The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-09
FRUIT, VEGETABLE
labor CLASSIFIED
c1.ssifications Approved By
Assistant Head Of Wage
Hour Administration

l.bor standards acl' py the
United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable
.ssocjation follows.
+ is the result of numerous confer
..es with department officials and
s;,b others in the produce industry
'md has received the approval of
n.;rd Snvder, assistant administra-
~ as being accurate with respect
on presently accepted labor clas-
situations.
Come firms engaged in the pack
,.r If fruits and vegetables may
nate. however, that it fails to men
,;on certain types of employment
s.,d in their establishments. In
,,,cb cases it is hoped employers will
~,ommunicate with the United Fresh
rr,its and Vegetables association in
,rder that an opinion may be obtain
~ from Washington and the addi-
.;,nal classification may be included
i, subsequent tabulations.
If will also be noted that the ex-
,mntions do not include those COM
NO under the area of production"
which provides that packing plants
snployins 10 or fewer people, and
rbicb receive their produce from the
General vicinity of the plant itself,
IRA exempt from the requiIrnents of
" L., rIIo1 noCoS tho nNnr11n.
,;ons listed need not be taken into
consideration.
Employees of a farmer do not come
under the Act so long as they are
working on fresh fruits or vegetables
nj that farmers OWL raising, regard
less of the number of employees such
tanner may employ or whether the
work is done on the farm on which
il was produced. Included in this
class Of employee is the truck driver.
If a truck driver is, in fact, an en-
r1ovee of the farmer, then he is
EXEMPT under Section 13 (a) co. of
the Act. Truck owners who are
i~ndependent contractors operating
trucks as an independent enterprise
are not covered by the Act, although
emplovees of such independent truck
inc concerns are covered.
Attention is called to the notes
which Immediately follow the listing.
In order that the various exemptions
may not be misinterpreted, it is ad-
yised that those interested make
themselves thoroughly familiar with
the data contained in these notes,
and that, if there is any doubt OF
their applicability to a given class
Of employment, they apply to the AS
ISOLATION for further data.
Grove Employees
Grove or field employees (see Note
u VIII are exempt from both wage
and hour provisions under ID (a)
() and 3 ~ are field foremen and
leaders; truck drivers in grove or
field; fencing, fertilizinS, pruning,
irrigating and cultivating labor;
r~praying, busting, fumigating, har-
vesting and packing labor.
Auto Division
Under automotive employees the
following are exempt from hour
provisions up to Sc hours a week or
y a dav during IA weeks. Z (b) (S):
Truck foremen, truck drivers (pack-
ing house TO boat or interstate mar
ket (see Note y; mechanics (gar-
age foreman and helpers). Under
this heading truck drivers from
grove o field to packing house, are
also exempt from hour provisions
during a period of IA weeks Z (c).
Packing House Labor
Under the classification of pack
Ing house employees (see Note -
plant managers and superintendent
(see Note 81 and house or depart
ment foremen and packing or grad
ing superintendents (see Note - are
exempt from both wage and houf
provisions under 13 (a) G) ana Is
IA t2).
Other packing house employees eA-
empt from hour provisions during d
period Of IA weeks Z (c) and roi
hour provisions up to Sc hours d
week or Il hours a day during IA
weeks are: Sub-foremen. (such as
washing foremen) timekeepers' re-
ceiving and shipping clerks, tally
clerks. checkers and lablers; Color
Ing, curing and preceding eli
Dloyees; floor laborers, bumpers
washers, dryers, %polishers, graders
Packers, filters, stackers, paper room
attendants. plant electricians, mech
amos and boiler tenders; box makers
ana lidders (see Note ~. Stock room
clerks (see Note 81 are exempt from
hour provisions up to Sc hours d
week or u a day during IA weeks
H) e..
Office Employees
Unde- the classification of Office
employees, managers of entire pusl-
ness, sales managers and OUTSIDE
statesmen (see Note 81 arc exempt
from both wage and hour provisions
under 10 (a) % and IS (a) 90.
reid agents, buyers and solicltors'
sslesnen {platform); = auditors, BOOK
keepers, clerks, stenographers, tele-
phone and teletype operators (see
Note 81, are exempt from hour pro-
aSlons up to Sc hours a week Z
b) (3).
Restaurant Labor
restaurant employees r exempt
"0ih both wage and hour provisions
~i.ef ID GAY G) and 10 (a) (2)
."Ne "atchmen, janitors, gardeners
~ grounds helpers are exempt from
"Ual provisions up to Sc hours a
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