Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 54 Part 1.djvu/1129

This page needs to be proofread.

54 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CH. 842 -OCT. 10, 1940 "(k) Subject to the provisions of section 4 of this Act, a day of unemployment, with respect to any employee, means a calendar day on which he is able to work and is available for work and with respect to which (i) no remuneration is payable or accrues to him, and (ii) he has, in accordance with such regulations as the Board may prescribe, registered at an employment office: Provided,however, That 'subsidi- ary remuneration', as hereinafter defined in this subsection, shall not be considered remuneration for the purpose of this subsection except with respect to an employee whose base-year compensation, exclusive of earnings from the position or occupation in which he earned such subsidiary remuneration, is less than $150: Provided further, That remuneration for a working day which includes a part of each of two consecutive calendar days shall be deemed to have been earned on the second of such two days, and any individual who takes work for such working day shall not by reason thereof be deemed not available for work on the first of such calendar days. "For the purpose of this subsection, the term 'subsidiary remunera- tion' means, with respect to any employee, remuneration not in excess of an average of one dollar a day for the period with respect to which such remuneration is payable or accrues, if the work from which the remuneration is derived (i) requires substantially less than full time as determined by generally prevailing standards, and (ii) is suscepti- ble of performance at such times and under such circumstances as not to be inconsistent with the holding of normal full-time employ- ment in another occupation." SEC. 6. Subsection (m) of section 1 of said Act is hereby amended by striking out the designation "(m)" and substituting "(1)" therefor. SEC. 7. Subsection (n) of section 1 of said Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "(m) The term 'benefit year' means the twelve-month period begin- ning July 1 of any year and ending June 30 of the next year, except that a registration period beginning in June and ending in July shall be deemed to be in the benefit year ending in such month of June." SEC. 8 . Subsection (1) of section 1 of said Act is hereby transferred to follow the subsection relettered as "(m)", and is amended to read as follows: "(n) The term 'base year' means the completed calendar year imme- diately preceding the beginning of the benefit year." SEC. 9. Subsection (a) of section 2 of said Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "(a) Benefits shall be payable to any qualified employee (as defined in section 3 of this Act) (i) for each day of unemployment in excess of seven during the first registration period, within a benefit year, in which he has seven or more days of unemployment, and (ii) for each day of unemployment in excess of four during any subsequent registration period beginning in the same benefit year. "The benefits payable to any such employee for each such day of unemployment shall be the amount appearing in the following table in column II on the line on which, in column I, appears the compensa- tion range containing the total amount of compensation payable to him with respect to employment in his base year: "cm I Column II "Column I Daily benefit Total compensation rate $150 to $199.99-----------------------------------------.- $1.75 $200 to $474.99----------------------------------------------- 2.00 $475 to $749.99----------------------------------------------- 2.25 $750 to $999.99--------------------------------------------.- 2.50 $1,000 to $1,299.99--- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 3.00 $1,300 to $1,599.99----------------------------------------- 3.50 $1,600 and over----------------------------------------------- 4.00" 1095 Day of unemploy- ment. 52 Stat. 1098. 45 U. S. C., Supp. V, §354. Promios. "Subsidiary remu- neration." Working day which includes part of each of 2 consecutive calendar days. "Subsidiary re- muneration" defined. 62 Stat. 1096. 45 U. S. C., Supp. V, § 351 (m). 52 Stat. 1096. 45 U. S. C., Supp V, 351 (n). "Benefit year" de- fined; exception. 52 Stat. 1096. 45 U. S. 0., Supp. V, 5 351 (1). "Base year" de- fined. 52 Stat. 1096. 45 U. 8S.C., Supp. v, § 352 (a). Benefits payable to qualified employees. Amount for each day of unemploy- ment.