Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 278 - UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION COMMISSION LAW

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 258, VOLUME 41, OF THE LAWS OF DELAWARE, ENTITLED, "AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A SYSTEM OF UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION FOR THE UNEMPLOYED CITIZENS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT LIABILITY ON THE PART OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, TO BE ADMINISTERED BY A COMMISSION AND ITS NEWLY CREATED AGENCIES, REQUIRING EMPLOYERS TO KEEP RECORDS AND MAKE REPORTS AND CERTAIN EMPLOYERS TO PAY CONTRIBUTIONS BASED ON PAYROLLS, TO PROVIDE MONIES FOR THE PAYMENTS OF COMPENSATION TO CERTAIN UNEMPLOYED PERSONS, PROVIDING PROCEDURE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS FOR THE DETERMINATION, PAYMENT AND COLLECTION OF SUCH CONTRIBUTIONS, AND THE PAYMENT OF SUCH COMPENSATION PROVIDING FOR COOPERATION WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND ITS AGENCIES, CREATING CERTAIN SPECIAL FUNDS IN THE CUSTODY OF THE STATE TREASURER AND PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT", BY DEFINING THE TERMS "AGRICULTURAL LABOR", AS USED THEREIN, AND "FARM".

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware, in General Assembly met:—

That Section 2, subsection (i) (6) (1), of the Act be and the same is hereby amended by striking out said Section 2, subsection (i) (6) (1), of said Chapter, and inserting, in lieu thereof, a new section to be known as Section 2, subsection (i) (6) (1), in the following words:

(6) The term employment shall not include:

(1) Agricultural labor; which, for the purposes of this Act, shall include all services performed -

(a) On a farm, in the employ of any person, in connection with cultivating the soil, or in connection with raising or harvesting any agricultural or horticultural commodity, including the raising, shearing, feeding, caring for, training, and management of livestock, bees, poultry, and fur-bearing animals and wildlife.

(b) In the employ of the owner or tenant or other operator of a farm, in connection with the operation, management, conservation, improvement, or maintenance of such farm and and* its tools and equipment, or in salvaging timber or clearing land of brush and other debris left by a hurricane, if the major part of such service is performed on a farm.

(c) In connection with the production or harvesting of maple sirup or maple sugar, or in connection with the raising or harvesting of mushrooms, or in connection with the hatching of poultry, or in connection with the ginning of cotton, or in connection with the operation or maintenance of ditches, canals, reservoirs, or waterways used exclusively for supplying and storing water for farming purposes.

(d) In handling, planting, drying, packing, packaging, processing, freezing, grading, storing, or delivering to storage or to market or to a carrier for transportation to market, any agricultural or horticultural commodity; but only if such service is performed as an incident to ordinary farming operations, or, in the case of fruits and vegetables, as an incident to the preparation of such fruits or vegetables for market. The provisions of this paragraph shall not be deemed to be applicable with respect to service performed in connection with commercial canning or commercial freezing or in connection with any agricultural or horticultural commodity after its delivery to a terminal market for distribution for consumption.

(e) As used in the foregoing subsection, the term "farm" includes stock, dairy, poultry, fruit, fur-bearing animals, and truck farms, plantations, ranches, nurseries, ranges, greenhouses or other similar structures used primarily for the raising of agricultural or horticultural commodities, and orchards.

Approved May 9, 1941.