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Show ' . . Subminimum wage is allowed by law that status during the student's Christmas, summer, other vacations. vaca-tions. Full-time students may not work at subminimum wages for more than 8 hours a day, nor 20 hours a week when school is in session, except ex-cept that when a full-day school holiday occurs on a day when the establishment is open for business, the limitation may be increased by 8 hours for each such holiday but in no event may the hours exceed 40 a students may be employed at subminimum wages only outside of their school hours. One local employer, Winegar's, qualifies under this amendment. Dee Winegar explained that the store must apply each year for the exemption and be reviewed under Federal regulations. Winegar's has made it a point to post a notice to employees explaining explain-ing the exemption in detail, outlining outlin-ing all of the rights of employees. Another local employer, Lagoon Amusement Park, also qualifies for By JAMS STUART On November 17, President George Bush signed into law the 1 989 Amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act. One of the provisions effects the federal minimum wage which will be raised rais-ed from $3.35 per hour to $3.80 per hour effective April 1, and to $4.25 per hour, effective April 1. The U.S. Department of Labor has an amendment that authorizes the employment of full-time students at subminimum wages. This authority does not excuse noncompliance non-compliance with a higher rate which may be required by State, local or other Federal law. A full-time student is a student who received primarily daytime instruction in-struction at the physical location of a bona fide education institution in accordance with the institution s accepted definition of a full-time student. A full-time student remains m the exemption. However, with bonuses and other gains, the employees of Lagoon, even those who begin at less than minimum wage because they qualify under the exemption, average at least the minimum wage. There are some exceptions because Lagoon hires those as young as 14. These employees are protected by Federal laws and the corporation adheres strictly to those laws. m w The amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FSLA) state that persons 14-16 may be employed outside school hours in specified nonhazardous occupations at designated time periods; i.e. a maximum max-imum of 3 hours on school days, 8 hours on non-school days, 18 hours during school weeks, 40 hours during dur-ing non-school weeks and between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., except from June 1 through Labor Day the time is extended ex-tended to 9 p.m. V |