War-Risk Contribution Provisions in State Unemployment Compensation Laws

P R O V I S I O N S FOR " w a r r i s k c o n t r i b u t i o n s " from employers whose pay rolls have expanded d u r i n g the w a r were incorporated i n the unemployment compensation laws of ten S t a t e s i n 1 9 4 3 ( A l a b a m a , F l o r i d a , I l l inois , I o w a , M a r y l a n d , Minnesota , Missouri , Ohio , O k l a h o m a , a n d W i s c o n s i n ) . T h e s e w a r r i s k contributions were a d d i t ional to or higher t h a n the rates w h i c h would otherwise have been a s signed under the existing f inancing provisions of the S t a t e laws. I n c l u s i o n of these provisions grew out of concern over the extent of the potential benefit l iabi l i ty w h i c h was rapidly a c c r u i n g from the tremendous