Show Yom Women's ens en's 1 Minimum 1 I Wage Set at 1600 Per Week Yeek A minimum wage of 10 16 per week werk for women and minors in retail retail re- re tail loll trade to become tome effective on February 1 1938 was established friday by a 1 unanimous vote ote of th tin the State Industrial Commission The wage and Q working conditions regulatory regu regu- regulatory measure was S established after after after af af- ter several se m months of study and after employers ers from all parts parta of the state had registered vigorous protests at nt a public hearing and through correspondence to the Industrial In Inv commission Employers particularly In small communities maintain that it willbe will willbe be Impossible to employ women under under under un un- der the new regulations and claim that rather than help hell the women of the the state the act will result In Inmany inmany inmany many women losing their Jobs There Is a 11 possibility that employer employ er organizations will take the matter mat mat- ter to the courts and ask for an Inv In- In InJunction InJunction Junction to prevent at least part of or orthe the regulations becoming effective The order adopted by the Industrial Industrial Indus trial Commission also aiso establishes seven hours as the standard day and 42 4 hours as the standard week It provides pro pay of time and anda a half halI for overtime forbids homework homework homework home home- work requires employers to furnish and maintain uniforms where hele unIforms uniforms unI- unI forms are used in ht regular work provides for a week of vacation with pay after 12 months service and dismissal pay of one week and orders that time part-time employ employ- es receive not less than four hours pay dally daily t at t 45 cents an hour The order expressly exempts all educational Institutions within the state which directly offer for sale merchandise on the premises fo for r of enrolled students i time Part employees arc are defined I as being any minor or female em- em who works in III retail retell tra trade e eless less than the standard week o of f hours Overtime to be paid pail onlin only y In cases where it becomes necessary necessary sary sary to exceed the standard wee week k by reason of semi-annual semi sales holiday rush seasons Sa Saturdays Saturday s and emergencies But In to no case shall any woman or minor be re required required re- re to be employed for a period exceeding 48 hours a week or eight hours a day Certain exceptions are arc made The e 10 16 a week minimum the regulation regulation regulation regula regula- tion setting a 11 standard week o of f 42 iI hours the provision for overtime overtime overtime over over- time does not apply t to male minors minor s 18 years of age or over The time tim e record is to be reckoned with th the nearest unit of 15 minutes When are required to wait walt o on n I the premises and no work Is provided pro pro- vided the employee Is to be paid at her individual regular wage rate rat e or not less than the minimum rate rat e of cents per hour Hours Flours of employment during g each day are arc to be consecutive provided pro pro- vided that an Interval Intel of not longer long long- d er than one haur hour Is to be allowed for each regular meal period no noto not nol t to b bo be counted as part of the em em- working time Any rest perIods periods per per- tads given is not to be deducted from the working time and at least ten minutes rest per lod IOd for each four hours or fraction n thereof says the rite order is to be 00 provided All women and minor mino t are to be given at least leas one-day one rest In seven discharged by reason of dishonesty or misconduct are exempted exempted ex ex- empted from the tho rule requiring a dismissal wage This rule provides that ever discharged without without without with with- out written n notice one week in advance advance advance ad ad- vance shall be paid one weeks week's salary salary salary sal sal- ary at the time of dismissal Regarding home work the order states that no employer shall give work that can be performed on the premises to women and minors to tobe tobe be done elsewhere |