Grafton Lee Brown, Veterans Employment Representative for
Maryland

1100 N. Eutaw Street, Baltimore I Telephone: 727-5900

The Department of Employment Security, established by Chapter
314, Acts of 1937, administers the Maryland Unemployment Insurance
Law. The Department is headed by an Executive Director appointed
by the Governor for a six-year term (Code 1967, Art. 95A, sec. II).

Board of Appeals

A three-man Board of Appeals, appointed by the Governor for six-year
terms, hears appeals on claims for benefits, appeals that arise
under the taxing provisions of the Unemployment Insurance Law, and
other matters that require appellate adjudication (Code 1957, Art. 95A,
sec. 7g).

Advisory Council

The Governor appoints a State advisory council, and the Executive
Director appoints local advisory councils, consisting of an equal num-
ber of representatives from the public, the employer, and the employee.
The councils aid the Executive Director in formulating policies and
discuss with him problems that arise in the administration of the law
to insure impartial solutions of such problems (Code 1957, Art. 95A,
sec. 12).

Unemployment Insurance Division

This Division supervises the Unemployment Insurance Program
carried out by the local office. The Unemployment Insurance Division
also collects contributions from employers covered by the Maryland
Unemployment Insurance Law, collects quarterly wage information
on the employees of these employers, determines weekly benefit
amounts in accordance with this wage information, issues benefit
checks to local offices, reviews benefit payments to determine if any
were improperly made, recovers improper payments, and pays benefits
to individuals who formerly worked in Maryland, but who reside in
other states, as provided by a reciprocal interstate agreement. The
law provides for an experience-rating system under which employers
who maintain steady employment are eligible for reduction in the
rate of contributions. All funds collected under the law are deposited
with the Federal Treasury for the credit of the Unemployment Trust
Fund of Maryland and may be used only for the payment of benefits.

Employment Service Division

This is a staff division concerned with Employment Service technical
functions. It is responsible for the development of programs, the
evaluation of Employment Service activities, and the staff supervision
of such functions as counseling; aptitude testing; employer relations
and placement; and services to older workers and the handicapped. It
furnishes job analysis and related service directly to employers. The
Employment Service Division cooperates with the Governor's Com-
mittee to Promote Employment of the Handicapped; the Baltimore
City Committee on Aging and Problems of the Aged; the Committee
on the Economic and Employment Problems of the Aging of the Mary-
land State Conference of Social Welfare; the Baltimore Council of
Social Agencies; the Maryland Commission for the Prevention and
Treatment of Juvenile Delinquency; the Committees on Correctional