Guaranteed Annual Wage Proposals: Their Implications for Unemployment Compensation.

Various current union proposals for a guaranteed annual wage assume that, during periods of unemployment, employees covered by the guarantee will be eligible for benefits under state unemployment compensation laws. Some of the legislative and administrative implications of this assumption are discussed in this paper by William Papier who is director of the Division of Research and Statistics of the Bureau of Unemployment Compensation of the State of Ohio. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]