§ 8-102. Legislative findings and policy

   (a) Interpretation and application. -- This section is a guide to the interpretation and application of this title.

(b) Findings. -- The General Assembly finds that:

   (1) economic insecurity due to unemployment is a serious menace to the health, morals, and welfare of the people of the State;

   (2) involuntary unemployment is a subject of general interest and concern that requires appropriate action by the General Assembly to prevent the spread of involuntary unemployment and to lighten its burden, which often falls with crushing force on the unemployed worker and the family of the unemployed worker;

   (3) the achievement of security for society requires protection against involuntary unemployment, which is the greatest hazard of our economic lives; and

   (4) security for society 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, maintaining the purchasing power, and limiting the serious social consequences of poor relief assistance.

(c) Statement of policy. -- The General Assembly declares that, in its considered judgment, the public good and the general welfare of the citizens of the State require the enactment of this title, under the police powers of the State, for the compulsory setting aside of unemployment reserves to be used for the benefit of individuals unemployed through no fault of their own.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 95A, § 2; 1991, ch. 8, § 2.