The Washington times., 1938-01-14
PAY SCHEDULES
FOR WOMEN co
TO $500 FIRMS
Minimum Set by Board
Is Effective Feb. IA

The District Minimum Wage
Board distributed to about 2,5OO
retail establishments today Of
ficial schedules directing payment
of wages ranging from SIT a week
for experienced women workers to
$13 for beginners of the same sex.
The board ordered the schedules
be kept posted in a conspicuous
place in each room where women
and minors are employed. They
become effective February IA.
Undertaken last September 16
by q conference representative Of
employers, employees and the pub
lie, the retail wage study was com.
pleted November 2. A public hear.
ing, December IA, failed to alter
conference recommendations which
now have become law.
PUNISHMENT PROVIDED
AS provided by United States
statutes, the board pointed out,
violation of the minimum wage
schedules constitutes a miSde.
meanor. Punishment provided by
the law is fine of not less than $25
nor more than $100, or by i'm
prisonment not less than 10 days
nor more than three months, or
by both fine and imprisonment.
Similar penalties are provided
for any person who discharges or
sin any other manner discrimi'
mates against" any employe who
participated in or testified at the
conference which drew up the
wage schedules.
SIT MINIMUM
"To supply the necessary cost Of
living to such workers to. maintain
them in good health and to protect
their morals" the schedules set
SIT as the minimum for stand.
ard work week" for experienced
workers and 40 cents an hour as
the minimum pay for women en-
ployed in any week of less than 40
hours or less than the standard
work week" Of their establish
ment.
The schedules exempted from
these provisions Handicapped
workers" "adult learners" and
minor workers"
Definitions included:
Experienced workers.
woman employed in the retail
trade occupation who is not less
than 10 years old and who has
been employed in such occupa'
ton for not less than IL months.
STANDARD WEEK
STANDARD work week"-a
work week fixed at not less than
40 hours nor more than 48 hours
in any calendar week. --.
&: Handicapped worker"-a
woman issued a special license
authorizing employment at
wages less than specified upon
finding her earning capacity
has been impaired by age or
otherwise.
Learners certificate" - a
written license to be required
by each employer of each
learner, adult or minor, which
must be applied for in person
by learner from the board on
or before date of beginning Of
employment.
"Adult learner"-a woman em
ployed in retail trade who is
not less than 18 and who has
been employed in such occupa-
tion for not less than IL months
and for whom certificate Of
registration has been issued.
MINOR LEARNERS
"Minor learners" "a person
under 18 years of age, male or
female, employed in retail trade
and for whom a certificate Of
registration has been issued"
The schedules provided further
that no adult learner shall re
ceive less than $13 per standard
work week during the first siE
months of employment nor less
than SIS a week in the following
six months of employment.
For minor learners, the sched
ule provided a $13 weekly wage
for the first IL months of EN-
ployment, SIS for the next siz
months and SIT a week there
after.