Individual workers' wages are recorded on the DES wage record files and retained for five quarters to be used for determining monetary benefit entitlement should a worker file a claim for unemployment insurance benefits. The DES is required to establish and maintain a separate experience rate account for each employer.
In the United States and formerly Canada a ton is defined to be 2,000 pounds (907 kg). Where confusion is possible, the 2240 lb ton is called long ton and the 2000 lb ton short ton; the tonne is distinguished by its spelling, but usually pronounced the same as ton, hence the US term metric ton.
It depends upon which ton you mean. 1 long (or gross) ton = 2240 pounds (UK) 1 short (or net) ton = 2000 pounds (US) 1 tonne (i.e., a metric ton, 1000 kg) = 2204.62(3)..- pounds. In the United States, when people say a ton, they're most often thinking of the short ton, or 2000 pounds.