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96.2 GUIDE FOR INTERPRETATION.
As a guide to the interpretation and application of this chapter,
the public policy of this state is declared to be as follows:
Economic insecurity due to unemployment is a serious menace to the
health, morals, and welfare of the people of this state. Involuntary
unemployment is therefore a subject of general interest and concern
which requires appropriate action by the legislature to prevent its
spread and to lighten its burden which now so often falls with
crushing force upon the unemployed worker and the worker's family.
The achievement of social security requires protection against this
greatest hazard of our economic life. This can be provided by
encouraging employers to provide more stable employment and by the
systematic accumulation of funds during periods of employment to
provide benefits for periods of unemployment, thus maintaining
purchasing power and limiting the serious social consequences of poor
relief assistance. The legislature, therefore, declares that in its
considered judgment the public good, and the general welfare of the
citizens of this state require the enactment of this measure, under
the police powers of the state, for the compulsory setting aside of
unemployment reserves to be used for the benefit of persons
unemployed through no fault of their own. Section History: Early Form
[C39, § 1551.08; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79,
81, § 96.2]
