Salt Lake Telegram | 1919-08-01 | Page 16 | Minimum Wage for California Women

MINIMUM CAliFORNIA WOMEN Industrial W Welfare Commission Commission Commission Com Com- mission Issues Orders Affecting Fruit Packers SAN FRANCISCO Aug 1 The I.-The The Industrial industrial Indus indus- trial welfare commission announced to today today today to- to day that it had issued orders Increasing the wages wage for women and minors employed employed employed em em- In factories a and In fresh and dried fruit packing establishments adu du The new minimum wage waca for experienced experienced experienced women and experienced minors as declared by the commission is 1301 13 ey per week in both the manufacturing industry and packing plants An adult woman Is declared experienced after she has been employed for two I weeks and during this apprenticeship she Iha must be paid not lIot less than 10 a week I or 21 cents an hour WAGES FOR MINORS A minor worker is granted 18 18 cents I per hour for the first two weeks weeks' work They must serve an nn apprenticeship of nine mont monUs s ep ey follows Not less than thin I 9 per week for the first three ee months not less than 1050 10 1050 50 a week k for the second three months not less than 12 a week for the third three months and not less than 13 1350 50 a week thereafter If It an employer does not provide a full weeks week's employment except during the weeks in which certain holidays occur according to the commission he must pay an increased hourly rate or the minimum weekly wage The time part-time for the adult woman is 35 cents tents an hour and 25 cents for minors HOME WORK ABOLISHED Home work cannot be given to women who havo have already performed a full days day's work and they can only be employed at night on a permit from the commission and then only when the work to be performed performed performed per per- formed is a a. continuous process that cannot cannot cannot can can- not be controlled in any other way work Piece-work rates may be fixed by the individual establishments provided that such rates equal to all experienced women women wom- wom en n working upon them not less than 28 cents an hour Women working in the dried d fruit in industry Industry industry In- In may not work more than eight hours in one day or more than forty-eight forty hours a week or more than six days in one week PAY FOR OVERTIME Women in the fre fresh h fruit packing Industry in industry industry In- In may be employed in excess of these hours in case of an emergency provided that they are paid not less than 35 cents an hour after the eighth hour and not less than 50 BO cents an hour after the twelfth hour The women in both the fresh and dried fruit packing establishments are entitled to toone one days day's rest in seven In case of an emergency they may be employed on the day dav of rest but at an increased wage The total number of female apprentices apprentices apprentices tices Is not to exceed 33 3 3 1 per cent of the female I