Evening star., 1935-10-18

ment Is exempt. The same applies
to employment Of father or mother
by a son or daughter. If q son or
daughter under 81 years of age is
employed by mother or father the
exemption also applies.
U. s. Employment Exempt.
4. Services performed in the employ
of the United States Government or
any instrumentality Of the United
States are exempt.
5. Services performed in the employ
OF a member Of Congress is exempt
in so far as such services directly as
sist the member of Congress in carry
ing out his Legislative duties" This
was interpreted as exempting secre-
taries and clerks, but not persons who
may be engaged in connection with
any private business or personal serv-
ice.
8. The following employees Of the
District government were listed as
exempt from provisions of the act:
officials Of the public school system,
public school teachers, members of
the Police and Fire Departments and
all officers and employees covered by
the Government retirement act.
The tentative rules state that
wages" under the act include every
kind Of compensation payable for
services performed under a contract
Of employment. This was interpreted
as including salary, wage, commits
sion. drawing account, gratuity, tip,
bonus. allowance. pay, remuneration,
hire and fee. The rules state it makes
no difference by what time such COM
pensation Is fixed. by the hour, day,
week. half month, month, year cor
whether no time is designated. as in
the case Of q tip, bonus or commits
sion"
Method Of Pay No Factor.
Also. the tentative rules state: at
makes no difference by what means
such compensation is paid, whether
in money. goods. property, by note or
other promise, by allowance for food,
lodging, clothes, oil and gas, or by
any other medium whatsoever"
Again, "It makes no difference
whether such compensation is actually
paid or not. SO long ss it is payable
under the contract of employment"
AS to gratuities, the board was ad-
vised by its counsel and consultants
it is required to determine the aver
age amount of such gratuities gen.
orally received by an employe. The
board now Is wholly without accurate
or complete information upon which
to determine such average amounts,
it said.
Therefore, 1t was announced. until
further notice the employers having
employees customarily receiving gratui-
ties from patrons or customers would
be required to inquire each week on
pay day as to the amount of gratui-
ties received by the employe and in
cldde that amount as part OF the
wages on the return to be filed with
the board. Employers may require
employees to make the notation OF
the amount of the gratuities received.
or otherwise certify the amount.
Rules are outlined for reports on
compensation If paid in other forms
than money and also as to control OF
reports on payment of bonuses, or the
granting of funds to employees on
food, lodging or other values as wages.
Drawing accounts are to be reported
as to the actual amount advanced to
employees.
Want Hours of Employment.
In order to calculate benefits which
may be paid in unemployment COM
pensation insurance, the board finds 1t
necessary to have records on the hours
Of employment each week during the
two years preceding the beginning OF
compensation payments. Employers
therefore would be required to include
In their returns notation Of the num-
Der of hours which each employe Is
engaged during the week covered by
the returns.
A week Is interpreted as Q calendar
week from Sunday morning to Satur-
day night. If the employe has been
engaged for more than 80 hours in
each week or In any week covered by
the return. notation of more than
80 hours" or 80 hours plus" in re-
spect to the particular week, or all
weeks, will be regarded as SUFFICIENT
return of the hours of employment.
II an employe Is on sick leave with
pay, or vacation with pay, heswould be
deemed to have been engaged in EN-
ployment for the number of hours he
customarily would be engaged In
earning the pay received by him for
that period.
Piece-Work Basis.
II the employe is on o commission
or piece-goods basis and controls his
own time Of work, the hours Of en-
ployment to be entered on the weekly
returns would be determined as fol-
lows:
1. II the employer and employe
aSree on the ctuAl number Of hours