Mr. T. THOMSONasked the Minister of Labour what unemployment benefit would be payable in the following cases of men out of work under the existing regulations, and under the alterations provided for in the new Unemployment Insurance Bill, assuming in all cases that the regulation re the waiting week had been satisfied: two days signed, two days' work, two days signed; three days signed, two days' work, one, day signed; one day signed, three days' work, two days signed; two days signed, one day's work, one day signed, one day's work, and one day signed?
§ Sir M. BARLOWAssuming that .the waiting period was satisfied immediately before the days of unemployment stated in the question and that the men were fully employed in the following week the following statement shows the position under the existing continuity rule, and under the proposed new rule respectively:—
Days given in Question Number of days' benefit payable under existing rule. Number of days' benefit payable under existing rule. X X 0 0 X X 4 4 X X X 0 0 X 3 4 X 0 0 0 X X 1 3 X X 0 X 0 X 2 4 (X=day signed. 0=day worked.) Under the proposed rule if there are at least three days of unemployment in the week the number of days payable does not depend on the extent or incidence of subsequent unemployment. Under the existing rule, however, the number of days payable as shown above might be increased owing to subsequent unemployment. For instance if each man was unemployed for the whole of the following week, the number of days payable in the above case under the existing rule would be 4, 4, 3 and 3 respectively.