Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-23
Maximum Hours

(2) Not to work any accounting, clerical bank.
ing. Office, service, or sales employees (excep out
side saesmen) in any store, office, department.,
establishment, public utility, or on any auto
motive or horsedrawn passenger, express, delivery,
freight service, or in any other place or manner,
for more than 40 hours in any l week and to
reduce the hours of any store or service operation
to below So hours in any l week. unless such
hours less than 50 hours per week before
July l, 1888, and in the latter case not to reduce
such hours at all.
This that you agree not to work any of the kinds
of employees listed in this paragraph Except outside
salesmenj for than 40 hours week. This para
graph all employees except factory workers, me-
chanica workers and artisans. However, no limit on
hours and no minimum wage applies to purely agrcu-
tura labor domestic servants, persons working for
you solely commission basis; butt you have persons
working for you who guaranteed base pay in
addition to their commisson then their base pay plus
commissions must equal the minimum wage.
This Agreement sets no maximum on the number of
hours you keep your business open You agree not
to keep your wholesale, retail, service establishment
open less than So hours week unless it open less
than 81 hours week before July l. 1885, Even then you
agree keep open as long as you used to keep open
store open shorter hours in the Summer months
continue to do this Summer, but you should pay your
employees the amount each week that they will get
when you keep your store open full time
The stores with than two employees which remain
open the longest contributing the most to carrying
out the purpose of the Agreement The stores with two
less employees which be open only the minimum
number of hours required, are doing the most to uhl
their part.
(3) Not to employ any factory mechanical
worker artisan more than a maximum week Of
IS hours until December 81, 1888, but with the
right work a maximum week of 40 hours for
any E weeks within this period; and not to employ
any worker more than hours in any day.
This means that if you employing factory
chanca workers or artisans you agree not to work them
more than 35 hours week and not more than hours
in any one day.
When YOU have than the usual amount of work to
do and can't get additional workers. you employ this
class of employee up to 40 hours week in any weeks.
but this you must not work them more than
hours day.
(4) The maximum hours fixed in the foregoing
paragraphs (2) and (3) shall not apply to
ployees in establishments employing not more than
two persons in towns of less than $500 population
which towns not part of a larger trade area;
nor to registered pharmacists other professional
persons employed in their profession nor TO en-
ployees in a managerial or executive capacity, who
receive more than $35 per week; nor to en-
ployee. on emergency maintenance and repair
work; nor to very special where restrictions
of hours of highly skilled workers continuous
processes would unavodaby reduce production but,
in any such special 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 determined by reference TO the
1880 Federal census.
This means that there certain employees whom you
may work longer hours than allowed by paragraphs
(2) and (3) p. r, A.
If your business is in small town population less than
$500 by the 1880 census) and you do not employ more
than persons, the limit hours does not apply to
these employees If your town really part of larger
business community, the limit on hours does apply to
these employees.
The limit on hours does not apply to your employees
who are wholly or primarily managers executives.
long as they receive $35 week Professional PERSONS
like DOCTORS lawyers registered pharmacists and nurses
may be employed without any limit on hours
Where employees doing emergency jobs of mainte-
repair work, they may be kept on the job for