Compensation Act
Entirely Revised
The Seventeenth Extraordinary
Session of the Alaska Legislature
has completely revised the Work
men's Compensaiton Act.
This Act will be in effect 90
days from the date of its passage
and approval. It was signed by the
Governor on April 1, 1946.
This law is to be administered
by an Industrial Commission con
sisting of the Attorney General,
Insurance Commissioner a n d
Commissioner of Labor.
Walter P. Sharpe, the Commis
sioner of Labor, under whose
recommendation this bill was
drawn up and introduced, calls
your attention to some of the
changes that were made in this
Act:
<1> This law is compulsory to
employers of three or more. The
employer must show his ability to
pay or carry insurance. 'This is
identical with the provisions of
the United States Harbor Work
ers' and Longshoremens’ Act).
'2' The law has a complete oc
cupational disease coverage.
<3> The employer can no long
er deduct up to $2.50 a month
from each employee for medical
and hospital fees.
<4> A second injury fund is
provided in this new Act. Thus a
physically handicapped worker
can not sign away his benefit
rights as in the case of the pres
ent law.
<5) Under our present law, de
ductions made for temporary dis
ability that develops into perman
ent disability was eliminated.
Thus the 65r’> of wages received
while convalescing is not deduc
ted from the lump sum payment
for permanent disability, as is
now the case.
*6’ The age of dependents is
raised from 16 to 18 years.
This Alaska Act which becomes
law in 90 days is now one of the
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o7 D. COCHRAN j
Attorney At Law
Phone Main 121
Nome, Alaska
IRA D. ORTON |
Attorney At Law
Room 1—Nevada Building
Nome, Alaska
Seattle Office:
801 Lowman Building
Telephone EL. 6396
Price Control Board
Still Functioning
Nome consumers and retailers
2re a ’ain reminded that their lo
cal Price Control Board 'formerly
known as the War Price and Ra
tioning Board» is still on the job
to handle this town’s post-war
price and rent problems.
Consisting of local people who
volunteered to serve in this capac
ity early in 1942, some of the
board members have served ever
since. Your post-war Price Con
trol Board is now functioning for
the convenience of local consum
ers an 1 merchants who may wish
to consult them op questions con
cerning ceiling prices on used or
new household appliances, grocery
items, rent cejlings or eviction
matters, and so on.
Luther Dunbar, chairman of the
No. 10 Price Control Board urges
both local business people and
consumers to make use of the
board’s services in obtaining in
formation on any question relative
to price and rent control in this
community.
best Workmen’s Compensation
Acts in the United States.
Your inquiries should be ad
dressed to Commissioner of Labor,
Walter P. Sharpe, Box 2141, Jun
eau. Alaska.
Alaska Unemplyoment
Compensation Commission
Making Investigations
The Alaska Unemploy ment
Compensation Commission is con
ducting a series of investigations
in several different districts of the
Territory, according to R. E. Shel
don, Execuitve Director, to deter
mine whether or not there is any
basis for reports that some per
sons are violating the Unemploy
ment Compensation Law by filing
for weekly benefits and not re
porting their earnings, not being
available for work or, in some
cases, not being able to work. This
applies mostly to those filing
claims by mail from sections of
Alaska where there is no estab
lished Employment Office or Rep
resentative of the Agency. Mr.
Sheldon calls attention to that
| provision of the Law which makes
no deductions from the weekly
benefit amount up to $5.00 earned
in the case of a claimant filing
for Unemployment Insurance, and
up to $3.00 in the case of a veteran
applying for Readjustment Allow-,
a nee.
Penalties are provided in the!
Law for violations of this kind,
and any such violations found will
be fully prosecuted, Mr. Sheldon
says.
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