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i i (4) An OUTSIDE SALESMAN must be It should be noted that the transpoi tation pay overtinilc, oi the mipimurrrl: mg: rtatei 111.. is paid f(
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: this exemption. Honex er, tie a 1 1 L _ \ t Tl adore Leniployeﬂ engqged ular rate since the law requires payment for} CHILD
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. ing and taking orders for the paper, as dis- ered by the Federal Wage Hour Luv, 1ieI 111m- rIIIC is deﬁned in the Act to include 31’ declared
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the )resent time. in light of recen . . . .. , . . . . . In addition hours on
“ trenlds changes in these salary requirements state commerce and to asSist the driver in iatTIiOIf (iilchIhouI mkcr tlieI‘f0th,There 15111 no more
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i lished in the Federal Registrar. In . b . . I . d .1 1f t mes the ormet
' - ' ' . .. . - - H time hours at one an one 1a 1
1 ~ ' ‘ 'lary tests directly affecting its safe operation (on pu mci I .
‘ time for exemption purposes, 5‘1 - . . . . < 11 aid for the same work NWSP‘
3 . ‘- ' . ~ ‘ ' ate commerce. )iece iates actua y p 1
3 remain as they were. 11c highways)I m Inter“ ' . 1 ' II ’n nonovertime hours. Of course, such‘ that haza
i For the EXECUTIVE exemption, the em- The overtime pay exemption for loac ers ( uri g 1 1 t )ield the: 18-year a
f i A ' - ~ - < z -' ( new rates must )e 011011 1 o i
i! 1)10)’CC must be paid on a salary ba51s of at applies only to those employees wclIiodItctuI:lly 1 . . u 1 wage g motor-vel
. .. .- ' . ‘ ‘ g ;‘ ; istri ut— minim n ' . 1
i least $55 a week (or $238.55 a month.) For exercise discretion in pl l(lII1g in Ofﬁ~ .. )lo ices ’llld other salaried worl’ elevator 1
i both ADMINISTRNTIVE and PROFES- ing freight on motor vehicles of the em- (C cmII )Il' ‘ l b dovertimi on freigh
if . A ' « . . ' ~ 1 r their safe 0 )- ers are sometimes ounc to e owe
,1. 1 - test is $75 a week ployer so as to affect direct) r l . 0 grated
i’ SIONAL em )loyees. tiC . . . . . . . . .. _ I I I _ e em lovers P
i (tr $325 a nionth) on a salary or fee baSIS. eration on the public highways in interstate conil’em‘lltlon (”Id Twit 0f th at; in)“ (:upations
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i' , For employCCS who are paid on a salary commerce. Unloading is not an exempt 1C 1 Y El 1 they work Y power-dri
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“ baSis of at least $100 a week, . I . . I , )a When 6111 g
i: shorter duties tests for exemption in each of If an employee as a regular part of his Job The compution of oviitiincll onr a {1116/ As alre
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if the three categories of employmﬁm- These is “mad “P0" m the ordinary course 0f hls Ployeeb are Paid a- pee ) 8d 1 yts little dil- labor PTO
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i tests also are contained in the Administrator’s work to perform safety affecting actiVities Ias tuating number of iours I)rI I5 ‘d for what overtime
i i i 1 1-015 Part 54] described, he comes within the exemption in ﬁculty. If the weekly salary is palk d '11 III who deliv
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Yi‘ glilxemption for Delivery of Newspapers— all workweeks when he is employed at that ever mﬁnber of hours are we en weekii The Fe
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‘ it‘ - ' 1 holds true even though in a par week, t e regu ar rate in ‘ h . I
. - time pay, Job. Tiis I I I vb lbm the
:1 Neither the minimum wage, over I d] l d the weekly salat) I
i ' ' - - ‘~ he may not actually en- determine )y c1v1 mg l
1 . . - _. . ~ons :1 ply to em ticular workweek . I .11 0w the
nm child labor prousi [3 I . I a II I I that 1101
. i )10 ees engaged in the delivery of news- gage in any duties directly affecting safety the number of hours worked inthe regulﬂf merce, 01
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I. l y . 01 o'eration. week. In these circumstanc I .l Intersta
; papers to the consumer. P . . . v'll , f in week to week but it 111ml t6
Motor Carriers Exemption—If the news- Detailed information on how the exemp- ““3 “1 vary H; 1 h t t tor y mini-1 related 0(
f 1 ~ - ‘ .- ‘ ’- ' .tiantesau .
i . r em )10 s drivers, drivers’ helpers, me- tion applies is contained in the DiViSions in no event be ess .40 in am tial to sm
‘, 1’41)6 1 y. - , ' b 11 ' P t 782 on Motor mum. For each hour worked ovei . .
l1 (11711116 and loaders, they may be exempt interpretative u etin, ar , 1 I entitled to hall‘ Shlpment
i from overtime pay requirements (but not Carriers. workweek, the efmp $766 Ilsek in a dditioﬂwl state com
I‘ from the minimum wage requirement) of the SOME OVERTIME PAY PROBLEMS the regular rate or tiat “C . 1 turer, or
Feder'il VVage—Hour Law, under certain cir- The Federal VVage-Hour Law does not his weekly salary. -d I kweek OIIIII establishn
f cumst'inces These require: (1) that the em- require that an employee be Pald each week. If the salary ‘5 I)?“ or ‘1 :vor ate is [,1 have beer
2 )lo er be under the hours-of—work jurisdlc- An employer may make his wage and salary hours, the employee s regu ar 01-kediﬂi prior to I
i iiori, of the Interstate Commerce Commissmn payments at other regular intervals, such as salary dwided by 40. Forkholurs )loycell failure
, . . . - v . em . .
if under section 204 of the Motor Carrier Act; every two weeks, every half month, or once excess of 40 in a uorkwee I, t12e I gregillﬂi VlSions c2
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ii and (2) that the employees are engaged in a month. What the Act does require is that entitled to time and one 11:11 1“ 1 can prote
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f activities of a character directly affecting the both minimum wage and overtime pay be rate, in addit1on to the wee yIS ayweclfi VlOlation
I i ‘ fet of operation of motor vehicles trans- computed on the basis of hours worked each It a salary IS paid on otherdtIiarlI1 bed? qlliring, a
1 sa . . . -. , - arl ,
E )Ortiyno goods in interstate commerce on the workweek, standing alone. Thus the em- basis, the Iweekly pay must or In IlI’IIIIIIIII age for e
I l 1- ‘Dhicrhways ployer cannot eliminate the obligation to termined in order to comput the reg
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rage rate, 11,1 and overtime pay. For instance, if the salary ployment certiﬁcates issued under state child- is to consult the U. S. Labor Department’s 111
wet two 011 is paid for a hall montlr, multiply by 24 and labor laws are accepted as proof of age in all \Vage and Hour and Public Contracts Di— _‘: 1 1’

1 divide the product by 92 to get the weekly states except Idaho, Mississippi, South Caro- visions on any doubts. Inquiries are an— 11'
computed 111 equivalent. A monthly salary should be mpl- lina, and Texas, where Federal certiﬁcates swered by mail, telephone, or in person—to- ‘; . ;
ployee'sregi tl‘Ph‘ed by 12 and the product d‘wded by 92' are ISSUCd' person interviews, at any regional or ﬁeld 11
payment M1 CHILD LABoR WHAT RECORDS MUST BE KEPT? ofﬁce. These ofﬁces also supply the Divis- ‘ 1‘!
me and ones The law sets a minimum age of 16 for gen~ Under the Federal Wage-Hour Law, em- ion’s publications free of charge. Nearest 111
‘Y- The reg‘ eral employment and 18 for work in jobs ployers are required to keep records on regional ofﬁces are located in Cleveland, . "‘
) include all' declared hazardous by the Secretary of Labor. wages, hours, and certain other speciﬁed Chicago, and Nashville. There is a ﬁeld of- 1111

except “I. Children of 14 and 15 years may be employed items. that most employers keep for their ﬁce in Louisville. 1‘0 . 1‘ 1
ay be more in a few jobs, outside school hours and under 9WD 11110rm'dt10n. No special form or order 1“ ‘ 1
nnot be less, strict limitations. The 14- and 15-year-old 11“ the records is necessary. *‘ﬁ 11
te fall below may work at newspaper stuffing, when done The records that are to be maintained for Mrs. Beatrice Wallace 1 H‘11
,ist make U111 outside a workroom in which printing or , ExemPt employees differ from those required Succumbs Al‘ Cadiz :1:1 1“ 1
'time a )rocessin takes place, and in mail room oc- 01” nonexempt CHIP oyees. .‘ y. . ,1‘: 1.111
hourphi); :‘1' itipationf such as bundling, typing and ad- Payroll records and certain other data must £11:L(1:a:1‘11[]:[ :efgretﬁthat' [11: Press learns 1” 111 11111

dressing. and in ofﬁce or sales work. But a be kept for at least THREE YEARS from 11mm in“ (ed‘t rs. fedir‘CCC: Ts“: Wﬂlafce, 1:11111
id Employers young person must be at least 15 years of date of entry. Supplementary records, such [11; (fastthiiitzenovc'ti: ‘11:? EdC'ClW L' or 11’ 1“
’orkers Prop age to work at any job in rooms or work- as time sheets and time cards, need be kept rencc: is )ublisher-ow‘nei (if the 11:20 1‘1“" 11 111
)vertime 1,111: places where manufacturing or processing Oltl)’ TWO YEARS. Employers may keep )2!)€I' tlialt was established 1 l 1 ll: 13 11', 111
ion the regr‘: operations are performed. microﬁlm copies of their records, provided 1101”) Lutvrenée « . )y ier ius ant, 111 11
ng the [0131‘ When employing children of 14 and 15’ lattilities are made available to inspect the ‘ Mrs VV'ill’ice‘ 10] . ‘t' ‘1 l ) f 11' 1111
.week by 1111 the following rules must be observed: (1) The ﬁlm 311d the employer is prepared to make the R‘elnl;d:, i,reslsg3:lss:ul:lu mfmdng) f 11111

employeeis child must work no more than three hours illt)’ trthCI‘iptiOU 0f the information (“OW teinber 96 ldllowin ‘(_()'Inc:f;C{:?én(;:s hip- 1111?

this regular on a school day and no more than eight titIhEd 011 the ﬁlm, if requested by the D1' from a Ela‘csarean segctionlon ('l'uesda u mg 111
’ in addition hours on a non-school day; (2) he must work VlSlOnS. . . . The Association extends its 5 ni atiiies t “ 1““
There is iii no more than 40 hours during a week when Complete inlormation of what data should the survivin ‘ husband and infaiit P] ‘ld , 3 .1111 111,
he employer there is no school, and no more than 18 be recorded is available in the Divisions’ sorrowin figmiL ‘ ‘ ‘1 “I ,an 111111
advance, iht hours in a week during any part of which recordkeeping regulations, Part 516. g ‘ y' ‘ 11111
work during school is in session; (3) all work must be per— POSTER MUST BE DISPLAYED P ___._.__ 1 ‘ 111“‘11
ialf times [111 formed between 7 am. and 7 p.m. Firms that have covered employees are re. [oneer-NGWS ASSOQIOte 3 111
6 same “1011 Newspaper publishers should also note quired to di5play 3 poster where employees D'es At Shepherdsville 1111‘“
course, such that hazardous occupations orders setting an C1111 readily see it. This poster, which briefly Allen R. Hawkins, Jr., co-publisher and _: 11.111
to yield the 18-year age minimum apply to work 35 21 outlines the law’s provisions, may be 01)’ associate editor with Mrs. Anna B. Hawkins 11111‘1

_’ motor-vehicle driver or helper, work as an tained free from the Division’s nearest ofﬁce. of the Shephersville Pioneer News, died Sun— : 11,1111
alaried wail" elevator operator and jobs involving riding IT PAYS TO KNOW THE LAW (lay, September 30, at the Veterans Hospital, ‘ , ' 11:11‘ .
wed overtime on freight elevators (unless the elevator is It is a sound dollars-and-cents proposition Louisville. He was 48 years old and a 1 21111.
1c employer's operated by an assigned operator), and 0c- - for every employer to be sure that he is com- veteran of World War 11. Mr. Hawkins has ' , 111‘ ‘

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