Robert Kastenmeier Papers, 1950-1990 (bulk 1959-1990)

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M87-431
Speeches and articles
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Unemployment Compensation Experience Rating and the Business Cycle, undated
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Guaranteed Employment Plans, undated
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Further Goals for Correcting the New York Unemployment Insurance Law, undated
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The Job of the Employer in Unemployment Compensation, undated
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Employer Participation in Claims Adjudication under the Michigan Employment Security Act, 1951
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Coordinating Unemployment Taxes with the Business Cycle, circa 1948
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Operations of the Amended Ohio Law, Ohio meeting, October 10, 1949
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Employer Interest versus Federalization of Unemployment Compensation, personnel conference, 1949
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Calendar Week versus “Flexible” Week as the Basic Time Unit for Benefits Under Michigan's Unemployment Compensation Act, 1949
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The Employer's Place in Unemployment Compensation, Board of Trade, D.C., April 24, 1950
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Management Looks at the Employment Security Program, Forum on Employment Security, 38th Annual Convention of the International Association of Public Employment Services, Rapid City, South Dakota, June 6, 1951
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Unemployment Compensation in Michigan, delivered to the Kiwanis Club of Birmingham, Michigan, July 24, 1951
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Better Experience Rating for Michigan, presentation to employers, September 20, 1951
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Recent Development in Unemployment Compensation, General Motors Personnel Conference, October 30, 1951
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The Federal Role in Federal-State Employment Security Programs, Interstate Conference of Employment Security Agencies, Salt Lake City, Utah, September 16, 1952
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What Industry Expects of the Employment Security Program, address to Michigan Chapter, International Association in Employment Security, October 11, 1952
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Speeches and articles
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Control of Claims Cost in New Jersey, November 13, 1952
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The Proposed True Merit Rating Plan for Michigan, address to the Muskegon Personnel and Employment Managers' Group, May 19, 1953
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Minimizing State Unemployment Compensation Taxes, Tax Executives' Institute, 9th annual conference, Bedford Springs, Pennsylvania, September 21, 1953
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Organizing for Effective Employer Action, General Motors Meeting, Unemployment and Workmen's Compensation, Columbus, Ohio, November 19, 1953
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Stretching the Unemployment Tax Dollar, Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council annual meeting, Providence, Rhode Island, November 23, 1953
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Reserves and Contribution Rates for Financing Unemployment Benefits, Committee on Benefit Financing of the Federal Advisory Council, May 25, 1953 and September 14, 1953
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The Problem of Compensation Liability for Non-Accidental Industrial Loss of Hearing in New York State, January 11, 1954
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Some Observations About the Employment Service Program, Interstate Conference of Employment Security Agencies, October 12, 1954
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Unemployment Compensation, address to the California Manufacturing Association annual meeting, San Francisco, California, November 9, 1954
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The Philosophy of the Eligibility and Disqualification Provisions of the Michigan Employment Security Act, February 1954
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Relative Costs of Alternate Plans for Increasing Maximum Unemployment Compensation Benefit Rates, June 21, 1954
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“Variable Maximum” Benefit Rates, address to Social Security Committee, Illinois Chamber of Commerce, March 17, 1955, and Associated Industries of Missouri Board of Directors, , October 29, 1956
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Statement before the Committee on Industry and Labor, House of Representatives, Ohio General Assembly in support of H.B. #223: Permitting “Supplementation” in Ohio, Columbus, Ohio, February 26, 1957
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Unemployment Compensation, General Motors Personnel Conference, February 28, 1957
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Statement before the House Committee on Industry and Labor, Ohio General Assembly on H.B. 635, Columbus, Ohio, April 3, 1957
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Statement before the Judiciary Committee of the Wisconsin Assembly on Bill #595 A, May 7, 1957
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Minimizing Unemployment Costs, General Motors Detroit Area Unemployment Compensation Operating Committee, Fisher Body Division, November 14, 1957
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Speeches and articles
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The Case for Adopting Variable Maximum Benefit Rates in New York in 1958, December 2, 1957
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“Variable Maximum” Benefit Rates in Unemployment Compensation, January 31, 1957
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Minimizing Unemployment Costs, General Motors, New York State Unemployment Insurance Operating Committee, Chevrolet-Tonawanda, February 7, 1958, and Ternstedt Division, , February 11, 1958
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Unemployment Compensation: Controlling Its Costs, American Management Association, Spring Insurance Conference, New York, New York, May 6, 1958
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A Plan to Simplify and Improve the Taxing Provisions of the New York Unemployment Insurance Law, Conference on Unemployment Insurance, October 3, 1958
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Michigan Employment Security Act, Legislative Problems and Prospects for 1959, Detroit Area, Michigan Unemployment Compensation Operating Committee, November 11, 1958
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Should Employees Be Required to Contribute Part of the Cost of Unemployment Benefits, November 10, 1958
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Dangers Ahead in Unemployment Compensation, National Association of Manufacturers, Greenbrier Conference, January 17, 1959
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General Motors' Interest in Workmen's Compensation meeting, Union, New Jersey, February 4, 1959
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Dangers Ahead in Unemployment Compensation, January 23, 1959
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Statement before the Commerce and Labor Committee of the Ohio State Senate in opposition to Senate Bill #210, March 11, 1959
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Problems Ahead for Employers in Financing Unemployment Compensation Benefits, Detroit Employers' Unemployment Compensation Forum, April 28, 1959 and Tax Executive Institute Committee, , May 20, 1959
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Statement before the Industry and Labor Committee of the Ohio State House of Representatives in opposition to Senate Bill #210, May 13, 1959
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Trends in Unemployment Compensation, Ohio Unemployment Compensation and Workmen's Compensation Operating Committee, Fisher Body Division, Hamilton, Ohio, June 4, 1959
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General Motors' Policy as to Vacation Shut-Downs, Vacation Allowances and Unemployment Compensation for Represented Hourly-Rated Employees, July 9, 1959
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Conformity of TUC Repayment Provisions of New York Unemployment Insurance Laws, New York Conference on Unemployment Insurance, July 13, 1959
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Issues in Financing Unemployment Compensation in Michigan, MEUCB annual meeting, October 7, 1959
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Financing Unemployment Compensation Benefits, NIC meeting, November 30, 1959
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Issues in Financing Benefit Payments, IRRA panel discussion, December 28, 1959
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Weak Points in New York Unemployment Insurance Law, General Motors meeting, New York, December 14, 1959
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The Need for Legislation to Restore Michigan's Unemployment Compensation Fund to a Financially Sound Position, Personnel and Public Relations Policy Group meeting, January 19, 1960
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Management Goals in Employment Security, Bureau of Employment Security staff presentation, Washington D.C., February 4, 1960
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General Motors Interest in Workmen's Compensation, General Motors Illinois-Indiana meeting, Indianapolis, May 19, 1960
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Improving the Experience Rating Formula of the Unemployment Insurance Law, Social Legislation Committee meeting, Empire State Chamber of Commerce, June 8, 1960
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The 1960 Changes in the Unemployment Insurance Law, General Motors New York Operating Committee meeting, Rochester, New York, June 9, 1960
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A Program to Relieve Recession Pressures to Use Unemployment Compensation for Welfare Purposes, Subcommittee on Benefit Duration, State Advisory Committee on Unemployment Compensation, National Industrial Council, June 16, 1960 and July 22, 1960
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Improving the Experience Rating Formula of the Unemployment Insurance Law, New York Conference on Unemployment Insurance Spring meeting, Saratoga Springs, New York, June 23, 1960
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Proposed Studies of Cost of Adding Employees for Temporary Work, presentation to Personnel and Public Relations Policy Group, July 18, 1960
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The Challenge of Prevention in Unemployment Insurance, LAPES 47th Annual Convention, Colorado Springs, Colorado, June 28, 1960
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Problems with Workmen's Compensation Laws, talk to Orientation for Doctors, Medical Department, August 24, 1960
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Advantages of Stabilizing Employment, presentation to the Household Appliance Policy Group, September 19, 1960
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What Management Can Do To Control “Non-Working Payroll” Costs Under Unemployment Insurance, annual meeting of Associated Industries of New York State, September 24, 1960
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A National View of Unemployment Compensation, Mountain States Employers' Council, Denver Colorado, September 30, 1960
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Considerations Favoring Adoption of Variable Maximums to Limit Weekly Benefits under the Texas Unemployment Compensation Law, October 26, 1960
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General Motors Interest in Statutory Wage Loss Benefits, meeting on Unemployment and Workmen's Compensation, Madison, Wisconsin, October 28, 1960; and Burbank, California, , December 6, 1960
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Measuring the Cost of Employment Instability, Michigan Employers Unemployment Compensation Forum, November 29, 1960
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What Employers Can do to Help, “Why Pay for Not Working,” The Economic Club of Detroit panel presentation, January 16, 1961
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Michigan Unemployment Compensation: Recommended Legislative Objectives for 1961, presentation to Personnel and Public Relations Policy Group, February 21, 1961
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Unemployment Compensation Developments in Washington, New Jersey Unemployment Compensation Operating Committee meeting, Clark Township, New Jersey, March 22, 1961; and Michigan Outstate Unemployment Compensation Operating Committee, Saginaw, Michigan, , May 9, 1961
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Unemployment Problems Ahead, Industrial Relations Group of National Industrial Council mid-summer meeting, Land O'Lakes, Wisconsin, July 11, 1961
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Unemployment Compensation Legislative Prospects in Lansing and Washington, General Motors Michigan Outstate Unemployment Compensation Operating Committee meeting, Flint, Michigan, December 19, 1961
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“How the 'King Bill' H.R. 7640 Would Affect the Costs and Benefits of Michigan's Employment Security Act,” meetings with Michigan Congressmen, December 1961
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Strengthening the Financing of Michigan's Employment Security Fund, MEUCB State Wide Study Committee, January 16, 1962
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Should the Federal Role in Unemployment Compensation Be Expanded as Proposed in H.R. 7640?, Congressional Action Committee of Chamber of Commerce of Greater Lansing, February 8, 1962
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Unemployment Compensation Legislative Prospects in Lansing and Washington, General Motors Detroit Area Unemployment Compensation Operating Committee, meeting art Detroit Diesel Engine Division, February 13, 1962
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Report of Study Group on Financial Needs of the Unemployment Fund and on Revisions of the Merit Rating Structure of the Law, Ohio Manufacturers Association Subcommittee on Financing, February 28, 1962
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Unemployment Insurance Objectives and Prospects, New York Conference on Unemployment Insurance, Summer meeting, Lake George, New York, June 4-6, 1962
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Some Practical Aspects of Cost Estimating in Unemployment Compensation, training group in Employment Security Cost Estimating, Dearborn, Michigan, August 9, 1962
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Recent Trends in Employment Security Legislation, Michigan Employers' Unemployment Compensation Bureau meeting, Grand Rapids, Michigan, October 25, 1962
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A “Uniform Reserve” Experience Rating Plan for Setting Employers' Unemployment Compensation Tax Rates, draft, October 25, 1962
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The Current Status of Federalization of Unemployment Compensation Programs, Michigan Employers' Unemployment Compensation Forum, Detroit, Michigan, January 29, 1963
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Recent Trends in the Employment Security Program, New Jersey Unemployment Compensation Operating Committee, Trenton, New Jersey, June 18, 1963
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The Story and the Significance of the 1963 Amendments to the Michigan Employment Security Act, Joint meeting of both Michigan Unemployment Compensation Operating Committees, Warren, Michigan, June 27, 1963
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Management Views on Some Current Issues in the Employment Security Program, Interstate Conference on Employment Security Agencies, Omaha, Nebraska, October 1, 1963
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Federal Legislation Relating to Unemployment Compensation, Employers' Unemployment Compensation Council annual membership meeting, Detroit, Michigan, October 9, 1963
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How Legal Provisions and Business Practices Determine Unemployment Tax Costs for Michigan Employers, Employers' Unemployment Compensation Council Cost Control Clinics, fall 1963
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Unemployment Compensation, Benefit Financing, State Solvency, and Implications of Extended Benefits, As Industry Sees It, National Tax Association annual conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, November 12, 1963
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How the Cost Impact of Increasing the Taxable Wage Base Varies with Benefit Costs Under a State Unemployment Compensation Law, November 14, 1963
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“Pay in Lieu of Vacation: Agreement Between General Motors Corporation and UAW-AFL-CIO,” statement before a Referee of Maryland Department of Employment Security, May 22, 1963 and the Board of Appeals, June 12, 1963
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Major Unemployment Compensation Trends, National Industrial Council annual meeting, State Associations, New York, New York, December 3, 1963
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The Financing of Unemployment Compensation in Michigan, Wayne State University Law School, class lecture, Detroit, Michigan, December 18, 1963
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A Proposed Rating Formula to Distribute More Rationally and Equitably Among Employers the Tax Cost of Maintaining a Safe Balance in a State Unemployment Fund, March 4, 1964
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Statement before the Committee on Labor, Michigan House of Representatives concerning pending bills to amend the Employment Security Act, Lansing, Michigan, March 10, 1964
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Illinois Experience Rating Studies, Nos. 1-3, March 1964
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Suggested Experience Rating Formula for Illinois, May 6, 1964
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How Unemployment Insurance Affects Employers' Costs, Administrative Referees Association, Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, Fresno, California, May 16, 1964
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General Motors' Major Objectives for Unemployment Insurance Legislation, California Kansas, Ohio, New York, March-June, 1964
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General Motors' Interest in Statutory Wage-Loss Benefits, Georgia Unemployment and Workmen's Compensation Operating Committee meeting, Atlanta, June 19, 1964
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Michigan Employment Security Act, summary of suggested changes, July 9, 1964
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The Employers' Role in Unemployment Compensation, Unemployment Insurance seminar, Baltimore Association of Commerce and University of Maryland School of Business Administration, October 20, 1964
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Statement before the Wisconsin Advisory Committee on Unemployment Compensation, Public Hearings on the Law and Its Administration, Janesville, October 30, 1964
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What's Ahead in Unemployment Compensation Legislation, New Jersey Unemployment Compensation Operating Committee meeting, Harrison, February 23, 1965
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Charging Benefit Payments to Employer Accounts, General Motors Georgia Unemployment and Workmen's Compensation Operating Committee meeting, BOP Assembly Division, Atlanta, March 4, 1965
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Implications for Unemployment Compensation of 1964, Changes in the SUB Plan, General Motors' Wisconsin Unemployment and Workmen's Compensation Operating Committee, AC Spark Plug Division, Milwaukee, May 19, 1965
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1965 Changes in Michigan's Employment Security Act, General Motors' Unemployment Compensation Operating Committees, Fisher Body Division, Pontiac, May 20, 1965; and Grand Rapids, Plant No. 2, , June 2, 1965
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Current Federal Unemployment Compensation Legislative Proposals, General Motors' Unemployment Compensation Operating Committee, Columbus, Ohio, September 29, 1965
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Major Issues of Unemployment Compensation Policy Involved in H.R. 8282, Employers' Unemployment Compensation Council annual meeting, Detroit, Michigan, October 28, 1965; and NAM-NIC Conference on Unemployment Compensation, Washington D.C., , October 29, 1965
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Employment Practices and Benefit Costs, 53rd Group on Interviewing Training Techniques, General Motors' Technical Center, Warren, Michigan, November 5, 1965
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Current Federal Unemployment Compensation Legislative Proposals, General Motors' Unemployment Compensation Operating Committee, Warren, Michigan, December 7, 1965; and Linden, New Jersey, , December 9, 1965
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Current Federal Unemployment Compensation Legislative Proposals, General Motors' Michigan Outstate Area Operating Committee on Unemployment Compensation, Chevrolet Motor Division, Bay City, March 9, 1966; and Ohio Unemployment Compensation Operating Committee meeting, Cleveland, , May 19, 1966
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Proposed Federal Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1966 summary, Illinois, May 13, 1966; Michigan, , June 14, 1966; and Georgia, , June 16, 1966
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Summary of Action of New York Unemployment Insurance Bills at the Session of the Legislature, June 9, 1966
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Proposed Federal Unemployment Compensation Amendments, July 25, 1966
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How Ohio's Unemployment Compensation Law Compares with those of Other States, September 30, 1966
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Recent Developments in regard to Proposed Federal Unemployment Compensation Legislation, November 16, 1967
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Congratulations from Management, 35th Anniversary of Enactment of the Wisconsin Unemployment Compensation Law, January 28, 1967
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Active Manpower Policies in England, France, and Sweden, March 13, 1967
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Negotiations between Management and Labor on Unemployment Insurance Amendments, June 13, 1967
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Preventing Unemployment Benefit Payments if a Strike Causes Unemployment, June 20, 1967
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Federal Unemployment Compensation Legislation, October 26, 1967
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Changes in the Michigan Employment Security Act, April 16, 1968
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Changes in the National Collective Bargaining Agreements which are of Major Significance to Unemployment Insurance Administrators in General Motors' New York Plants, May 5, 1968
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Changes in Michigan Employment Security Act, May 14, 1968
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Changes in National Collective Bargaining Agreements Affecting General Motors' Unemployment Insurance Administrators, May 24, 1968 and June 13, 1968
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Controlling Our Statutory Benefits Costs, December 5, 1968
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Manpower Programs Abroad, “ An Appraisal of Government Employment Services and Labor Practices,” December 1968
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Summary of Remarks, Georgia Operating Committee Unemployment and Workmen's Compensation, March 12, 1969
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Unemployment Insurance Legislation in New York, April 24, 1969
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Management Views of some of the Issues in Unemployment Insurance in Michigan, April 25, 1969
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Report of the Chairman for the Year, New York Conference on Unemployment Insurance, June 10, 1969
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Legislative Developments, Michigan Outstate Unemployment Compensation Operating Committee meeting, June 25, 1969
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Statement before the Ways and Means Committee on H.R. 12625, September 23, 1969
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Controlling Statutory Benefit Costs, September 25, 1969
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Legislative Developments in Unemployment Compensation, Unemployment Compensation Operating Committee meetings, Michigan, October 14, 1969; and Ohio, , November 18, 1969
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Statement before the Senate Finance Committee on H.R. 14705 for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, February 18, 1970
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Guarding Against Misuse of State Unemployment Benefits to Finance a Strike, June 23, 1970
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Effects of “Java” Decision on the Administration of Unemployment Compensation Benefit Claims, June 16, 1970
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The Federal Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1970 and their Effects on the State Unemployment Compensation Laws, September 9 and 21, 1971
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Protecting our Interests in Unemployment and Workmen's Compensation, October 6, 1971
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Recent Developments in Unemployment Compensation, October 13, 1971
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Recent Changes in the Financing Provisions of New York's Unemployment Insurance Law, October 22, 1971
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The Federal Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1970 and their Effects on the State Unemployment Compensation Laws, November 9, 18, and 23, 1971
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Proposed Changes in the Tax Structure of the Michigan Employment Security Act, November 12, 1971
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Background of H.R. 5528, Action by Congress and the Supreme Court, December 15, 1971
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Significance of the New York “Torres” Unemployment Insurance Case, April 26, 1972
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Appeals to Michigan Employment Security Appeal Board, June 8, 1972
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Recent Developments in the Michigan Employment Security Act, June 8 and September 14, 1972
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The “Waiting Period Advance” Provision of the Kansas Employment Security Law, July 28, 1972
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There's No Cream in Our Coffee, September 13 and November 8, 1972
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Handling of Unemployment Compensation Labor Dispute Cases in View of the “Java Decision,” September 13, 1972
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Trends in Unemployment and Workmen's Compensation, September 20, 1972
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Legislative and Administrative Problems with Unemployment in Ohio, October 11, 1972
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Relationship of Federal and State Unemployment Compensation Laws, December 6, 1972
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Benefit Levels under the Unemployment and Workmen's Compensation Laws, December 6, 1972
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Services and Functions of the Unemployment Compensation and Workmen's Compensation Activity, December 6, 1972
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Significance to the States of the Federal Workmen's Compensation Study Commission, December 14, 1972
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Handling of Unemployment Compensation Labor Dispute Cases, January 18, 1973
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Statement before the Georgia Legislature in opposition to H.B. 720, Atlanta, February 27, 1973
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General Motors' Interest in Unemployment Compensation Labor Dispute Cases, March 1, 1973
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Unemployment Compensation in the Target Area, Ohio COC, March 14, 1973
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Statement before the Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor in opposition to S.B. 52 and 112, Columbus, March 21, 1973
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Current Developments in Workmen's Compensation in Relation to the Study Commission Report, May 3, 1973
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Preparing for Unemployment Compensation Claims during a Labor Dispute, June 12, 1973
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Statement before the Ohio Legislature in opposition to S.B. 52 and H.B. 605, Columbus, July 10, 1973
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Statement in opposition to Bills to Eliminate the One Week Waiting Period from the Employment Security Act, November 6, 1973
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Workmen's Compensation and Unemployment Insurance Going Federal?, November 13, 1973
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Testimony on the Back-to-Work Payments at MESC Hearing, November 15, 1973
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Unemployment Compensation Claims Arising out of “Local” Strikes, December 5, 1973
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Workmen's Compensation Legislative Developments, State and Federal, December 6, 1973
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Establishing Reserves for Potential Workmen's Compensation Liability, December 6, 1973