Show EMPLOYERS LOSE THROUGH ERRORS RS IN BOOKKEEPING It seems a fair sized sired segment of Utah's employers are uppIng their business costs without t r rea rea- a son Records Records' of the Utah Depart Department men ment of Employment Security bear bear out out t this statement and although although al al- though these employer ei errors mean mean ore m-ore more money in the departments department's depart ment's ments treasury tre the department isn't pleased ab about ut it This Title brIef rund rundown w 1 and one to follow will explain some of the mistakes employers are making An attempt will be made to show why these mistakes mistake are costly and wasteful and what can be bedone bedone bedone done about them thorn t I Costly Errors Here is le what happens to a worker when his job and here is what an employer can an doto doto do doto to sate gave i and t i the problem of ot the newly unet After After the worker b has hal tiled filed his claim and jobless pay the tile employment security department nt must get certain l about his past employment and earning SO SoO so to every employer I Iwho who ma may have hape had this applicant j Ion ton on his payroll during the fifteen months before the application gees goes an Inquiry A Aked ked for is exact Information tion on just how long the worker was In the of each employer em I and how much the worker was paid in wages I Under the Utah Employment Security Act an employer has Just forty eight hours bours after receipt of ol I Ithe the Inquiry to fill till In the required I Information and get it In the mail If he be fals to meet this thin deadline he is charged with a aten aten aten I ten dollar penalty penally I Back I IFor For several several reasons the Department Department De De- of Employment j i has a lot of concern In this mat mat- ter Here are a few facts which Indicate how much Utah employers employ employ- ers are backsliding In 1954 93 per cent of ot the reports reports reports re re- ports were returned on time In 1955 the number on time had dropped to 90 per cent In 1956 to 87 81 per cent and In 1957 1951 only 85 per cent of the reports were I being promptly returned j jAnd I And continued failure to return I these requests for Information on wages and time worked time worked has resulted resulted re rt I suited in well over penalties penalties penalties penal penal- ties being charged against employers employers em- em I em-I j since 1950 This meat rnea e ewell well over added unnecessarily unnecessarily unnecessarily to business costs I Why the urgency and why te penalty Wh Whether theror or not a jobless I pay applicant receives unemployment unemployment unemployment j ment benefits and how much depends depends depends de de- de- de to a large extent on his bis earnings and worked time durin duns the fifteen months before he files flies I his claim His employers during that period are the only sources of information So the need for Imm immediate l action on the part of an employ employ- employer er when one of these requests crosses his desk should now be apparent C Compliance makes fair fall Judgment on an application for unemployment compensation pos pas possible sible aible and the employer avoids an unnecessary ten dollar asse b ment meat I II rl I |