Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1950-01-20


Hour and Public Contracts Divisions the minimum hourly
with the unanimous approval labor will provide in
amounts estimated half mil
lion workers
The the Federal Wage ncud
ing stronger child labor and homework provisions will affect the
approximately % million workers country interstate
in the production of interstate
In discussing the amendments Secretary of Labor Maurice
Tobin pointed
The people a raising the minimum
higher minimum necessity general
improvement Higher will not
only increasing purchasing will help to maintain
the Increased purchasing will aid promoting high
levels of production employment Increased purchasing
productivity and full employment economic stability for the
country a whole
The 75-cent hourly minimum every single
Of the and onehaf million workers benefit will
raise of IS the hourly
By far the number these workers will direct
increases result of the
at least 65 hour already
Two important changes coverage
the law The first change extends
incoming foreign well outgoing commerce.
covered under the old
The second change
workers who because they
patton to the production interstate
commerce The which applies employees
rmnng eoverage under the law whether the and
paions in which they engaged closely related and directly
essential to the production goods commerce
The amended definition regular pay
not contained the original law types
mens be regarded pay may
against the statutory overtime requirements they least
employees
The regular of described including all remuneration
for employment overtime premiums other pec
fled include
dent worked production ecney-suh
Christmas gifts for example Excluded
absences such vacation sick
as compensation for hours worked
Minimum pocon is extended employees engaged
ming fish and to employees Of carriers Both of employees
exempt from the
fore Now only the overtime exemption applies
and exemption employees
hour provisions employees of axb
tain daily weekly newspapers having circulation
irrigation ditch workers where the system nonprot
cooperative basis where the agricultural
employees of specified logging forestry
the employer has IL or less workers employed
The amendments define establishment
and three tests First SO dollar vol
sales services Second
less than rs percent the annual dollar volume of
must be for resale Third
be recognized in that industry retail sales
On the second least goods services
sold must be to the purchasers who do not buy resell in the
altered form On the third listed
store establishment
have been recognized the particular industry
| every sale be called a retail sale
The amendments strengthen provisions by adding
direct prohibition of oppressive child labor the
the acts and hour provisions Previously overage
applied establishment employers engaged pro-
ducion of goods for shipment in interstate APP
ply to establishments interstate goods
were produced Under the amendments
dion TO children who employed by firms
commerce
Oppressive child labor
10 Of general under designated
equations This direct prohibition extremely
oophoe under which employers could
Withholding goods from interstate shipment
had employed oppressive child labor The permits
children work in farm
district where they living.
The chdabor exemption broadened performers
well actors motion pictures theatrical productions
cudes radio and eevson productions Newspaper
mpt from the child labor minimum
by the amendment
Additional information about the be
secured by calling writing
partments Wage and Contracts Divisions
c-o-O-O-c-o
Answers To Your Questions On Amended WaseHo Law
Q-Does the minimum OF rs by the
Congress that all workers paid at least that
much
ANo The 75centsan-ho minimum the Congress
takes the place Of the Accent Wage
Hour Law and before the laws wage and over
time provisions apply only
activities who make goods commerce
QDoes this that actually things