The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-19


Q Does the owner Of 2 barber shop
week or is he exempt on account of
holding the positions Of owner ana en-
ployer7 CITY SUBSCRIBER.
A-The maximum hour pro-
visions of the temporary code for
barber shops apply to owners and
operators actively working at bar
bering.
Q n a grocer employs members Of his
family IN his store. is he required to pay
them the minimum wage set by the MIRA
even though he provides food. board and
clothing for them? N. W. p.
A-There has been no official in
depreciation on this point. Since
PRA is designed 10 increase en-
ployment opportunities and raise
wages. it is probable that family
members employed by a proprietor
should observe maximum hour ard
be paid minimum wage provisions
of the code approved for grocery
stores.
Q Can a person who always has
worked and been paid by the day be
put on hour nav to conform with the
CODE II I were earning sis in 1929 for
six DAYS work. what should I earn now
If hours M ns same am empoSs
ask any employe 10 work late one day
overtime and ask him 10 come in later
the next morning rather than pay over
time for the day he worked lste2 what
is the minimum amount any employer can
pay his employe per hour7 J. l..
A-You do not say what industry
your employer represents. so we can
give only a general answer to your
questions. PRA gives only two
classes of employees. i. e., those on
an hourly basis and those on
weekly basis. II has been held that
employees under PRA should receive
not less than they were receiving
at the time the employer signed the
agreement, and in no case less an
hour than was received on July Is.
1929. If he were on AL hourly basis
at that date Thirty cents an hour
is the absolute minimum which an
employer under PRA may pay his
employees who are on an hourly
basis.
O An oxygen manufacturing plan.
then laid of men 70 keep the budget bal
anced. SO to speak. Can a concern DO
this legally under the code7 J. r
A-There is nothing under PRA
which compels an employer TO keep
on the pay roll employees for whom
he has no work.
what provisions are made for dent
lsts who operate their own Offices and
employ no outside help? How may they
ne eligible TO sign the code and display
the Eagle9 J. c. T.
A-PRA exempis from its hour
and wage provisions owners of bust
nesses employing no one. To OBJ
tain the Blue Eagle. such persons
may sign the agreement and the
certificate of compliance.
Ssqg,9ss a sSs made spb IG5
IS hours week at $40 a week. }. W.
A-Under the code for retail.
druggists as approved. registered
pharmacists are exempt from the
hour provisions of the agreement
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Q-In an indianapolis plant there Is
difference IN wages and hours Of EN-
oioyes working IN certain departments.
The company signed the code and Is dis
playing the Eagle IN its windows Some
o. the men In this department we're
placed on the basis set down bv the
code-s shorter hours and uniform higher
wages. Others were paid the same wages
as before. With longer hours TO offset the
reduction OF some what can the NRA
DO IN a case like this? NJ J.
A-Employers displaying the Blue
Eagle have agreed TO comply with
all provisions of the PRA as mod
fed by the code for their own in
dustry when approved by NRA.
ANY violations of the provisions Of