangled way war of contributing cOntributing contributing contri cOntri- buting to the support of those who do not work It is not any dream- dream true come-true of a lazy man Unemployment ment Compensation is Js a system which will tend to stabilize employ employ- ment It will protect purchasing power for a limited time for those who vho have had Jobs lost them and cannot annot find employment It will help the stable Utah workman protect protect protect pro- pro his meager bank account if he heh h has any auy for a few weeks after he has lost his Job It will be of benefits benefits benefits bene bene- fits to those who want to work It offers to those who dO not lot |