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 52 STAT.] 75TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CH. 680-JUNE 25, 1938 (h) The Board may enter into agreements or arrangements with Agreements with employers, etc.,i n employers, organizations of employers, and railway-labor organiza- connection with ad- tions which are duly organized in accordance with the provisions of m4istr t ti7. the Railway Labor Act, for securing the performance of services or 45 U. S. C. ch. 8; the use of facilities in connection with the administration of this Act, Spp. I, oh. 8. and may compensate any such employer or organization therefor upon compensation; re- such reasonable basis as the Board shall prescribe, but not to exceed stnction. the additional expense incurred by such employer or organization by reason of the performance of such services or making available the use of such facilities pursuant to such agreements or arrangements. Such employers and organizations, and persons employed by either eceivinge salary of them, shall not be subject to the Act of Congress approved March than United States, provision waived. 3, 1917 (39 Stat. 1106, ch. 163, sec. 1). 39 Stat. 1106 . (i) The Board may establish, maintain, and operate free employ- 5Uee. s.c6. 6 . Free employment ment offices, and may designate as free employment offices facilities ofices. maintained by (i) a railway labor organization which is duly author- ized and designated to represent employees in accordance with the Railway Labor Act, or (ii) any other labor organization which has been or may be organized in accordance with the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, or (iii) one or more employers, or (iv) an organization of employers, or (v) a group of such employers and labor organizations, or (vi) a State, Territorial, foreign, or the Federal Government. The Board may also enter into agreements or arrangements with one or more employers or railway labor organizations organized in accordance with the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, pursuant to which notice of the availability of work and the rights of employees with respect to such work under agreements between such employers and railway labor organizations may be filed with employment offices and pursuant to which employees registered with employment offices may be referred to such work. The Board shall prescribe a procedure for registration of unem- Procedure for regis- ployed employees at employment offices. Such procedure for regis- trationofunempoy tration shall be prescribed with a view to such registration affording ment offies. substantial evidence of the days of unemployment of the employees who register. The Board may, when such registration is made personally by an employee, accept such registration as initial proof of unemployment sufficient to certify for payment a claim for benefits. The regulations of the Board concerning registration at employ- Group registration ment offices by unemployed persons may provide for group registra- and re"orting tion and reporting, through employers, and need not be uniform with respect to different classes of employees. The operation of any employment facility operated by the Board Primary purpose of shall be directed primarily toward the reemployment of employees employment facility. who have theretofore been substantially employed by employers. (j) The Board may appoint national or local advisory councils Advisory councils; composed of equal numbers of representatives of employers, repre- c pos it sentatives of employees, and persons representing the general public, for the purpose of discussing problems in connection with the administration of this Act and aiding the Board in formulating policies. The members of such councils shall serve without remunera- compensation re tion, but shall be reimbursed for any necessary traveling and sub- str i tion; expeses. sistence expenses or on a per diem basis in lieu of subsistence expenses. (k) The Board, with the advice and aid of any advisory council Vocational training, appointed by it, shall take appropriate steps to reduce and prevent e unemployment and loss of earnings; to encourage and assist in the adoption of practical methods of vocational training, retraining, and vocational guidance; to promote the reemployment of unem- 1109

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