Insurance means just what it says as part of the federal Social Security act. It was by all parties in congress and by an overwhelming majority. It was signed by president roosevelt and became law on august 14, 1935, threw out the land industry and labor, joined in this new attack on unemployment and insecurity and to launch this nationwide movement in cooperation with each of the states. The president appointed the nonpartisan Social Security board, which now includes this mary dawson. Chairman arthur j. Altmire. And mr. George piggy. The board has started a program of job insurance in cooperation with the. Today, louisiana and every other state have Unemployment Compensation laws in the capital, baton rouge. Necessary plans have been made for the payment of job Insurance Workers after january 1st, 1938. And here is your governor richard w lesch conferring with bw kazin, the state labor commissioner who administers louisianas Unemployment Compensation law in louisiana, 214,000 men and women are insured. They are workers in shipyards, lumber mills, oil industry, sugar mills, offices and stores that contribute to the Insurance Trust fund handling. The claims of those will become unemployed is a tremendous undertaking for which the state is set. An extensive and Efficient Organization to make sure that benefits will be paid to. Everybody who is entitled to job insurance with as little delay as possible. To show how job insurance works. Lets introduce steve, a louisiana worker who has just lost his job. He first to the nearest state Employment Office to register for a new job. Steve neednt hesitate going in because this office was set up just to help people like. After a quick checkup shows that steve has not already registered at this he is introduced to the interview who will help him register for work. Steves Financial Condition wont be questioned or he has a right to these benefits even though he may have money in the bank or others in his family working on also drawing Unemployment Compensation. First, there is a form to fill out. The Employment Office wants to get steve a job in his own line, so he is asked what kind of work he can do and where he has been employed. This office must get information which will determine whether steve is eligible for benefit payments to be eligible, you must worked at least 13 weeks during the last two weeks in an insured job. You must be able and willing to work. Now another step is to fill out steves job insurance claim. Of course, he cant collect for unemployment occurring before 1938. Also, he cannot collect if he belongs to any of the groups of workers that. The louisiana law does not enjoy. These are agriculture rural workers, Domestic Service and private homes. Federal, state, county and City Employees and roofers on vessels on the navigable waters of the united states. Children under 21 employed by a parent or anyone employed by his child or spouse. Employees of nonprofit, charitable, educational and religious. And so forth. And in most cases, employees of a firm having less than eight workers. But steve is one of louisianas insured industrial and commercial workers who are entitled to job insurance. So he shows a Social Security number for id and signs his claim. Now that steve has registered for work and filed his claim for benefits, he goes out to look for a job. Knowing that while he looks the office is also trying to find him one. If they succeed, they will notify him at home and that. A a week passes and a steve has not yet found work. He reports back to the Employment Office. This he continues to do each week for three more weeks unless he finds work in the meantime he must do this to give the Employment Office the necessary information so that he will receive his job insurance when it becomes due. This four week waiting period, if required by law benefits payments start with a fifth week. But must continue to report to the Employment Office every week to tell them that he is still out of work. Then every week for 15 weeks and unemployment check is mailed to his home unless gets a job in the meantime. The louisiana law also provides benefits for partial unemployment, for which there is no waiting period. Now, each week, the letter carrier brings steve check for half the normal weekly wage he used to earn. The maximum is 15. The minimum is 5 on three fourths of his earnings. Steves unemployment check is not as big as the wage he to get, but it goes a long way toward buying groceries and, paying rent. It helps keep his going while the Employment Office help steve find a job. Finally, the Employment Office notifies steve that they have found a job for since he has not received of the 15 weekly benefit checks for which the law provides. He may be eligible for additional payments if again laid off. Job. This is the way the state of louisiana is doing its part in the nationwide crusade against unemployment. Fear and insecurity. A crusade whose goal is embodied in the declaration of independence. The right of a free people to have a government that is to provide new guards for their future security