The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-01


O-What are provisions Of the national
code as 10 salary and hours Of office
employees Of public utility2
A-Please repeat your question
specifying the kind Of public util-
ity company The modified agree
ments for the electric light and
power and gas industries fix forty
hour work week for Office employees
in these public utility industries and
the minimum pay is s14.5o week.
O-Is there any code for girls who work
in doctors offices? If so what are the
hours and the minimum wage?-P. E. D.
A-Doctor's as professional men
do not come under the NRA. They
may sign the PRA and comply with
tbs provisions if they wish. Under
the PRA the maximum hours for
girls working in an office would be
forty hours a week and the mlnS-
mum pay would be S14.50 week.
Nurses, as professional people, do
not come under the NRA.
o-Has the maintenance code for office
buildings been approved? If so, what is
the maximum working hours a week for
nonunion carpenters. painters. and cleo
tricians?-E. H. J.
A temporary agreement has
been approved. The maximum hours
are forty-eight hours a week and
the minimum pay s14.50 week.
O-Please publish the hours and wages
for meat route drivers who do no selling,
as approved by the NRA.-J F. D.
A-According to the temporary
agreement modifying the PRA for
food and grocery distributors, the
minimum pay should be $14.50 a
week. Their maximum hours are
not limited under the agreement.
O-How many hours a week are allowed
a night Waterman with special police
has been signed?
A-According to the temporary
agreement modifying the PRA for
the banks, the hours of night watch
men are not limited.
O-with regard to the restaurant code.
does an emplove have to pay for meals
where he is employed when he does not eat
there2 Should he not receive his Sl4.50
week salary?-S. E. W.
A-According to a modification
of the agreement modifying the
PRA for the restaurant industry, is
sued Aug II. 1888, minimum rates
and wages established in the agree
ment shall not be subject to de-
duction for meals furnished en-
ployes, unless such was the practice
in the restaurant prior to June Is,
1888. and if such was the case, the
charge shall not exceed Is cents
meal. nor SO total in any one week.
The minimum wage for restaurant
workers is q cents an hour.
Q-Is there any. code for commission
house-to house workers? If so what are
the hours and minimum wage?
A-No. Outside statesmen work.
ing solely on commission do not
come under the NRA.
OIL am a worker in the city hospital
is any code for city workers? If so,
what are the hours and the minimum
wage?-C. NJ T.
A-City employees do not come I'M
der the NRA.
Q-Is a salesman working on commits
sion basis guaranteed a certain amount
of money under MIRA. whether he brings
in any business or not?
A-Persons working solely on COM
mission are not guaranteed a mini
mum salary nor are their working
hours limited under PRA. How
ever, in some businesses, this ques-
ton is under discussion and may be
specifically covered when a perma-
nent code for the industry is
adopted.
Q-Is there any code for elevator
operators in public buildings? If so, what
are the hours and the minimum wage?
B. P.
Aft the employees are working
in a building owned by the state,
city. county or federal government,
tbov dO mt cOr11o under the NRA