Show Utah Employers Pay Poy In Penalties in penalties have been paid by Utah employers during the past few years simply due to the carelessness or poor payroll pay roll accounting said officials of the Utah Department of Employment Em Security in a plea for coo cooperation raton during the Ithe current period of heavy seasonal lay lay- offs FAILURE to issue separation tion notices blue slips and tardiness in reporting wage data to the department when employers lay layoff off workers were the reasons for this unnecessary unnecessary sary cost officials said About one half the was involved in lax reporting of wage information requests for lor laid off workers Regulations Regulations Regula of the Department of Em Em- Security require a reply to wage information requests requests requests re re- quests within 48 43 hours of receipt receipt receipt re re- re- re of the query officials pointed out The department furnishes all necessary forms at the time of request IT WAS pointed out that accuracy accuracy ac ac- ac curacy in assembling earnings information for a laid off worker work er is highly important Erroneous Erroneous Erroneous Erron Erron- data may permit a worker work work- er to collect unemployment benefits ben bene elks to which he is not entitled They may also stop him from collecting the benefits his earnings earn earnS ings and work history have earned for him Employment Security officials dials offer a few helpful items aimed at saving employers unnecessary unnecessary un un- un necessary penalties ISSUE a blue slip whenever whenever when when- ever an employee is separated ed Count as a week of employment employment employ ment only these those weeks in which the person earned 20 or more I RETURN TIlE THE form furnished furnished fur fur- by the department within with with- in 48 hours even though wages of the worker may be specifically specifically specific specific- ally excluded by law If earnings earnings earn earn- ings are not reported enter the reason The department also listed a afew afew few Cew which may be helpful DONT DON'T report wages paid for farm labor Wages paid for Cor domestic help in a private home WAGES PAID by a parent to his minor children when the parents parent's business is individually individual individual- individual individual-I ly Iy owned or is composed of a I partnership of the parent and andone andone andone one or more of the tho children I Wages paid to either parent if the business is individually owned or is made up of a partnership part of brothers or and-or sisters sisters sisters sis sis- WAGES paid to members of ofa ofa ofa a partnership High Prices The trouble with putting in your 2 cents' cents worth nowadays is that it costs 5 cents to mail it Spectator Somerset Mass |