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 general measure of weight equal to 2240 pounds called long ton now largely replaced by the metric ton or tonne of 1000 kilograms 2204 68 pounds except in the us where the us ton or the short ton of 2000 pounds is still in use