The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-23
Maximum Hours

(2) Not to work any accounting, clerical banking, office, servicc sales employees (excepf outside saIesen) in any store, ofice department, estabish-
 ent, public utility, automotive or horse drawn passenger, express. delivery freight service hours in any week and not reduce the hours of any service operation to below S2 hours in any week, unless such hours were less than 52 hours per week before July l. 1933, and in the latter not to reduce such hours at all.
 This means that you agree not to work any of the kinds of employees listed in this paragraph (excp outside sales men) for more than 40 hours week. This paragraph covers all employees except factory workers mechanical workers and artisans However, no limit on hours and no minimum wage applies purely agricultural labor domestic vans persons working for you solely commission guaranteed base pay addition to their commson then their base pay plus commissions must equal the minimum wage.
 This Agreement sets maximum the number of hours you keep your business open You not to keep your wholesale rea service establishment open less than 52 hours week unless open lees than 52 hours week before July l. 1938 Even then you agree to keep 1t open long you used to keep open before July l. Of course if you have always kept your store shorter hours in the Summer months you continue to dp so this Summer but you should pay your employees the same amount each week that they will get when you keep your store open full time. VI The stores with than two employees which remain open the longest contributing the most tocaryng out the purpose of the Agreement The stores with two or less employees which be open only the minimum number of hours equred doing the most to fulfill their part (3) No. to employ any factory or mechanical worker or artisan moro than maximum week of 35 hours until December 3l, 1888, but with the right to work maximum week of 40 hours for any weeks within
 this period; and not to employ any worker more than 8 hours in any one day. .s This means that you employing factory mechanic cal workers artisans you agree not to work them more thu 35 hours week and not than hours in any ] one day.
 When YOU have more than the usual amount of work to do and can't get additional workers, may employ this class employee up to 40 hours week in any weeks but even in this you must not work them more than hours day.
 (4) The maximum hours fixed in the foregoing paragraphs CD and (3) shall not apply to employees
 in establishments employing not more than two per sons in towns of less than 2.5OO population which tered pharmacists other professional persons eifi. ployed in their professon; nor to employees in a. managerial executive capacity, who now receive more than @35 per week nor to employees on ener- gency rnaintenance and repair work; nor to very special where restrictions of hours of highly skilled workers continuous processes would un- avoidaby reduce production but in any such special case, at least time and one-third shall be paid for hours worked in.excess of the maximum. Population for the purposes of this Agreement shall be deter mined by reference to tHe Io3O Federal census.
 This means that thefe are certain employees whom you may work longer hours than allowed by paragraphs (2) and (3) P. R. A.
 IT vGur business is in small town (populaon less than by the census and do not employ than two persons the limit hours does apply to these employees. If your town is really part of larger bus ness community, the limit on hours does apply tc these employees
 The u on hours does not apply to your employees who are wholly or primarily managers executives long hev receive S85 week. Professional persons like doctors awyers registered pharmacists and nurses, may De en- ployed without any limit on hours.
 Where employees are doing emergency jobs of mainte nance or repair york; they may bs kept on the job for