Benefits Set For Farm Workers Off-Job Illness and Injury
Farm workers in the Bakersfield area may claim non occupational disability benefits beginning May 1. The program, funded by a 1 percent wage deduction since last October, covers about 20,000 workers and mirrors California’s earlier system for other industries. Benefits run from $10 to $70 weekly plus up to $12 daily hospital pay for up to 20 days. eligibility requires wages of at least $300 in the base period.
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VA loan program closes for some WWII veterans
Mort Webster of the VA Southern California Regional Office says the GI Loan Program will close for select World War II veterans on July 25. A phase-out rule sets the last date to apply, granting ten years from discharge plus one year for each three months of wartime service, with some veterans reaching the limit in July 1967.
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