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.
1.10 US tons. The USA and Imperial systems of measurement use the same ounce and pound. The USA ton (also known as the short ton is 2000 pounds, the UK ton (also known as the long ton) is 2240 pounds, and the metric ton is 1000 kg. In the metric (SI) system, the term mass is used instead of weight.