The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-20


 When the code becomes effective retail stores shall elect to operate upon one of tho following sched.: uies of store hours and hours or labor.
 "Group A. Any establishment may elect to remain open for busi' ness less than 56 hours but not less than 52 hours per week, unless its store hours wore less than 62 hours prior to June l, 1883, in which case such establishment shall not reduce its store hours; no cmploye of these establishments shall work more than 70 hours per week, nor more than eight hours per day. nor more than SIX
 "Group D. Any establishment may elect to remain open for busi- noss 56 hours or more per week but less than 63 hours per week; no employe of such establishment shall work more than A hours per week, nor more than nine hours per day, nor more than six days per week.
 "Group C. Any establishment may elect to remain open for busl- ness 63 hours or more per week; no empIoye of such establishment shall work more than 4S hours per week, nor more than 10 hours per day, nor more than Blk days per week.
 "No ompoye shall work for two or more establishments q greater number of hours, in the aggregate, than he would be permitted to work for that one of such estab' llshments which operates upon the lowest schedule of working hours
 No employe not included in the foregoing paragraphs, and not specifically excepted hereinafter, shall work moro than 40 hours per week, nor moro than eight hours per day. nor more than six days per week"
 following basic schedules of wages;
 "on and after the effective date of this code, the minimum weekly rates of wages which shall be paid for work week as specified in Article V shall bo as follows:
 "(A) Within cities of over b00,. 900 population. no employe shall be paid less than at the rate Of $14.o0 per week for q 40 hour work week, or less than at the rate of $14.60 per week for c. 44 hour work week, or less than at tho rate of. $15.00 per week for q 4S hour work week.
 "(B) Within cities of from 100,- 900 to 500,00o population, no em- ploye shall Dc paid less than at the rate of $500 per week for n 40 hour work week, or less than ai the rate of $13.60 per week for q A hour work week, or less than at the rate of $14.00 per week. for Q 4S hour work week.
 "(C) Within cities of from 25,. 900 to 100000 population, no em. ploye shall be pad less than at tho rate of $12.00 per week for a 4t hour work week, or less than al the rate of $12.50 per week for q A hour work week, or less thar at the rate of $500 per week for 6 4S hour work week."
 | "(D) Within cities, towns, vii. lages from 2,500 to 25,000 popula ton, the wages of all classes oi employees shall be increased from the rates existing on June r. 1033 by not less than 20 per cent, pro l flueu tHut tl'5 sHull Hob FequlES ai increase in wages to more than thu rate of $11.00 per week and pro vided further that no employt shall be paid less than at the rat of $10.00 per week.
 "(E) Within towns, villages ant other places with less than 2,50t population, the wages of all classes of employees shall be increased from the rates existing on June 1 1893, by not less than 20 per cent provided that this shall not require an increase in wages to more thai the rate, of $10 per week.
 The minimum wages of profes sional persons, outside salesmen outside collectors, watchmen, an, store detectives shall be upon tn 1 basis of a AS hour employe worl week. The minimum wages o
 maintenance and outside servic
 employe work week. The mini
 mum wages of maintenance an, outside service employees shall b
 upon the basis of the basic em ploye work week upon which tn
 establishment by which they ar employed has elected to operate The section on Limitations t price increases follow:
 NO retailer shall increase tn price of any merchandise sold af ter the effective date of this cod over the price existing June 1, 19S:
 by more than is made necessar for the amount of increases in pro duction, operating. replacement
 and-or invoice costs of merchan
 disc. and-or by taxes or other cost resulting from action taken pursu ant to the natoinal industrial re covery act and-or the agricultura adjustment act since June l. 1883
 and in setting such price increase
 retailers shall give full weight t probable increases in sales vol
 ume. It is provided. however, tha if any price on June 1. 1883. wa
 a distress price. an equitable ad justment may me made"
 The stop-loss provision:
 'fn order to check predator, price cutting and minimize retai operating losses resulting there from, and in order to assure tha Il