Montana labor news., 1938-07-21

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scribed in the applicable order of
the administrator issued under sec
ton 8, which ever is lower, and
"a AT any time after the effective
date of the section, not less than the
rate (not in excess of forty cents an
hour prescribed in the applicable
order of the administrator issued
under section 8.
(b) this section shall take effect
upon the expiration of 100 days from
the date of enactment of this act.
Maximum Hours
Section z (a). No employer shall,
except as otherwise provided in this
section, employ any of his employees
who is engaged in commerce or in
the production of goods for COM
merce
% for a work week longer than
forty-four hours during the first
year from the effective date of this
section.
(2) for a work week longer than
forty-two hours during the second
year from such date, or
90 for a work week longer than
forty hours after the expiration of
the second year from such date.
Unless such employee receives
compensation for his employment in
excess of the hours above specified
at a rate not less than one and one
half times the regular rate at which
he is employed.
(b) No employer shall be deemed
to have violated subsection (a) by
employing any employee for a work
week in excess of that specified in
such subsection without paying the
compensation for overtime employ
ment prescribed therein if such en-
ployee is so employed.
% in pursuance of an agreement,
made as a result Of collective bar
gaining by representatives of EN-
ployees certified as bona fide by the
National Labor Relations Board,
which provides that no employee
shall be employed more than 1000
hours during any period of twenty
six consecutive weeks,
~ on an annual basis in pursu-
ance of an agreement with his m
ployer, made as a result of collective
bargaining by representatives of
employees certified as bona fide by
the National Labor Relations Board,
which provides that the employee
shall not be employed more than
1000 hours during any period of
fifty-two consecutive weeks, or
(3) for a period or periods Of not
more than twelve work weeks in the
aggregate in any calendar year in
an industry found by the administra-
tor to be of a seasonal nature, and
if such employee receives compen-
sation for employment in excess of
twelve hours in any work day, or
for employment in excess of fifty
six hours in any work week, as the
case may be, at a rate not less than
one and one-half times the regular
rate at which he is employed.
(c) In the case of an employer
engaged in the first processing of
milk, whey, SKINNED milk or cream
into dairy products, or in the ginning
and COMPRISING of cotton, or in the
processing of cottonseed, or in the
processing of sugar beets, sugar-beet
molasses, sugar cane or maple sap
into sugar or syrup the provisions
of subsection (a) shall not apply to
his employees in any place of en-
ployment where he is so engaged;
and in the case of an employer en-
gagged in the first processing of, or
in canning, perishable fresh fruits
or perishable or seasonal fresh vege-
tables, or of any agricultural or
horticultural commodity during sea-
sonal operations, or in handling,
slaughtering or dressing poultry or
livestock, the provisions of sub
section (a) during a period or periods
of not more than fourteen work
weeks in the aggregate in any cal
endar year, shall not apply to his
employees in any place of employ
ment where he is so engaged.
(d) This section shall take effect
upon the expiration of 100 days from
the date of enactment of this act.
Wage Orders
Section 8 (a). With a view to
carrying out the policy of this act
by reaching, as rapidly as is eco
nomically feasible without substan-
TALLY curtailing employment, the
objective of a universal minimum
wage of forty cents an hour in each
industry engaged in commerce or in
the production Of goods for COM
merce, the administrator shall from
time to time convene the industry
committees for each such industry,
and the industry committees shall
from time to time recommend the
minimum rate or rates of wages to
be paid under section 6 by employ
ers engaged in commerce or in the
production of goods for commerce
in such industry or classifications
therein.
(b) Upon the converting of IN in
dustry committee, the administrator
shall refer to it the question of the
minimum wage rate or rates to be
fixed for such industry. The indus
try committee shall investigate con
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