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Bulletin No. 1283
UNITED STA TES DEPARTM ENT OF LABOR
James P. Mitchell, Secretary
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
Ewan Clague, Commissioner




COMPOSITION
OF PA Y RO LL HOURS
IN MANUFACTURING, 1958

Bulletin No. 1283
October 1960

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
James P. Mitchell, Secretary
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
Ewan C lag u e, Com m issioner

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Preface

T h is b u lle t in on the c o m p o s it io n o f p a y r o ll h o u r s
in m a n u fa c tu r in g in d u s t r ie s r e p r e s e n t s the f i r s t in a s e r i e s
o f s tu d ie s p la n n e d to e s t a b lis h the r e la t io n s h ip b e tw e e n
h o u r s p a id f o r and p la n t m a n -h o u r s in m a jo r s e g m e n ts o f
the N ation* s e c o n o m y .
T h e p r e s e n t stu d y p r o v id e s b a s ic
in fo r m a t io n on the c o m p o s it io n o f p a y r o ll h o u r s as o f 1958
f o r p r o d u c t io n and r e la t e d w o r k e r s in m a n u fa c tu r in g and
g iv e s a q u a n tita tiv e a n a ly s is o f p a id le a v e p r a c t i c e s f o r
th e s e w o r k e r s .
A p r e lim in a r y r e l e a s e w a s is s u e d in
J a n u a ry I9 6 0 .
T h is b u lle t in w a s p r e p a r e d b y L . E a r l L e w is o f
the B u r e a u 's D iv is io n o f W a g e s and I n d u s tr ia l R e la t io n s .

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Contents
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introduction-------------------------------------------- ------------P a id le a v e h o u r s ---------------------------------------------------R e g io n a l v a r ia t io n s --------------------------------------In d u s tr y v a r ia t io n s ----------------------------------------L a b o r -m a n a g e m e n t c o n t r a c t statu s -----------V a r ia t io n s b y e s t a b lis h m e n t s i z e ------ ---------P a id le a v e p r a c t i c e s —— ------------------------------------P a id v a c a tio n s ------------------------------------------------P a id h o lid a y s -------------------------------------------------—
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T a b le s :
P la n t m a n -h o u r s and h o u r s o f p a id le a v e :
1. A ll m a n u f a c t u r i n g --------------------------------------- ------------------------------------ ----------2 . B y la b o r - m a n a g e m e n t c o n t r a c t c o v e r a g e ---------------------------------------------3 . B y e s ta b lis h m e n t s i z e ------------------------------- ----------- --------------------------------------

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D is t r ib u t io n o f p r o d u c t io n w o r k e r s b y e s t a b lis h m e n t r a t io s
to to ta l p aid h o u r s :
4 . T o t a l h o u r s o f p a id le a v e --------------------------------------------------------------------------5. P a id v a c a t io n h o u r s ---------------------------------------------------------------— ----------------6. P a id h o lid a y h o u r s ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7. P a id s ic k le a v e h o u r s ---------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------

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E s t a b lis h m e n t p r a c t i c e s and p r o v i s io n s :
8. P a id v a c a t io n p r a c t i c e s ----- --------—------ ----------------- ----- *------------------------ ----9 . P a id h o lid a y p r o v i s io n s -----------------------------------------------------------------------------10. P a id s i c k le a v e p r o v i s io n s ----------------------------------------------------------------------11. P a id m i l i t a r y le a v e p r o v i s io n s —--------------------------------12. P a id ju r y , w it n e s s , and v o tin g le a v e p r o v i s io n s ----------------------------------13. P a id p e r s o n a l le a v e p r o v i s io n s -------------

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C h a r ts :
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H o u r s o f p a id le a v e as p e r c e n t a g e s o f to ta l h o u r s p a id f o r p r o d u c t io n
and r e la t e d w o r k e r s in m a n u fa c tu r in g b y in d u s tr y g r o u p , 1958 --------P e r c e n t d is t r ib u t io n o f p r o d u c t io n and r e la t e d w o r k e r s e m p lo y e d
in m a n u fa c tu r in g e s t a b lis h m e n t s b y m a jo r in d u s tr y g r o u p ,
U n ited S ta tes and r e g io n s , 1958 ----------------------------------------------------------------N u m b e r o f p r o d u c t io n and r e la t e d w o r k e r s e m p lo y e d in m a n u ­
fa c t u r in g e s t a b lis h m e n t s b y la b o r - m a n a g e m e n t c o n t r a c t s ta tu s ,
b y in d u s tr y g r o u p , 1958 ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------

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S c o p e and m e th o d o f s u r v e y ------------- -------------------------------------------------------------Q u e s tio n n a ir e —---------- — — -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

A p p e n d ix ta b le s :
A . M eth od o f r e p o r t in g : V a c a t io n , h o lid a y , and s i c k le a v e h o u r s -----------B . R a tio o f p a id le a v e h o u r s b y e s t a b lis h m e n t m e th o d o f r e p o r t in g :
V a c a t io n s , h o lid a y s , and s i c k le a v e ----- ----------------------------------------------------




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Composition of Payroll Hours in Manufacturing, 1958

In tr o d u c tio n
P r i o r to W o r ld W ar II, to ta l p a y r o ll h o u r s ( i. e. , h o u r s p a id f o r ) in
m a n u fa c tu r in g , w e r e c l o s e l y r e la t e d to the to ta l h o u r s sp e n t b y e m p lo y e e s at the
p la n ts at w h ich th ey w o r k e d . D u rin g th e p a s t 20 y e a r s , h o w e v e r , an i n c r e a s in g
d iv e r g e n c e h a s d e v e lo p e d b e tw e e n th e s e tw o m e a s u r e s o f h o u r s .
T o d a y , v ir t u a lly
a ll e m p lo y e e s r e c e i v e p a y f o r v a r i o u s ty p e s o f e x c u s e d a b s e n c e s .
P a id v a c a t io n s
and p a id h o lid a y s a r e p a r t ic u la r l y w id e s p r e a d . T h e p r e s e n t stu dy, c o n d u c te d b y
th e B u r e a u o f L a b o r S t a t is t ic s , p r o v i d e s b a s i c in fo r m a t io n on the c o m p o s it io n o f
p a y r o l l h o u r s f o r p r o d u c t io n and r e la t e d w o r k e r s in m a n u fa c tu r in g in 1958.
It
th r o w s lig h t on the q u a n tita tiv e s ig n if ic a n c e o f p a id le a v e p r a c t i c e s f o r th e s e
w o r k e r s and e s t a b lis h e s th e r e la t iv e im p o r t a n c e o f v a r io u s f o r m s o f p a id le a v e
f o r th is m a jo r s e g m e n t o f the w o r k in g p o p u la tio n .
F r o m a nn u al to ta ls p r o v id e d b y a s a m p l e 1 o f the Nation* s m a n u fa c tu r in g
e s t a b lis h m e n t s , e s t im a t e s w e r e d e v e lo p e d on to ta l h o u r s p a id f o r , p la n t m a n -h o u r s ,
and h o u r s o f p a id le a v e f o r p r o d u c t io n and r e la t e d w o r k e r s . F o r p u r p o s e s o f th e
stu dy, p la n t m a n -h o u r s w e r e d e fin e d to in c lu d e a ll h o u r s sp e n t a t w o r k , in c lu d in g
s u ch n o n w o rk in g t im e a s p a id r e s t p e r i o d s , p a id lu n ch p e r i o d s , and sta n d b y o r
r e p o r t in g t im e .
H o u r s o f p a id le a v e in c lu d e m a n -h o u r s o r m a n -h o u r e q u iv a ­
le n t s o f p a y r e c e i v e d b y w o r k e r s d i r e c t l y f r o m the e m p lo y e r f o r v a c a t io n s , h o l i ­
d a y s , s ic k le a v e , and o th e r le a v e .
M a n -h o u r e q u iv a le n ts w e r e d e t e r m in e d b y
d iv id in g the a m ou n t o f p a y m e n t f o r the it e m b y a v e r a g e h o u r ly e a r n in g s .
F or
e x a m p le , i f a w o r k e r r e c e i v e d a day*s s ic k le a v e a t h a lf h is r e g u la r r a t e , the
m a n -h o u r e q u iv a le n t w o u ld b e 4, e v e n th ou gh the w o r k e r w a s a b s e n t f o r 8 h o u r s .
M a n -h o u r e q u iv a le n ts f o r p a y m e n ts in lie u o f v a c a t io n s o r h o lid a y s w e r e s i m i l a r l y
co m p u te d . T h e d e fin itio n o f p a id le a v e e x te n d e d o n ly to it e m s o f d i r e c t p a y r o ll
exp en se.
T h u s, m a n -h o u r e q u iv a le n ts w e r e n ot co m p u te d f o r p a y m e n ts m a d e
th ro u g h in s u r a n c e p la n s o r fu n d s, e v e n th ou gh fin a n c e d in w h o le o r in p a r t b y
the e m p lo y e r . T o t a l h o u r s p a id f o r in c lu d e the su m o f p la n t m a n -h o u r s and m a n ­
h o u r e q u iv a le n ts o f p a y f o r a ll ty p e s o f p a id le a v e a s p r e v i o u s l y d e s c r i b e d .
P a id L e a v e H o u r s
H o u r s o f p a id le a v e a c c o u n te d f o r 6 p e r c e n t o f the to ta l h o u r s f o r w h ich
the N ation *s 11, 658, 000 f a c t o r y w o r k e r s r e c e i v e d p a y in 1958, a c c o r d in g to th e
B u rea u *s s u r v e y (ta b le 1 and c h a r t 1).
V a c a tio n s a c c o u n te d f o r 3. 6 p e r c e n t ;
h o lid a y s , 2. 2 p e r c e n t ; and s ic k le a v e , 0. 2 p e r c e n t . O th e r f o r m s o f p a id le a v e ,
s u ch a s m i li t a r y , ju r y , w it n e s s , v o tin g , and p e r s o n a l le a v e , to g e t h e r r e p r e s e n t e d
l e s s than 0. 1 p e r c e n t o f to ta l h o u r s p a id f o r .
A p p r o x im a t e ly 9 7 p e r c e n t o f the
w o r k e r s w e r e e m p lo y e d in e s t a b lis h m e n t s p r o v id in g s o m e ty p e o f p a id le a v e
(ta b le 4 ). T w o -t h ir d s o f the w o r k e r s w e r e in e s t a b lis h m e n t s in w h ich the r a t io
o f p a id le a v e h o u r s to to ta l h o u r s p a id f o r r a n g e d f r o m 4 to l e s s than 9 p e r c e n t .
N in e t y -fiv e p e r c e n t o f th e f a c t o r y w o r k e r s w e r e e m p lo y e d in e s t a b li s h ­
m e n ts p r o v id in g p a id v a c a t io n s to a t l e a s t s o m e w o r k e r s in 1958.
N e a r ly h a lf
(4 6 p e r c e n t ) o f th e w o r k e r s w e r e in e s t a b lis h m e n t s in w h ich v a c a t io n h o u r s a c ­
co u n te d f o r 3 bu t l e s s than 5 p e r c e n t o f to ta l h o u r s p a id f o r (ta b le 5).
N e a r ly

1 S ee a p p e n d ix A f o r s c o p e and m e th o d o f stu dy .
2 T h e t e r m ’ ’p la n t m a n - h o u r s ” u s e d in th is b u lle t in d i f f e r s f r o m a s t r i c t in ­
t e r p r e t a t io n o f " h o u r s w o r k e d , ” o w in g to the in c lu s io n o f c e r t a in n o n w o rk in g
t im e a s d e s c r i b e d .







Chart 1. HOURS OF PAID LEAVE AS PERCENTAGES OF TOTAL HOURS PAID FOR PRODUCTION AND
RELATED WORKERS IN MANUFACTURING BY INDUSTRY GROUP, 1958
Total Hours Paid for s 100 Percent
INDUSTRY G R O U P
Products of Petroleum and Coal
Primary Metal Industries.
Rubber Products
Chemicals and Allied Products
Instruments and Related Products
O rdnance and Accessories
Transportation Equipment
Electrical Machinery
Printing, Publishing, and
Allied Industries
^Machinery, except electrical
Fabricated Metal Products
Paper and Allied Products
ALL M ANUFACTURING
Food and Kindred Products
Stone, C la y, and Glass Products
Tobacco Manufactures
Leather and Leather Products
Miscellaneous Manufacturing
Industries
Furniture and Fixtures
Textile Mill Products
Apparel and Other Finished
Textile Products
Lumber and Wood Products

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS

Percent

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90 p e r c e n t o f the w o r k e r s w e r e e m p lo y e d b y e s t a b lis h m e n t s p r o v id in g p a id h o l i ­
d a y s , M o r e than h a lf (5 3 . 8 p e r c e n t ) o f the w o r k e r s w e r e e m p lo y e d in e s t a b li s h ­
m e n ts in w h ic h h o lid a y h o u r s a c c o u n t e d f o r 2 to 3 p e r c e n t o f to ta l p a y r o l l h o u r s
(ta b le 6 ).
E s t a b lis h m e n t s r e p o r t in g p a id s ic k h o u r s in 1958 a c c o u n te d f o r o n ly
a b o u t a fifth o f the w o r k e r s . F u lly h a lf o f th e s e w o r k e r s w e r e in e s ta b lis h m e n ts
in w h ich the r a t i o o f p a id s i c k - l e a v e h o u r s w a s l e s s than 1 p e r c e n t o f to ta l
h o u r s p a id f o r (ta b le 7).
R a t io s o f p a id le a v e h o u r s to to ta l h o u r s p a id f o r m a y b e a ff e c t e d b y
th e g e n e r a l l e v e l o f b u s in e s s a c t iv it y and ch a n g e s lig h tly f r o m on e p e r i o d to
a n o th e r e v e n th ou gh le a v e p r a c t i c e s r e m a in the s a m e . A s an e x a m p le , v a c a t io n
b e n e fit s a r e u s u a lly s c a le d to y e a r s o f s e r v i c e w ith the e m p lo y e r .
E m p lo y e e s
m a y o r m a y n ot b e r e q u ir e d to w o r k a s p e c if ie d m in im u m n u m b e r o f h o u r s d u rin g
the y e a r to q u a lify f o r fu ll b e n e f it s .
T h u s, m a n y e m p lo y e e s r e c e i v e the fu ll
b e n e fit s s p e c if ie d f o r t h e ir y e a r s o f s e r v i c e w ith o u t r e f e r e n c e to to ta l h o u r s
w o r k e d d u r in g th e q u a lify in g y e a r .
T h e r a t io o f p a id le a v e h o u r s , t h e r e f o r e ,
ten d s to r i s e w h en the v o lu m e o f h o u r s w o r k e d p e r e m p lo y e e is c u r t a ile d . T h e
r a t i o m a y a l s o i n c r e a s e d u r in g p e r i o d s o f s la c k e m p lo y m e n t w h en the a v e r a g e
le n g th o f s e r v i c e r i s e s , ow in g to the a p p lic a t io n o f s e n io r it y r u le s in l a y o f f s o r
to the ch a n g e that o c c u r s in a p e r i o d o f la b o r tu r n o v e r .
B a s e d on r e p o r t s p r e p a r e d b y the B u r e a u o f th e C e n su s , a g g r e g a t e m a n ­
h o u r s o f f a c t o r y w o r k e r s in 1958 w a s 8. 7 p e r c e n t b e lo w th e 1957 l e v e l.
N e a r ly
a ll m a jo r in d u s tr y g r o u p s w e r e o p e r a tin g a t a r e d u c e d l e v e l in 1958.
G rou ps
that w e r e p a r t ic u la r l y a f f e c t e d and th e p e r c e n t a g e d e c lin e in a g g r e g a t e m a n ­
h o u r s d u r in g the p e r i o d in c lu d e p r i m a r y m e t a ls (2 0 p e r c e n t ), t r a n s p o r t a t io n
e q u ip m e n t (17 p e r c e n t ), n o n e l e c t r i c a l m a c h in e r y (1 6 p e r c e n t ), and r u b b e r p r o d ­
u c t s (13 p e r c e n t ).
R e g io n a l V a r ia t i o n s . — T h e r a t io o f p a id le a v e h o u r s to to ta l h o u r s p a id
f o r w a s g r e a t e s t in the N o rth C e n tr a l r e g io n (6 . 6 p e r c e n t ) and le a s t in the South
(4 . 8 p e r c e n t ). P r o p o r t i o n s in the N o r th e a s t and W e s t w e r e 6. 3 and 5. 6 p e r c e n t ,
r e s p e c t i v e l y . R e g io n a l r a n k in g s thus o b ta in e d d i f f e r s o m e w h a t f r o m th o s e r e la t e d
to the l e v e l o f w a g e s . B a s e d on the B u r e a u 1s M a y 1958 stu d y o f f a c t o r y w o r k e r s *
e a r n in g s , a v e r a g e s t r a ig h t -t i m e h o u r ly w a g e s w e r e h ig h e s t in the W e s t C o a s t
r e g io n ( $ 2 . 26), f o llo w e d b y the N o rth C e n tr a l r e g io n ( $ 2 . 13), N o r th e a s t ( $ 1 . 9 4 ) ,
and the South ( $ 1 . 6 3 ) . 4
V a c a tio n s c o n s titu te d the l a r g e s t it e m o f p a id le a v e in e a c h o f th e fo u r
r e g io n s , r a n g in g f r o m 4 p e r c e n t in th e N o rth C e n tr a l r e g io n to 3 p e r c e n t in th e
South. T h e r a t io o f h o lid a y h o u r s to to ta l h o u r s p a id f o r r a n g e d f r o m 2. 4 p e r ­
c e n t in th e N o r th e a s t and N o rth C e n tr a l r e g io n s to 1. 5 p e r c e n t in th e South.
P a id s ic k le a v e a c c o u n t e d f o r 0. 4 p e r c e n t o f the to ta l in th e W e s t and 0. 2 p e r c e n t
in th e o th e r t h r e e r e g io n s . O th er f o r m s o f p a id le a v e a c c o u n te d f o r 0. 1 p e r c e n t
o r l e s s o f to ta l h o u r s p a id f o r in e a c h o f the fo u r r e g io n s .
R e g io n a l d i f f e r e n c e s in th e r a t i o o f p a id le a v e h o u r s to to ta l h o u r s p a id
f o r a r e a t l e a s t p a r t ly due to d i f f e r e n c e s in in d u s t r ia l c o m p o s it io n .
P r im a r y
m e t a l and m e t a l p r o d u c t s e m p lo y m e n t c o m p r i s e s a g r e a t e r p r o p o r t i o n o f to ta l
m a n u fa c tu r in g e m p lo y m e n t in the N o rth C e n tr a l r e g io n than in a n y o f th e o th e r
t h r e e r e g io n s .
T h e t e x t il e s , fo o d , a p p a r e l and o th e r fin is h e d t e x t ile p r o d u c t s ,
and lu m b e r and w o o d p r o d u c t s in d u s t r ie s a r e a m o n g th e l a r g e s t e m p lo y e r s in th e

3 S e e 1957 A n n u a l S u r v e y o f M a n u fa c tu r e s and 1958 C e n su s o f M a n u fa c ­
t u r e s , P r e l i m i n a r y G e n e r a l S t a t is t ic s , U. S. D e p a r tm e n t o f C o m m e r c e , B u r e a u
o f th e C e n s u s .
4 S ee F a c t o r y W o r k e r s * E a r n in g s , M a y 1958, B L S B u ll. 1252, Ju n e 1959.




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South. T h e m a n u fa c tu r e o f t r a n s p o r t a t io n e q u ip m e n t ( p a r t i c u l a r ly a i r c r a f t ) , lu m b e r ,
and fo o d p r o d u c t s is p r o p o r t io n a t e ly m o r e im p o r ta n t in the W e st. In th e N orth -,
e a s t r e g io n , the a p p a r e l in d u s t r ie s g r o u p w a s th e l a r g e s t e m p lo y e r (c h a r t 2).
In d u str y V a r ia t io n s . — A m o n g th e 21 m a jo r in d u s tr y g r o u p s c o m p r is in g
m a n u fa c tu r in g ,^ to ta l h o u r s o f p a id le a v e r a n g e d f r o m 10 p e r c e n t o f to ta l p a y r o ll
h o u r s in the p e t r o le u m and c o a l p r o d u c t s g r o u p to 2. 9 p e r c e n t in the lu m b e r a n d
w o o d p r o d u c t s g r o u p . H o u r s o f p a id le a v e a c c o u n te d f o r b e tw e e n 7 and 8 p e r c e n t
o f the to ta l h o u r s p a id f o r in th e fo llo w in g in d u s tr y g r o u p s :
P r im a r y m e t a l in ­
d u s t r ie s (7 . 8 p e r c e n t ); r u b b e r p r o d u c t s (7 . 5 p e r c e n t ); o r d n a n c e and a c c e s s o r i e s ,
c h e m i c a l s and a llie d p r o d u c t s , and in s tr u m e n ts and r e la t e d p r o d u c t s (7 . 4 p e r c e n t );
and t r a n s p o r t a t io n e q u ip m e n t (7 . 2 p e r c e n t ). T h e p r o p o r t i o n w a s l e s s than 5 p e r ­
c e n t in the fu r n it u r e and f ix t u r e s , t e x t ile m i l l p r o d u c t s , and a p p a r e l in d u s tr y
g r o u p s a s w e ll a s lu m b e r and w o o d p r o d u c t s .
N e a r ly a fo u r th (2 3 . 3 p e r c e n t ) o f the p r o d u c t io n and r e la t e d w o r k e r s in
th e lu m b e r and w o o d p r o d u c t s in d u s tr y g r o u p w e r e e m p lo y e d in e s t a b lis h m e n t s
th at p r o v id e d n o p a id le a v e in 1958. In a lm o s t h a lf o f th e in d u s tr y g r o u p s , e m ­
p lo y m e n t in s u ch e s t a b lis h m e n t s a m o u n ts to l e s s than 2 p e r c e n t o f the in d u s ­
t r y to ta l.
V a c a tio n h o u r s a c c o u n t e d f o r s lig h t ly m o r e than 5 p e r c e n t o f th e to ta l
h o u r s p a id f o r in the p e t r o le u m and c o a l p r o d u c t s and th e p r i m a r y m e t a l in d u s ­
t r i e s g r o u p s , f r o m 4 to 5 p e r c e n t in 5 o f the 21 in d u s tr y g r o u p s , 3 to 4 p e r c e n t
in 8 g r o u p s , 2. 6 to 3 p e r c e n t in 4 g r o u p s , and a p p r o x im a t e ly 2 p e r c e n t in the
a p p a r e l and th e lu m b e r and w o o d p r o d u c t s g r o u p s . T h e c o m p a r a t iv e ly lo w r a t io
r e p o r t e d f o r the a p p a r e l g r o u p is l a r g e l y e x p la in e d b y the in c id e n c e o f u n io n a d m in is t e r e d v a c a t io n fu n d s to w h ic h e m p lo y e r s in c e r t a in o f the a p p a r e l in d u s ­
t r i e s c o n tr ib u te a p e r c e n t a g e o f p a y r o l l s . 6
A fifth o f the w o r k e r s in the a p p a r e l in d u s t r ie s g r o u p and a fo u r th in
th e lu m b e r and w o o d p r o d u c t s in d u s tr y g r o u p w e r e e m p lo y e d in e s t a b lis h m e n t s
th at d id n o t p r o v id e p a id v a c a t io n s w ith in the m e a n in g o f th e stu dy . In a ll o th e r
m a jo r in d u s tr y g r o u p s , e x c e p t fu r n it u r e , the p r o p o r t i o n w a s l e s s than 6 p e r c e n t .
M a n -h o u r e q u iv a le n ts to p a y r e c e i v e d f o r h o lid a y s a c c o u n t e d f o r f r o m
2 to 3 p e r c e n t o f the to ta l h o u r s p a id f o r in 17 o f the 21 in d u s tr y g r o u p s ; a m o n g
th e r e m a in d e r o f the g r o u p s , the p r o p o r t i o n r a n g e d d ow n to 1 p e r c e n t in lu m b e r .
In th is b u lle t in , h o u r s e s t im a t e s f o r p a id h o lid a y s in c lu d e o n ly th o s e m a n -h o u r
e q u iv a le n ts to p a y f o r th e h o lid a y .
T h u s, i f a n e m p lo y e e w o r k e d on a h o lid a y
and r e c e i v e d d o u b le p a y , o n ly h a lf o f th is a m o u n t w a s u s e d in the c o m p u ta tio n ,
th e r e m a in d e r r e p r e s e n t in g p a y f o r h o u r s w o r k e d . In e a c h o f the 21 m a jo r i n ­
d u s t r y g r o u p s e x c e p t the t e x t ile p r o d u c t s g r o u p and the lu m b e r and w o o d p r o d u c t s ,
h o lid a y h o u r s w e r e r e p o r t e d b y e s t a b lis h m e n t s e m p lo y in g t h r e e - f o u r t h s o r m o r e
o f the p r o d u c t io n and r e la t e d w o r k e r s .
A m o n g the in d u s tr y g r o u p s , th e in c id e n c e o f p a id s ic k le a v e w a s g r e a t e s t
in p e t r o le u m and c o a l p r o d u c t s , a c c o u n tin g f o r 2 p e r c e n t o f to ta l h o u r s p a id f o r .
T h e r a t i o s in o r d n a n c e and a c c e s s o r i e s and c h e m i c a l and a llie d p r o d u c t s w e r e
0. 8 and 0. 7 p e r c e n t , r e s p e c t i v e l y , and 0. 5 p e r c e n t in in s tr u m e n ts and r e la t e d
p rod u cts.
In e a c h o f th e r e m a in in g in d u s tr y g r o u p s , p a id s i c k - l e a v e h o u r s a c ­
co u n te d f o r l e s s than 0. 5 p e r c e n t o f th e to ta l (ta b le 1).

5 A s d e fin e d in the N o v e m b e r 1945 e d itio n o f th e S ta n d a rd In d u s tr ia l C l a s s i ­
f ic a t i o n M an u al p r e p a r e d b y th e B u r e a u o f the B u d g e t.
6 A lth o u g h s u ch p a y m e n t s r e f l e c t a s u b s ta n tia l e x p e n d itu r e on th e p a r t o f
th e e m p lo y e r , th e y a r e n o t, s t r i c t l y s p e a k in g , a p a y r o l l it e m and w e r e n ot in ­
c lu d e d e ith e r in the e s t im a t e s o f h o u r s o f p a id le a v e o r to ta l h o u r s p a id f o r .







Chart 2. PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF PRODUCTION AND RELATED WORKERS EMPLOYED IN
MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS BY MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUP, UNITED STATES AND REGIONS, 1958
United States

Northeast

South

North Central

West

All Manufacturings 100 Percent
INDUSTRY GROUP
O rdnance and Accessories
Food and Kindred Products
Tobacco Manufactures
Textile Mill Products
Apparel and Other Finished
Textile Products
Lumber and W ood Products
Furniture and Fixtures
Paper and Allied Products
Printing, Publishing, and Allied
Industries
Chemicals and Allied Products
Products of Petroleum and Coal
Rubber Products
Leather and Leather Products
Stone, C lay, and Glass Products
Primary Metal Industries
Fabricated Metal Products
M achinery, except electrical
Electrical M achinery
Transportation Equipment
Instruments and Related Products
M iscellaneous Manufacturing
Industries

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS

10

20 0

10

20 0_______ 10

20 O_______ 10

20 O

10

Percent
2^

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L a b o r -M a n a g e m e n t C o n tr a c t S ta tu s .— N a tio n a lly , to ta l h o u r s o f p a id le a v e
in a ll m a n u fa ctu rin g a c c o u n te d f o r 6. 9 p e r c e n t o f to ta l h o u r s p a id f o r in u n ion
e s t a b lis h m e n t s , c o m p a r e d w ith 4. 3 p e r c e n t in n on u n ion e s t a b lis h m e n t s 7 (ta b le 2).
In th e n on u n ion s e g m e n t o f m a n u fa c tu r in g , n e a r ly 7. 5 p e r c e n t o f the w o r k e r s w e r e
e m p lo y e d in e s t a b lis h m e n t s g r a n tin g n o p a id le a v e in 1958; l e s s than 1 p e r c e n t
o f the w o r k e r s in u n ion e s t a b lis h m e n t s w e r e e m p lo y e d u n d e r s im i la r c o n d it io n s .
F u lly t w o - t h ir d s o f the N a tio n 1s f a c t o r y w o r k e r s in 1958 w e r e e m p lo y e d
in e s ta b lis h m e n ts h a v in g la b o r - m a n a g e m e n t c o n t r a c t s c o v e r in g a m a jo r i t y o f the
w orkers.
R e g io n a lly , the p r o p o r t i o n s r a n g e d f r o m s lig h t ly m o r e than t h r e e fo u r t h s in the N o rth C e n tr a l r e g io n to s o m e w h a t l e s s than a h a lf in the South.
A m o n g the 21 m a jo r in d u s tr y g r o u p s , the e x te n t o f c o n t r a c t c o v e r a g e r a n g e d f r o m
a p p r o x im a t e ly 90 p e r c e n t in p e t r o le u m and c o a l p r o d u c t s and p r i m a r y m e t a ls
to 30 p e r c e n t in t e x t ile m i l l p r o d u c t s . T h e n u m b e r o f w o r k e r s in u n ion e s t a b li s h ­
m e n ts r a n g e d f r o m 976, 000 in the t r a n s p o r t a t io n e q u ip m e n t in d u s tr y to 50, 000
in t o b a c c o (c h a r t 3).
T h e in t e r r e la t io n s h ip o f u n io n c o n t r a c t sta tu s w ith o th e r f a c t o r s s u ch a s
c o m m u n ity s iz e and e s t a b lis h m e n t s iz e , p r e c lu d e s a ny e x a c t m e a s u r e o f u n io n in ­
f lu e n c e on h o u r s o f p a id le a v e .
F o r e x a m p le , la b o r - m a n a g e m e n t c o n t r a c t s a r e
m o r e t y p ic a lly fou n d in the l a r g e r e s t a b lis h m e n t s .
A m o n g e s ta b lis h m e n ts e m ­
p lo y in g f e w e r than 100 w o r k e r s , the p r o p o r t i o n o f w o r k e r s c o v e r e d b y c o n t r a c t u a l
a g r e e m e n t s w a s a p p r o x im a t e ly t w o - f if t h s ; a m o n g e s t a b lis h m e n t s e m p lo y in g 100 to
499 w o r k e r s ,

th e p r o p o r t i o n w a s t h r e e - f i f t h s ;

500 o r m o r e w o r k e r s ,

and fo r

e s t a b lis h m e n t s

e m p lo y in g

fo u r -fifth s .

V a r ia tio n s b y E s t a b lis h m e n t S i z e . — E s t a b lis h m e n ts e m p lo y in g 500 o r
m o r e w o r k e r s a c c o u n te d f o r 45 p e r c e n t o f th e N ation *s f a c t o r y w o r k e r s ; th o s e
e m p lo y in g 100 to 499 w o r k e r s , 30 p e r c e n t ; and th o s e e m p lo y in g f e w e r than
100 w o r k e r s , 25 p e r c e n t .
R e g io n a lly , the p r o p o r t i o n o f to ta l e m p lo y m e n t a c ­
co u n te d f o r b y the l a r g e r e s t a b lis h m e n t s r a n g e d f r o m s lig h t ly m o r e than h a lf in
the N o rth C e n tr a l r e g io n to l e s s than t w o - f if t h s in the South.
N a tio n a lly , the r a t io o f p a id le a v e h o u r s w a s g r e a t e s t (7 . 2 p e r c e n t )
a m o n g the l a r g e s t s iz e e s t a b lis h m e n t g r o u p (5 0 0 w o r k e r s o r m o r e ) , c o m p a r e d
w ith 5. 4 and 4. 3 p e r c e n t f o r the 100 to 499 and f e w e r than 100 s i z e g r o u p s ,
r e s p e c t i v e l y (ta b le 3). T h is g e n e r a l r e la t io n s h ip h e ld f o r e a c h o f the fo u r r e g io n s
and n e a r ly a ll o f the in d u s tr y g r o u p s f o r w h ich d ata c o u ld b e p r e s e n t e d s e p a r a t e ly .

P a id L e a v e P r a c t i c e s
In a d d itio n to in fo r m a t io n on p a y r o ll h o u r s , r e s p o n d e n t s to the B u re a u * s
stu d y w e r e a l s o a s k e d to p r o v id e in fo r m a t io n on th e ir p o l i c i e s r e la tin g to the s e ­
l e c t e d it e m s o f p a id le a v e . E s t a b lis h m e n ts w e r e r e q u e s t e d to r e p o r t the n u m b e r
o f p la n t w o r k e r s r e c e iv in g s p e c if ie d a m o u n ts o f v a c a t io n p a y d u r in g 1958.
For
a ll o th e r it e m s o f p a id le a v e , e m p lo y e r s w e r e r e q u e s t e d to r e p o r t th o s e p o l i c i e s
a p p ly in g to th e m a jo r i t y o f th e ir p la n t w o r k e r s .
B eca u se o f le n g th -o f-s e r v ic e
and o th e r e l ig i b i l it y r e q u ir e m e n t s , the p r o p o r t i o n o f w o r k e r s a c t u a lly r e c e iv in g
s u ch b e n e fit s in 1958 m a y b e s o m e w h a t s m a l le r than th o s e in d ic a te d .

* T h e t e r m s " u n io n " and "n o n u n io n " a r e u s e d to d e n o te (a ) e s t a b lis h m e n t s
h a v in g la b o r - m a n a g e m e n t c o n t r a c t s c o v e r i n g a m a jo r i t y o f th e ir p r o d u c t io n w o r k ­
e r s and (b ) e s t a b lis h m e n t s in w h ich n o n e o r a m in o r it y o f th e w o r k e r s w e r e c o v ­
e r e d b y la b o r - m a n a g e m e n t c o n t r a c t a g r e e m e n t s .







Chart 3. NUMBER OF PRODUCTION AND RELATED WORKERS EMPLOYED IN MANUFACTURING
ESTABLISHMENTS BY LABOR-MANAGEMENT CONTRACT STATUS, BY INDUSTRY GROUP, 1958
Number of Workers in Thousands
INDUSTRY G R O U P
Transportation Equipment
M achinery, oxcopt electrical
Food and Kindrod Products
A pparol and O ther Finished.
Toxtilo Products
Prim ary M etal Industries
Toxtilo Mill Products
Fabricated Motal Products
Electrical M achinery
Lumber and W ood Products
Printing, Publishing,
and Allied Industries
Chemicals and Allied Products
Paper and Allied Products
Stone, C la y, and Glass Products
M iscellaneous Manufacturing
Industries
Leather and Leather Products
Furniture and Fixtures
Instruments and Related Products
Rubber Products
Products of Petroleum and Coal
Tobacco Manufactures
O rdnance and Accessories

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
BURCAU OF LABOR STATISTICS

O

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

1 ,0 0 0

i-------- 1---------1---------1---------1---------1---------1---------1---------1---------1---------r

1,100 1,200

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P a id V a c a t i o n s .— A s in d ic a te d , data w e r e c o l l e c t e d on the a c tu a l n u m b e r
o f w o r k e r s r e c e iv in g v a c a t io n b e n e fit s d i r e c t l y f r o m the e m p lo y e r in 1958.
In ­
f o r m a t io n w a s r e p o r t e d in t e r m s o f the a m o u n t o f v a c a t io n p a y and n o t the le n g th
o f th e v a c a t io n .
F o r e x a m p le , i f the p la n t c l o s e d f o r 2 w e e k s d u r in g the s u m ­
m e r b u t an e m p lo y e e r e c e i v e d th e e q u iv a le n t o f 1 w e e k 's p a y , the v a c a t io n w a s
r e p o r t e d a s 1 w e e k . S im ila r ly , i f an e m p lo y e e r e c e i v e d 2 w e e k s ' p a y in lie u o f
t im e o f f f o r v a c a t io n , the v a c a t io n w a s r e p o r t e d a s 2 w e e k s . V a c a tio n p a y m e n ts
m a d e b y s o u r c e s o th e r than the e m p lo y e r (e . g. , u n io n - a d m i n i s t e r e d v a c a t io n
fu n d s ) w e r e n o t r e p o r t e d .
E ig h t y - s i x p e r c e n t o f the N a t io n 's f a c t o r y w o r k e r s r e c e i v e d e m p l o y e r p a id v a c a t io n s in 1958 (ta b le 8 ).
W o r k e r s n ot r e c e iv in g v a c a t io n p a y f e l l in to
tw o g r o u p s : T h o s e e m p lo y e d in e s t a b lis h m e n t s h a v in g n o v a c a t io n p r o v i s i o n s , a s
h e r e d e fin e d , and th o s e w h o d id n o t m e e t the l e n g t h - o f - s e r v i c e o r o th e r e l i g i ­
b il it y r e q u ir e m e n t s o f e s t a b lis h e d p la n s .
T h e b u lk o f the w o r k e r s f e l l in the
f o r m e r g r o u p ; it is e s t im a t e d that o n ly a b o u t 5 p e r c e n t o f the w o r k e r s f a ile d to
r e c e i v e v a c a t io n p a y b e c a u s e o f e l ig i b i l it y r e q u ir e m e n t s .
V a c a tio n p a y m e n ts
e q u iv a le n t to 2 w e e k s o f r e g u la r p a y w e r e m o s t c o m m o n ly r e p o r t e d , a p p ly in g to
37. 4 p e r c e n t o f th e w o r k e r s ; 22 p e r c e n t r e c e i v e d 1 w e e k 's p a y and 1 6 . 2 p e r c e n t
r e c e iv e d pay fo r 3 w eek s.
F e w e r than 3 p e r c e n t o f the w o r k e r s w e r e p a id f o r
m o r e than 3 w e e k s .
R e g io n a lly , the p r o p o r t i o n s o f w o r k e r s r e c e iv in g v a c a t io n
w e r e a p p r o x im a t e ly f o u r - f i f t h s in the South and W e st, n in e -te n th s
C e n tr a l r e g io n .
In e a c h o f the r e g io n s , p a y m e n ts e q u iv a le n t to
r e g u la r p a y w e r e m o s t c o m m o n , and o n ly a s m a ll p r o p o r t i o n o f th e
c e i v e d p a y f o r m o r e than 3 w e e k s .

p a y in 1958
in the N o rth
2 w eeks of
w orkers r e ­

A p p a r e l and lu m b e r w e r e the o n ly m a jo r in d u s tr y g r o u p s in w h ich fe w e r
than t h r e e - f o u r t h s o f the w o r k e r s r e c e i v e d v a c a t io n p a y .
In b o th g r o u p s , p a y ­
m e n ts o f m o r e than 2 w e e k s w e r e r a r e , and th e r e w a s a f a i r l y e v e n d iv i s io n
b e tw e e n w o r k e r s r e c e iv in g 1 w e e k and th o s e r e c e iv in g 2 w e e k s ' p a y .
In m o s t
o f the r e m a in in g in d u s tr y g r o u p s , the m a jo r i t y o f th e w o r k e r s r e c e i v e d v a c a t io n
b e n e fit s e q u iv a le n t to 2 o r m o r e w e e k s ' r e g u la r p a y .
T h ree w eek s' pay w as
c o m m o n ly p r o v id e d to w o r k e r s o f lo n g s e r v i c e in m o s t o f th e s e in d u s t r ie s , and,
in 1958, a p p lie d to a th ir d o r m o r e o f th e w o r k e r s in the p e t r o le u m , p r in tin g ,
and r u b b e r p r o d u c t s g r o u p s . A b o u t 17 p e r c e n t o f the w o r k e r s in p e t r o le u m and
c o a l p r o d u c t s r e c e i v e d 4 w e e k s ' v a c a t io n p a y ; in n on e o f the o th e r in d u s tr y g r o u p s ,
h o w e v e r , d id as m a n y as 7 p e r c e n t o f the w o r k e r s r e c e i v e as m u ch as 4 w e e k s .
V a c a tio n p r o v i s io n s w e r e m o r e c o m m o n and te n d e d to b e m o r e l i b e r a l
a m o n g e s t a b lis h m e n t s h a v in g la b o r - m a n a g e m e n t c o n t r a c t a g r e e m e n t s than a m o n g
u n o r g a n iz e d e s t a b lis h m e n t s .
F e w e r than 3 p e r c e n t o f the w o r k e r s c o v e r e d b y
u n ion c o n t r a c t s w e r e e m p lo y e d in e s ta b lis h m e n ts r e p o r t in g n o v a c a t io n h o u r s ;
f o r n on u n ion e s t a b lis h m e n t s , the p r o p o r t i o n w a s 9. 6 p e r c e n t .
R e g io n a lly , the
d i f f e r e n c e w a s g r e a t e s t in the South w h e r e the c o r r e s p o n d in g f ig u r e s w e r e 1. 1 and
16. 4 p e r c e n t , r e s p e c t i v e l y . V a c a tio n b e n e fit s in e x c e s s o f 2 w e e k s ' p a y w e r e c o n ­
s id e r a b ly m o r e p r e v a le n t f o r w o r k e r s in e s t a b lis h m e n t s h a v in g la b o r -m a n a g e m e n t
a g r e e m e n t s than in o th e r e s t a b lis h m e n t s .

d A s in d ic a te d p r e v i o u s l y , it is n o t p o s s i b l e to d e t e r m in e the e x a c t in ­
flu e n c e c o n t r a c t a g r e e m e n t s h a v e had on p a id le a v e p r o v i s i o n s , b e c a u s e o f the i n ­
t e r r e la t io n s h ip w ith o th e r f a c t o r s su ch a s c o m m u n ity s iz e and e s t a b lis h m e n t s iz e .




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P a id H o lid a y s . — E s t a b lis h m e n ts e m p lo y in g n e a r ly n in e -te n th s o f the m a n u ­
fa c t u r in g p la n t w o r k e r s h ad p r o v i s io n s f o r p a id h o lid a y s in 1958. 9
Seven d ays a
y e a r w a s m o s t c o m m o n ly r e p o r t e d , a p p ly in g to s lig h tly m o r e than a th ir d o f th e
w orkers.
A fifth o f the w o r k e r s w e r e e m p lo y e d in e s t a b lis h m e n t s p r o v id in g
6 d a y s a n n u a lly , and a lik e p r o p o r t i o n r e c e i v e d m o r e than 7 p a id h o lid a y s a
y e a r (ta b le 9 ).
R e g io n a lly , p a id h o lid a y s w e r e l e a s t c o m m o n in the South, w h e r e 30 p e r ­
c e n t o f the w o r k e r s w e r e e m p lo y e d in e s t a b lis h m e n t s n ot h a v in g s u ch p r o v i s i o n s .
H o lid a y p r o v i s io n s w e r e s o m e w h a t m o r e l i b e r a l in the N o r th e a s t than in th e o th e r
th r e e r e g io n s .
A p p r o x im a t e ly 30 p e r c e n t o f th e n o r t h e a s t e r n w o r k e r s r e c e i v e d
8 o r m o r e h o lid a y s a n n u a lly .
P a id h o lid a y s w e r e r e p o r t e d b y e s t a b lis h m e n t s e m p lo y in g t h r e e - f o u r t h s o r
m o r e o f the p r o d u c t io n w o r k e r s in e a c h o f th e 21 m a jo r in d u s tr y g r o u p s e x c e p t
t e x t ile m i l l p r o d u c t s and lu m b e r and w o o d p r o d u c t s , b o th o f w h ic h g r o u p s a r e c o n ­
c e n tr a t e d l a r g e ly in the South.
In 14 o f th e 21 g r o u p s , th e p r o p o r t i o n w a s n in e ten th s o r m o r e . S lig h tly m o r e than t w o - t h ir d s o f the w o r k e r s in the p e t r o le u m
and c o a l p r o d u c t s g r o u p r e c e i v e d 8 p a id h o lid a y s .
H o lid a y p r o v i s io n s w e r e v ir t u a lly u n iv e r s a l a m o n g e s ta b lis h m e n ts h a v in g
la b o r - m a n a g e m e n t c o n t r a c t s , and a p p lie d to a b o u t s e v e n -t e n t h s o f th o s e in n o n ­
u n ion e s t a b lis h m e n t s .
T h e n u m b e r o f p a id h o lid a y s te n d e d to b e g r e a t e r f o r
w o rk e rs c o v e re d by con tra ctu a l a g re e m e n ts.
P a id S ick L e a v e . — S e v e n te e n p e r c e n t o f the f a c t o r y w o r k e r s w e r e e m ­
p lo y e d in e s t a b lis h m e n t s h a v in g f o r m a l p r o v i s i o n s f o r p a id s ic k le a v e , and an
a d d itio n a l 9 p e r c e n t w e r e in e s t a b lis h m e n t s r e p o r t in g in f o r m a l a r r a n g e m e n t s .
F o r m a l p la n s f o r p a id s ic k le a v e u s u a lly p r o v id e d e ith e r p a r t ia l p a y o r a w a itin g
p e r i o d o r b oth . H o w e v e r , a b o u t 4 p e r c e n t o f the w o r k e r s w e r e c o v e r e d b y f o r m a l
p la n s p r o v id in g fu ll p a y m e n t and n o w a itin g p e r i o d . 10 P r o v i s i o n s f o r p a id s ic k
le a v e w e r e s o m e w h a t m o r e c o m m o n in the W e s t than in the o th e r r e g io n s .
A m o n g the 21 in d u s tr y g r o u p s , the in c id e n c e o f f o r m a l p r o v i s io n s f o r
p a id s ic k le a v e w a s h ig h e s t b y a s u b s ta n tia l m a r g in in the p e t r o le u m and c o a l
p r o d u c t s g r o u p , c o v e r in g m o r e than t h r e e - f o u r t h s o f the w o r k e r s .
C h e m ic a ls
and a llie d p r o d u c t s w a s the o n ly o th e r g r o u p in w h ich m o r e than h a lf (5 4 . 8 p e r ­
ce n t) o f the w o r k e r s w e r e e m p lo y e d in e s t a b lis h m e n t s p r o v id in g p a id s ic k le a v e ;
in o r d n a n c e and a c c e s s o r i e s , th e p r o p o r t i o n w a s 48. 9.
In 9 o f the 21 in d u s tr y
g r o u p s , th e p r o p o r t i o n w a s l e s s than 10 p e r c e n t .
P a r t o f th is v a r ia t io n in in ­
d u s t r y p r a c t i c e m a y b e a ttr ib u te d to d i f f e r e n c e s in p r e f e r e n c e f o r s ic k n e s s and
a c c id e n t in s u r a n c e in lie u o f s ic k le a v e .
P r o v i s i o n s f o r p a id s ic k le a v e w e r e s o m e w h a t m o r e c o m m o n a m o n g
e s t a b lis h m e n t s h a v in g l a b o r - m a n a g e m e n t c o n t r a c t s than a m o n g u n o r g a n iz e d e s t a b ­
lis h m e n t s in e a c h o f the fo u r r e g io n s e x c e p t the N o r th e a s t.
The g rea test, d if­
f e r e n c e w a s r e p o r t e d in the South, w h e r e a fo u r th o f the w o r k e r s c o v e r e d b y c o n ­
t r a c t a g r e e m e n t s c o m p a r e d w ith 8 p e r c e n t in o th e r e s t a b lis h m e n t s , had p a id s ic k

9 P r o v i s i o n s f o r p a id h o lid a y s and s u b s e q u e n t it e m s o f s u p p le m e n ta r y w a g e
b e n e fit s w e r e t r e a te d s t a t is t ic a lly , on the b a s is that i f p r o v i s io n s w e r e a p p lic a b le
to h a lf o r m o r e o f the w o r k e r s , the p r o v i s i o n w a s c o n s i d e r e d a p p lic a b le to a ll
w orkers.
S ee a p p e n d ix A , S c o p e and M e th o d o f S u rv e y .
10 D ata w e r e n ot o b ta in e d on the n u m b e r o f d a y s g r a n te d .
P la n s p r o v id in g
p a r t ia l p a y m e n t f o r th e f i r s t fe w d a y s and th en fu ll p a y f o r a s p e c if ie d p e r io d
w e r e c l a s s i f i e d a s p r o v id in g p a r t ia l p a y ; p la n s p r o v id in g fu ll p a y f o r an in itia l
p e r i o d w e r e s o c l a s s i f i e d e v e n th ou gh p a r t ia l p a y m e n t w a s p r o v id e d a ft e r e x ­
p ir a t io n o f th e in itia l p e r i o d .




10
le a v e a r r a n g e m e n t s .
In 8 o f the 15 s e p a r a t e in d u s tr y g r o u p s f o r w h ich c o m ­
p a r is o n s w e r e p o s s i b l e , th e p r o p o r t i o n o f w o r k e r s p r o v id e d s i c k 'l e a v e b e n e fit s w a s
g r e a t e s t a m o n g u n ion e s t a b lis h m e n t s .
Such p r o v i s io n s w e r e m o r e c o m m o n a m o n g
n on u n ion e s t a b lis h m e n t s in th e a p p a r e l, fu r n itu r e , p a p e r , p r in t in g , m a c h in e r y ,
in s tr u m e n ts , and m is c e ll a n e o u s m a n u fa c tu r in g in d u s tr y gr«oups.

O th er P a id L e a v e . — D ata w e r e a ls o o b ta in e d on the in c id e n c e o f p r o ­
v i s io n s f o r o th e r f o r m s o f p a id le a v e , in c lu d in g m i li t a r y , ju r y , w it n e s s , v o tin g ,
and p e r s o n a l le a v e (t a b le s 1 1 -1 3 ).
E a ch o f th e s e ty p e s o f p a id le a v e i s c h a r a c ­
t e r i z e d b y its lo w r a te o f a p p lic a t io n d u r in g an y g iv e n y e a r .
T h u s, a lth o u g h
th e in c id e n c e o f th e p la n s w a s f a i r l y w id e s p r e a d , the a c tu a l e x p e r ie n c e r a te w a s
v e r y lo w .
A s in d ic a te d p r e v i o u s l y , th e s e p la n s t o g e t h e r a c c o u n t e d f o r l e s s than
0. 1 p e r c e n t o f to ta l h o u r s p a id f o r b y m a n u fa c tu r in g e s t a b lis h m e n t s in 1958.
T y p ic a lly , p r o v i s io n s f o r s u ch f o r m s o f p a id le a v e a r e m o r e c o m m o n a m o n g e s ­
ta b lis h m e n ts w ith la b o r - m a n a g e m e n t c o n t r a c t s .

P a id m i li t a r y le a v e w a s p r o v id e d e l ig i b l e w o r k e r s in e s ta b lis h m e n ts e m ­
p lo y in g a b o u t a fo u r th o f the N a tio n 1s f a c t o r y w o r k e r s .
R e g io n a lly , th e p r o p o r ­
tio n s r a n g e d f r o m s lig h tly m o r e than a fo u r th in the N o r th e a s t and N o rth C e n tr a l
r e g io n s to an eig h th in th e W e st.
A m o n g the 21 in d u s tr y g r o u p s , the in c id e n c e
o f p a id m i li t a r y le a v e w a s g r e a t e s t in p e t r o le u m and c o a l p r o d u c t s (6 8 . 8 p e r ­
ce n t) and r u b b e r p r o d u c t s (6 7 . 7 p e r c e n t ); in th r e e in d u s tr y g r o u p s (a p p a r e l,
lu m b e r , and f u r n it u r e ), the p r o p o r t i o n w a s l e s s than 10 p e r c e n t .
A lth o u g h s o m e
p la n s p r o v id e d p a y m e n t o f an i n d i v i d u a l s fu ll s a la r y w h ile on m i li t a r y le a v e ,
the la r g e m a jo r i t y o f the p la n s p r o v id e d p a r t ia l p a y m e n t o n ly .

P r o v i s i o n s f o r p a y m e n t o f e m p lo y e e s on ju r y d u ty w e r e r e p o r t e d b y
e s t a b lis h m e n t s e m p lo y in g m o r e than t w o - f if t h s o f the p r o d u c t io n w o r k e r s .
N e a r ly
a fo u r th o f th e w o r k e r s w e r e e m p lo y e d in e s t a b lis h m e n t s w ith p r o v i s i o n s f o r
p a id v o tin g le a v e , and n e a r ly 7 p e r c e n t w e r e e m p lo y e d in e s t a b lis h m e n t s r e ­
p o r t in g p r o v i s io n s f o r p a y to w o r k e r s c a l le d on w it n e s s d u ty.

E s t a b lis h m e n ts e m p lo y in g m o r e than a fo u r th o f the w o r k e r s r e p o r t e d
p r o v i s i o n s f o r p a y m e n t o f e m p lo y e e s a b s e n t f r o m w o r k f o r p e r s o n a l r e a s o n s ,
m o s t g e n e r a lly b e c a u s e o f a d e a th in the f a m ily .







TABLE

1.

P L A N T M A N - H O U R S

A N D

HOURS O F

PAID L E A V E : A L L M A N U F A C T U R I N G

(Plant m an-hours and hours of paid leave as percentages of total hours paid for production and
related w orkers in manufacturing 1 by region and industry group, 1958)
Hours of paid leave
Region and industry group

United States _
__
_
__ _ _
Northeast _
_ _____
_ ______
South __ ____________________ ____ _
North Central ___
______ _____
W est
______
_

Total hours
paid for

Plant
m an-hours

10 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
1 00.0

9 4 .0
93. 7
9 5 .2
9 3 .4
9 4 .4

6 .0
6 .3
4 .8
6 .6
5 .6

3 .6
3 .6
3 .0
4 .0
3 .1

2 .2
2 .4
1 .5
2 .4
2. 1

0 .2
.2
.2
.2
.4

0. 1
( 3>
( 3)
( 3)

1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
10 0 .0
10 0 .0

9 2 .6
9 4 .2
9 4 .4
96. 1

7 .4
5 .8
5 .6
3 .9

3 .6
3 .4
3 .4
2 .8

2 .9
2. 1
2 .0
1.1

.8
.3
.2
( 3)

. 1
l 3)
( 3)
( 3)

1 0 0 .0
10 0 .0
1 00.0
10 0 .0

9 6 .2
97. 1
95. 5
9 3 .9

3 .8
2 .9
4 .5
6. 1

2 .1
1 .9
2 .6
3 .7

1 .7
1 .0
1 .8
2 .3

(3)

(3 )

(3 )

10 0 .0
10 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
10 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
10 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
10 0 .0

93. 3
9 2 .6
90. 0
9 2 .5
9 4 .9
94. 3
9 2 .2
9 3 .8
93. 5
9 3 .2
9 2 .8

6 .7
7 .4
1 0 .0
7 .5
5 .1
5 .7
7 .8
6 .2
6 .5
6 .8
7 .2

4 .0
4 .1
5 .1
4 .8
2 .9
3 .6
5 .2
3 .5
3 .9
3 .8
4 .2

2 .3
2 .6
2 .7
2 .6
2. 1
2 .0
2 .5
2 .6
2 .4
2 .6
2 .7

.3
.7
2 .0
. 1

1 0 0 .0

9 2 .6

7 .4

4 .0

2 .7

.5

. 1

10 0 .0

9 4 .9

5. 1

2 .8

2 .2

. 1

.1

Total

Vacations

Holidays

Sick leave

Other a

(3 )

Industry group 4

Ordnance and a c c e s s o r i e s ___________
Food and kindred p r o d u c ts __________
Tobacco manufactures ______
Textile m ill products ________________
Apparel and other finished
textile products _ ____ ___ _______
Lumber and wood products _________
Furniture and fixtures

Paper and allied products ___________
Printing, publishing, and
allied in d u s tr ie s __ _ __ __
__
C hem icals and allied products______
Products of petroleum and c o a l _____
Rubber products

Leather and leather products
Stone, clay, and glass products ____
P rim ary m etal industries
_ _ ___
Fabricated m etal p r o d u c ts __________
Machinery, except electrical

. _

E lectrica l machinery ________________
Transportation equipment
Instruments and related
products _ __ ___ ___
____ __
M iscellaneous manufacturing
industries

_________

<3 }

. 1

(3 >

.1
. 1
. 1
.2
.3
.3

o

(3 )
(3 )
(3 )

.1
.2
. 1
(?)
(

)

(
l3 )

.1
.1
l3 )

1 For definition of te rm s, see appendix A , Scope and Method of Survey.
a Includes other types of paid leave not shown sep arately, including m ilita ry , ju ry, w itn ess, voting, and personal lea v e.
3 L ess than 0 .0 5 percent.
4 A s defined in the November 1945 ed ition-of the Standard Industrial C lassification Manual prepared by the Bureau of
the Budget.
NOTE:

Because of rounding, sum s of individual item s may not equal totals.

T ABLE

2.

P L A N T MAN - H O U R S A N D H OURS O F

PAID LEAVE:

BY

L A B O R - M A N A G E M E N T

C O N T R A C T

C O V E R A G E

(Plant m an-hours and hours of paid leave as percentages of total hours paid for production and related w orkers in manufacturing 1
by labor-m anagem ent contract coverage, by region and selected industry group, 1958)
Hours of paid leave

Plant
m an- hours
Region and industry group

United States ___________________ __
N o rth ea st________________________
So u th ____ ________________________
North C entral _ ------------------------W est __________ ___________________

Union
e stablis h m ents

Vacations

Total

Sick leave

Holidays
Nonunion
estab ­
lis h ­
m ents

Other 2

Union
e stablis h ments

Nonunion
estab li shm ents

Union
estab­
lis h ­
ments

Nonunion
estab­
lish ­
ments

6
0
8
9
7

0 .2
.2
.4
.2
.4

0 .2
.3
. 1
. 1
.2

(3)
0. 1
. 1
(3)
(3)

( 3)
0. 1
( 3)

2. 9
2. 5
2. 0

1. 2
.6

.8
.4
(3)

.2
( 3)

. i
. i
(3)

(3)
( 3)

1
0
9
9

2. 0
1 .6
2. 3
2. 3

1 .2
•5
1 .3
2. 1

(3)
( 3)
( 3)
. 1

(3)
. 1
. 1
.2

(3)
(3)
(’ )
(3)

(3)
(3)
(3)
. 1

4. 5
4 .4
5. 3
5. 0
3 .3
3. 9
5. 5
3. 9
4. 3
4 .2
4 .4

3. 2
3. 5
2 .6
2. 7
3. 0
2. 7
“

2 .4
2. 6
2. 7
2. 6
2. 5
2 .2
2. 6
2 .7
2. 7
2 .7
2 .7

2. 1
2. 5
1. 7
2 .2
1. 8
2. 2
~

.3
.7
2. 1
. 1
. 1
. 1
. 1
. 1
. 1
.4
.3

.3
.7
(3)
. 1
.3
.2

(3)
. i
.2
. 1
(3)

( 3)
. 1
(3)
(3)
. 1
(3)

7 .2

3. 2

3. 8

2. 1

2. 6

.3

"
.7

4. 8

3. 0

2. 5

2. 3

2. 0

(3)

.2

Nonunion
e stablis h ments

Union
estab­
lish ­
ments

Nonunion
estab­
lis h ­
ments

Union
e stablis h ments

93. 1
93. 1
9 3 .4
9 2 .9
93. 8

9 5 .7
9 4 .9
9 6 .9
9 5 .2
9 5 .7

6 .9
6 .9
6 .6
7. 1
6 .2

4. 3
5. 1
3. 1
4. 8
4 .3

4. 1
4. 0
4. 0
4 .4
3. 4

2.
2.
2.
2.
2.

5
8
2
8
3

2. 5
2. 6
2 .2
2. 5
2. 3

1.
2.
.
1.
1.

9 2 .6
93. 0
9 4 .5

9 6 .5
9 6 .8

7 .4
7. 0
5. 5

3. 5
3 .2

3. 6
4. 0
3 .5

2. 1
2. 5

95. 8
9 5 .5
9 4 .3
9 3 .6

9 6 .7
9 8 .4
96. 8
9 4 .7

4 .2
4. 5
5 .7
6 .4

3. 3
1. 6
3 .2
5 .3

2.
2.
3.
4.

2.
1.
1.
2.

9 2 .7
9 2 .2
89. 7
9 2 .2
94. 1
93. 8
9 1 .9
9 3 .3
92. 9
9 2 .6
9 2 .5

9 4 .4
9 3 .3
9 5 .7
95. 0
94. 8
9 4 .8
-

7. 3
7. 8
10. 3
7. 8
5. 9
6 .2
8. 1
6 .7
7. 1
7 .4
7. 5

5. 6
6. 7
4. 3
5. 0
5 .2
5 .2
”

9 4 .2

9 2 .8

5. 8

94. 6

9 5 .2

5 .4

Nonunion
estab­
lis h ­
ments

Union
estab­
lis h ­
m ents

( 3)

Industry group 4
Ordnance and a c c e s s o r i e s ________
Food and kindred products
______
Textile m ill products ______________
Apparel and other finished
textile p r o d u c ts ___________________
Lum ber and wood products ______
Furniture and fixtures _____________
Paper and allied products ________
Printing, publishing, and
allied industries __________________
C hem icals and allied products ___
Products of petroleum and coal —
Rubber products ,____________________
Leather and leather p r o d u c ts _____
Stone, clay, and glass products —
P rim ary m etal industries _ ______
Fabricated m etal products ------------M achinery, except electrica l ____
E lec trica l m achinery ______________
Transportation equipm ent-------------Instrum ents and related
products ___________________________
M iscellaneou s manufacturing
industries
________________________




1
2
3
4

-

For definition of te rm s, see appendix A , Scope and Method of Survey.
Includes other types of paid leave not shown separately, including m ilitary,
L e ss than 0. 05 percent.
Includes each of the 21 m ajor industry groups, except tobacco m anufactures.

NOTE:

Because of rounding, sums of individual item s may not equal totals.

1
8
3
0

jury, w itness, voting, and personal leave.

D ashes indicate data that do not m eet publication criteria.

III

(3)
(3)
(3)
. 1
(3)

. 1
(3)

-

. 1
*

1




T A BLE

3.

P L A N T M A N - H O U R S

A N D

HOURS O F

PAID LEAVE:

BY

ESTABLISHMENT

SIZE

(Plant m an-hours and hours of paid leave as percentages of total hours paid for production and related w orkers in manufacturing 1 by establishm ent size ,
by region and selected industry group, 1958)
Hours of paid leave
Plant m an-hours
Total 2
Region and industry group

United States _______________________
N o r th e a s t_________________________
South __ ________________________
North C entral
_ _ '
W e s t -----------------------------------------------

Vacations

Holidays

L ess
than
100
w orkers

100499
worker s

9 5 .7
9 5 .4
9 7 .1
9 5 .4
9 5 .5

9 4 .6
9 4 .3
9 5 .9
94 .1
9 4 .9

9 2 .8
9 2 .2
9 4 .0
9 2 .4
93. 1

4 .3
4 .6
2 .9
4 .6
4 .5

5 .4
5 .7
4. 1
5 .9
5. 1

7 .2
7 .8
6 .0
7 .4
6 .9

2 .4
2 .4
1 .7
2 .7
2 .5

3 .2
3. 3
2 .7
3 .6
2 .9

4 .4
4 .6
3 .9
4 .7
3 .8

1 .8
2 .1
1 .1
1 .8
1 .9

2 .0
2 .3
1 .3
2 .3
2 .0

2 .5
2 .8
1 .7
2 .6
2 .5

9 5 .8

9 4 .5
9 6 .1

9 2 .4
9 6 .0

4 .2
-

5 .5
3 .9

6 .4
4 .0

2 .4
-

3 .2
2 .8

4 .5
3. 1

1 .6
-

2 .0
1 .2

2 .6
.9

3 .0
2 .0
4 .3
5 .1

4 .1
3 .2
4. 1
5 .8

6 .6

1 .5
1 .3
2 .3
2 .7

2 .5
2 .2
2 .5
3 .5

4 .2

1 .6
.7
1 .9
2 .3

1 .6
1 .1
1 .6
2 .2

2 .2

6 .0
5 .7
4 .3
4 .2

7 .4
8 .5
6 .7
8 .2
7 .0
7. 5
7 .4
7 .6

3. 5
3 .2
2 .2
2 .6

5 .4
4 .2
-

6 .8
6 .6
5 .0
5 .6
7. 1
6 .0
6 .3
5 .6
-

4 .3
3 .6
3 .0
3 .5
4 .6
3 .4
3 .9
3. 1
-

4. 7
4 .8
4 .4
5 .6
4. 3
4. 6
4 .2
4 .5

2 .3
2 .2
2 .1
1 .5
2 .5
1 .7
-

2 .3
2 .4
2 .0
2 .1
2 .4
2 .5
2 .4
2 .4
-

2 .2
2 .8
2 .3
2 .5
2 .6
2 .7
2 .7
2 .8

5 .7

6 .1

8 .3

2 .9

3 .4

4 .6

2 .4

2 .5

2 .9

4 .4

5 .2

2 .3

2 .9

2 .0

2 .3

500
w orkers
or
m ore

L e ss
than
100
w orkers

100499
w orkers t

500
w orkers
or
m ore

L e ss
than
100
w orkers

100499
w orkers

500
worker s
or
m ore

L e ss
than
100
w orkers

100499
w orkers

500
w orkers
or
m ore

Industry group 3

Food and kindred products
__ ___
Textile m ill products _______________
Apparel and other finished
textile products __ __ ___
Lumber and wood products _______
Furniture and fixtures
___________
Paper and allied products ___ ____
Printing, publishing, and
allied industries __________________
C hem icals and allied p r o d u c t s ____
Leather and leather p r o d u c ts ______
Stone, clay, and gla ss pro du cts___
P rim ary m etal industries _ _
Fabricated m etal p r o d u c t s ________
M achinery, except electrical _____
E lec trica l m achinery _______________
Transportation e q u ip m e n t____ __ __
Instruments and related
products _____________ __ ___ ___ __ __
M iscellaneous manufacturing
industries

-

-

9 7 .0
9 8 .0
9 5 .7
9 4 .9

9 5 .9
9 6 ,8
9 5 .9
9 4 .2

9 3 .4

9 4 .0
9 4 .3
9 5 .7
9 5 .8

9 3 .2
9 3 .4
9 5 .0
9 4 .4
9 2 .9
9 4 .0
9 3 .7
9 4 .4
-

9 2 .6
9 1 .5
9 3 .3
9 1 .8
9 3 .0
9 2 .5
9 2 .6
9 2 .4

9 4 .3

9 3 .9

9 1 .7

9 5 .6

9 4 .8

-

9 4 .6
9 5 .8
-

-

-

1 For definition of te rm s , see appendix A , Scope and Method of Survey.
2 Includes data for paid sick leave hours and other types of paid le a v e , including m ilita ry ,
3 Lim ited to those m ajor industry groups for which publication of data are w arranted.
NOTE:

D ashes indicate data that do not m eet publication crite ria .

-

2 .8
2 .3
-

ju ry,

w itn ess,

voting,

-

and personal leave,

-

not shown separately.

T A B L E

4.

DISTRIBUTION O F

PRODUCTION W O R K E R S

BY

ESTABLISHMENT RATIOS TO

T O T A L

PAID HOURS:

T O T A L

HO U R S O F

PAID L E A V E

(Percent distribution of manufacturing production and related w orkers by ratio of total hours of paid leave
to total hours paid for in employing establishm ents, by region and industry group, 1958)
Percent of w orkers in establishm ents with—

Region and industry group

_______ ______
_
United States
Northeast __________________ __ __
South _ ________
North C e n t r a l ______________ ...___

A ll
w ork­
ers

Ratio of total hours of paid leave to total hours paid for of—
No
paid
leave

Paid
leave

Less
than
1
percent

2 and
under
3
percent

3 and
under
4
percent

4 and
under
5
percent

5 and
under
6
percent

6 and
under
7
percent

7 and
under
8
percent

8 and
under
9
percent

9 and
under
10
percent

10 and
under
11
percent

11 and
under
12
percent

12
percent
or
m ore

5 .5
4 .4
1 0 .6
3 .2
6 .4

7 .6
7 .4
1 2 .2
5. 1
6 .9

1 0.1
9 .2
1 0 .3
9 .7
1 4 .2

1 4 .3
1 4 .3
1 1 .0
16.2
15 .0

1 5 .3
1 5 .0
1 1 .7
1 7 .9
1 5 .5

1 5 .6
1 4 .7
7 .9
2 2 .0
1 4 .6

1 0 .8
1 2 .0
6 .6
1 1 .9
1 1 .6

5 .2
7 .6
3 .8
4 .7
1 .4

3 .5
4 .5
1 .7
4 .1
1 .9

1 .5
1 .7
1 .2
1 .6
.9

1 .1
1 .6
1 .2
.5
.7

_
5 .6
15 .0
12 .7

1 .4
7 .6
5 .4
1 3 .9

7 .9
4 .7
5 .8
2 3 .0

.8
12. 1
1 5 .6
1 4 .3

1 4 .7
1 3 .8
7 .0
1 2 .4

1 5 .2
1 0 .6
2 2 .4
9 .3

2 1 .2
1 1 .9
7 .7
5 .0

2 0 .8
1 2 .8
8 .6
3 .4

4 .1
3 .1
7 .1
“

6 .3
5 .0
-

7 .6
1 .6
.6
-

2 .1
.7
-

9 .2
11.5
2 .8
.2

9 .4
9 .9
7 .9
2 .0

11 .9
1 1 .7
1 1 .7
1 .2

15 .7
10. 1
1 2 .3
3 .4

1 4 .6
1 0 .6
1 7 .4
10.1

9 .3
13. 1
1 2 .5
2 6 .1

9 .7
7. 1
1 5 .8
3 1 .0

8 .3
.6
8 .5
1 8 .0

2 .3
1 .6
3 .0
5 .5

.8
.4
1 .1
.7

.1
1 .5
.6

.5

.1
.2

.3
.2
1.0
.5
3 .4
.3
.4
.2

1 .0
1 .9
3 .0
.8
.9
1 .0
2 .7
.8
.6

2 .6
2 .5
2 .4
1 .2
1 1 .2
2 .9
1 .2
1 .7
3 .5
1 .5
2 .4

5 .7
2 .8
.1
1 .4
1 1.8
6 .7
1 .4
8 .2
5 .4
5 .2
3 .6

1 0 .0
5 .5
.9
4 .1
2 1 .4
1 8 .2
3 .8
1 1 .2
8 .1
5 .6
3 .9

1 8.2
7 .8
3 .9
1 0 .3
1 3 .9
2 2 .5
7 .0
1 8.9
1 4.1
1 8 .4
1 4 .0

1 9 .0
1 5 .6
7 .7
18 .8
15 .8
1 9 .0
1 4 .7
2 7 .7
2 0 .0
1 7 .0
1 0 .6

1 8 .3
1 7 .4
4 .7
2 7 .9
1 3 .5
1 1 .6
2 4 .6
1 5 .6
1 9 .2
2 2 .0
2 9 .3

9 .0
1 9 .9
6 .8
1 8 .6
4 .9
6 .6
1 7 .6
8 .8
1 4 .2
1 2 .4
2 3 .0

5 .1
1 1 .7
8 .1
1 1 .8
1 .9
2 .4
1 5 .9
3 .8
5 .5
13 .9
5 .1

6 .8
9 .2
1 6 .3
1 .3
2 .6
1 0 .8
2 .2
1 .7
2 .3
3 .4

3 .2
2 .9
1 9 .0
4 .5
.8
.9
.5
2 .5
.3
2 .6

.8
1 .7
2 7 .3
.2
.8
1 .1
1 .4
.3
.6

.8

1 .4

2 .9

7 .9

1 4 .4

1 8 .1

1 8 .7

9.9

8 .4

1 4 .5

1 .2

1 .5

4 .9

8 .6

9 .1

1 8 .3

2 6 .6

1 2 .5

8 .1

5 .8

1 .2

.7

.6

.5

3. 1
2 .5
7 .9
.9
2 .5

9 6 .9
9 7 .5
9 2 .1
9 9 .1
9 7 .5

2 .4
2 .4
4 .7
.7
2 .9

'1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0

_
3 .8
3 .8

10 0 .0
9 6 .2
100.0
9 6 .2

.
5.2
4.1
2 .3

1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0

8 .5
2 3 .3
5 .2
.5

9 1 .5
7 6 .7
9 4 .8
9 9 .5

1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0

.1
.9
2 .0
1.8
1.8
.3
1 .5
-

.9

9 9 .9
9 9 .1
9 8 .0
1 00.0
9 8 .2
9 8 .2
100.0
9 9 .7
9 8 .5
100.0
9 9 .1

1 0 0 .0

.2

9 9 .8

.1

1 0 0 .0

2 .1

9 7 .9

1.0

1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0

1 and
under
2
percent

4 .0
2 .7
9. 1
1 .6
5 .4

Industry group
Ordnance and a c c e s s o r ie s _______
Food and kindred p ro d u cts________
Tobacco m a n u f a c t u r e s ___ __
Textile m ill products ___________
Apparel and other finished
textile p r o d u c t s __
____________
Lumber and wood p r o d u c t s ______
Furniture and f i x t u r e s ____________
Paper and a llied p r o d u c t s __ ______
Printing, publishing, and
allie d industries _ . . ___ __ __
C hem icals and allie d p ro d u cts____
Products of petroleum and c o a l __
Rubber products ___ _____ ________
Leather and leather products . . . . .
Stone, cla y , and g la ss pro d u cts__
P rim ary m etal i n d u s t r ie s __ ______
Fabricated m etal products __ _____
M achinery, except electrica l „___
E lec trica l m achinery ___________
Transportation equipment
_. __
Instrum ents and related
products
______________
__
M iscellaneou s manufacturing
industries __ _. __________




(*>

L e s s than 0 .0 5 percent.
NOTE:

Because of rounding, sum s of individual item s may not equal totals.

TABLE

5.

DISTRIBUTION O F

P RODUCTION

WOR K E R S

BY

ESTABLISHMENT

RATIOS T O

T O T A L

PAID HOURS:

PAID V A C A T I O N

H OURS

(Percent distribution of manufacturing production and related w orkers by ratio of total hours of paid vacations
to total hours paid for in employing establishm en ts, by region and industry group, 1958)
P ercent of w orkers in establishm en ts with—
Region and industry group

United S t a t e s ___
N o rth e a s t______
„ __ ____
S o u th .... ....................................................
North C entral ____________________
W e s t _______________________________

A ll
w orkers

0
0

No
paid
vacations

1

Ratio of total hours of paid vacations
to total hours paid for of—
4 and
5 and
3 and
under
under
under
under
4
6
5
3
percent
percent
percent
percent

Paid
vacations

L ess
than
1
percent

and
under
2
percent

95. 0
93. 7
9 0 .4
9 8 .8
9 6 .4

3 .4
2 .9
5 .5
2. 1
5. 2

1 1 .4
1 1 .9
1 5 .9
7 .4
1 2 .8

1 5 .6
15. 1
1 6 .3
1 3 .9
2 1 .3

24. 0
2 0 .8
2 4 .3
24. 6
3 3 .3

22. 0
2 1 .7
1 6 .2
27. 9
1 5 .4

6 and
under
7
percent

7
percent
or
m ore

1 1 .2
12 .7
7. 5
13. 5
5. 9

4. 7
5. 6
3. 0
5 .6
1. 7

2 .7
3. 0
1. 6
3. 8
.7

100.
100.
100.
100.
100.

0
0

5. 0
6 .3
9 .6
1 .2
3 .6

100.
100.
100.
100.

0
0
0
0

5 .2
5 .6
4 .9

100. 0
9 4 .8
9 4 .4
95. 1

5 .4
6 .8
7. 1
2. 0

4. 0
1 1 .8
17. 0
2 2 .4

2 4 .3
18. 1
15. 1
20. 1

3 1 .7
24. 1
14. 8
30. 5

21. 5
1 9 .3
27. 0
1 7 .2

9 .8
8. 0
1 1 .9
2 .6

3 .4
3. 5
.2

3. 0
1 .4
.3

100.
100.
100.
100.

0
0
0
0

21. 5
2 6 .4
7 .5
.6

7 8 .5
7 3 .6
9 2 .5
9 9 .4

9. 1
1 0.7
6. 3
1 .6

2 1 .9
17. 0
2 0 .6
5 .8

16. 7
2 1 .6
26. 5
1 9 .8

18. 0
20. 6
2 4 .6
29. 9

9 .6
2 .2
8 .4
31. 1

2 .3
1 .4
3. 6
9 .6

1. 0
.9
1. 1

1 .5
.4

100.
100.
100.
100.
100.

0
0
0
0
0

.
.
2.
.
2.

5
9
0
5
5

9 9 .5
99. 1
98. 0
9 9 .5
97. 5

1 .3
.5
1. 0
.5
1. 5

9 .0
5 .2
2 .5
2 .3
2 3 .3

11. 0
11. 2
1 .9
5 .6
2 5 .5

2 3 .2
26. 5
9 .3
2 0 .4
2 3 .6

2 9 .2
2 8 .7
1 1 .3
2 5 .2
1 8 .4

16. 5
2 2 .4
■49. 5
2 3 .4
4 .5

6.
3.
21.
17.
.

1
5
9
9
3

3. 1
1. 2
.7
4 .2
.6

100.
100.
100.
100.
100.
100.

0
0
0
0
0
0

1. 8
.9
2 .2
. 1
1 .4

9 8 .2
100. 0
99. 1
9 7 .8
9 9 .9
9 8 .6

4. 8
.8
1. 6
1. 7
.7
2 .2

6 .9
2. 5
11. 6
9 .0
8 .7
5 .4

1 3.3
4. 7
2 1 .2
1 1 .2
1 6 .3
8 .9

3 4 .7
1 1 .2
3 2 .4
26. 0
23. 1
2 5 .7

23. 5
24. 0
20. 5
26. 0
34. 7
3 2 .2

10. 9
22. 9
7. 1
16. 8
9 .6
1 3 .7

2.
19.
4.
5.
5.
4.

0
1
0
0
7
6.

2 .2
14. 7
.7
2. 1
1. 1
5 .9

100. 0

1. 1

9 8 .9

.3

5 .6

1 5.3

2 5 .3

3 0 .4

19. 0

1. 7

1. 0

100. 0

5 .6

9 4 .4

4 .4

1 6 .2

33. 1

2 1 .2

1 4 .2

3 .7

1.3

.3

0

Industry group
Ordnance and a c c e s s o r i e s _________
Food and kindred products _ ______
Tobacco m a n u fa ctu res______________
Textile m ill p ro d u cts_______________
Apparel and other finished
textile products _ ________ ______
Lum ber and wood p r o d u c ts ________
Furniture and f i x t u r e s _____ __
Paper and allied products _ __
Printing, publishing, and
allied in d u s t r ie s ___________________
C h em icals and allied products *___
Products of petroleum and c o a l ___
Rubber products _ ____ ____ __
Leather and leather p r o d u c ts ______
Stone, clay, and g lass
p r o d u c t s _______ __
P rim ary m etal industries _________
Fabricated m etal products ________
M achinery, except electrica l ____
E le c trica l m achinery ______________
Transportation equipment _ _____
Instrum ents and related
products ________ __ _____ ______
M iscellaneou s manufacturing
industries __________________________




N OTE:

_

B ecause of rounding, sums of individual item s m ay not equal totals.

_




T A B L E

6.

DISTRIBUTION O F

PRODUCTION

W O R K E R S

BY

ESTABLISHMENT RATIOS T O

T O T A L

PAID HOURS:

Os

PAID H O L I D A Y H O U R S

(Percent distribution of manufacturing production and related w orkers by ratio of total hours of paid holidays
to total hours paid tor in employing establishm en ts, by region and industry group, 1958)
Percent of w orkers in establishm ents with—
Region and industry group

United States _ __ _____ ____ ___
___ ______
____
Northeast _
South __________________ ___ ____
North Central ___ ____ _ ___

A ll
w orkers

No
paid
holidays

Paid
holidays

L e s s than
1 percent

8 8 .8
9 4 .0
6 9 .6
9 5 .3
8 9 .3

6 .2
4 .5
1 2 .5
3 .6
7 .4

1 0 .3
1 8 .2
4 2 .4

1 0 0 .0
8 9 .7
8 1 .8
5 7 .6

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

2 2 .1
4 8 .9
1 7.8
1 .6

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

.7
5 .0
2 .0

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

1 1 .2
6 .0
3 0 .4
4 .7
1 0 .7

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

Ratio of total hours of paid holidays
to total hours paid for of—
1 and
2 and
3 and
4 percent
under 2
under 3
under 4
or m ore
percent
percent
percent

1 2 .5
1 2 .3
1 2 .7
1 1 .8
15. 1

5 3 .8
5 0 .2
3 7 .9
6 8 .7
5 0 .4

1 4 .6
23. 3
6 .2
10.‘8
1 4 .8

1 .7
3 .7
.3
.4
1 .6

1 3 .0
7 .9
1 7 .3

1 .0
1 7 .1
1 1 .3
10 .1

7 2 .4
3 6 .5
6 1 .8
2 5 .5

2 5 .1
1 7 .9
.6
4 .3

1 .5
5 .2
(* >
.4

7 7 .9
5 1 .1
8 2 .2
9 8 .4

1 1 .0
1 1 .3
8 .3
2 .7

2 0 .2
13. 1
18 .2
1 7 .7

3 7 .0
2 4 .2
4 3 .0
6 7 .4

8 .8
2 .4
12. 1
1 0 .2

1 .0
.1
.7
.4

1 0 .3
3 .0
2 .5
4 .4
5 .7
1 .6
2 .3
2 .2
3 .0
.5

2 1 .8
8 .7
1 3 .0
7 .6
1 6 .2
2 0 .7
1 4 .9
6 .4
8 .9
6 .9
4 .1

4 5 .5
5 5 .4
5 2 .5
8 3 .0
5 7 .7
5 7 .0
6 8 .7
6 7 .1
68. 1
6 2 .8
7 0 .7

1 6 .3
2 5 .8
2 8 .0
9 .4
1 0 .3
6 .1
12. 1
1 8 .2
1 2 .6
2 4 .7
2 3 .4

5 .3
2 .1
2 .0

1 1 .4
9 .3
1 .9
2 .3
6 .8
1 .4
1 .3

9 9 .3
9 5 .0
9 8 .0
1 0 0 .0
8 8 .6
9 0 .7
9 8 .1
9 7 .7
9 3 .2
9 8 .6
9 8 .7

100.0

.6

9 9 .4

1 .0

8 .6

5 5 .6

3 1 .2

3 .0

100.0

8 .2

9 1 .8

6. 1

1 1 .7

5 9 .5

1 1 .8

2 .7

Industry group

Ordnance and a c c e s s o r i e s ________
Food and kindred p r o d u c ts _______
Tobacco manufactures
__ __
Textile m ill products _____________
Apparel and other finished
textile products ___ _
__ __
Lumber and wood p ro d u c ts_______
Furniture and fixtures ____________
Paper and allied p r o d u c ts ________
Printing, publishing, and
allied in d u s t r ie s __________________
C hem icals and allied p r o d u c ts ___
Products of petroleum and c o a l __
Rubber products
__ _____ _
Leather and leather p ro d u c ts_____
Stone, clay, and glass products__
P rim ary m etal in d u s t r ie s ________
Fabricated m etal products _______
M achinery, except e le c t r i c a l_____
E lectrica l m achinery _____________
Transportation eq u ip m e n t________
Instruments and related
M iscellaneous manufacturing
i n d u s t r ie s __
__ _ „

1

_

-

_

-

L e ss than 0 .0 5 percent.

N O TE:

Because of rounding, sums of individual item s may not equal totals.

-

1 .2
.8
3 .7
1 .4
1 .1
-




TABLE

7.

DISTRIBUTION OF

PRODUCTION

W O R K E R S

BY

ESTABLISHMENT RATIOS TO

T O T A L

PAID HOURS:

PAID SICK L E A V E

H O URS

(Percent distribution of manufacturing production and related w orkers by ratio of total hours of paid sick leave
to total hours paid for in employing estab lish m en ts, by region and industry group, 1958)
Percent of w orkers in establishm ents with—
Region and industry group

United States __ _ ________ __ __
Northeast __ ______ _____ _
South ______
_ _ _
_______
North C e n t r a l ___________________
W e s t ____ - _ _ _____________

A ll
w orkers

Ratio of total hours of paid sick leave
to total hours paid for of—
1 and
2 and
3 and
L e ss than
4 percent
under 2
under 3 )
under 4 ;
1 percent
or m ore
percent
percent
percent

No paid
sick leave

ra iu
sick leave

1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
10 0 .0
10 0 .0
1 0 0 .0

8 0 .5
8 1 .9
7 9 .8
8 3 .0
6 8 .0

1 9 .5
1 8.1
2 0 .2
1 7 .0
3 2 .0

1 0 .5
9 .3
11 .2
1 0 .0
1 5 .5

5 .8
5 .6
5 .4
4 .1
13 .0

2 .4
1 .9
2 .5
2 .5
3 .5

( M

1 0 0 .0
10 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0

4 8 .6
6 5 .9
6 9 .3
9 6 .6

5 1 .4
34. 1
3 0 .7
3 .4

2 1 .7
2 0 .0
2 9 .3
3 .0

1 7.2
8 .8
1 .4
.4

6 .5
4 .3

5 .9
.9

-

-

-

1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0

9 3 .7
9 1 .1
9 2 .1
8 2 .1

6. 3
8 .9
7 .9
1 7 .9

5 .6
7 .8
6 .4
1 4 .2

.8
.7
1 .5
2 .9

-

-

-

.4
. 1
.2

-

-

-

-

1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0

5 9 .8
4 2 .1
16. 1
9 1 .1
9 4 .6
9 1 .1
9 2 .6
8 7 .0
8 8 .2
7 7 .2
7 5 .4

4 0 .2
5 7 .9
8 3 .9
8 .9
5 .4
8 .9
7 .4
1 3 .0
1 1 .8
2 2 .8
2 4 .6

2 8 .2
2 7 .5
14 .9
4 .7
3 .6
5 .9
5 .4
8 .1
4 .3
8 .8
8 .7

1 0 .2
2 2 .8
1 4 .6
2 .5
1 .2
1 .5
.3
2 .6
4. 3
5 .3
1 4 .6

1 .3
7 .0
3 0 .8
.6
1 .3
1 .1
2 .2
1 .9
8 .5
.9

.5
.4
’2 .5
1 .6
.5
1 .4
.2
.5

1 0 0 .0

5 7 .5

4 2 .5

1 6 .2

2 3 .1

2 .7

.6

1 0 0 .0

8 1 .8

1 8 .2

1 6 .2

1 .4

.2

.3

0 .8
1 .1
1. 1
.3

( M

0. 1
<*)

Industry group

Ordnance and acc esso ries ____ __
Food and kindred products
Tobacco m an u factu res_____________
Textile m ill products __
__ ___
Apparel and other finished
textile products
Lumber arid wood p ro d u c ts__ „
Furniture and fixtures
Paper and allied p r o d u c ts ________
Printing, publishing, arid
allied industries __ __
_
C hem icals and allied products____
Products of petroleum and c o a l __
Rubber products
__ _____ _ __
Leather and leather products
Stone, clay, and glass products__
P rim ary m etal i n d u s t r ie s ___ _____
Fabricated m etal products
_____
M achinery, except electrical
E lectrica l machinery _____
Transportation e q u ip m en t________
Instruments and related
products _ ____ __ ______ __ __
M iscellaneous manufacturing
industries
_
__

1 L e ss than 0 .0 5 percent.
NOTE:

Because of rounding, sum s of individual item s m ay not equal totals.

.5

"
-

.3
1 .1
.2
.2
-

“
“




T A B L E

8.

PAID

VACATION

PRACTICES

00

(Percent distribution of production w orkers in manufacturing establishm ents receiving specified amounts of vacation p a y 1 by region and industry group, 1958)

Percent of production w orkers receiving vacation pay of—
Region and industry group

United S ta te s------------— —----------------N o r th e a s t--------------------------------------S o u th ----------------------------------------------North C e n tr a l------- — — ---------------W e s t ..........................................

A ll
w orkers
Total

L e ss
than
1 week

1 w eek

Over 1
and under
2 weeks

2 weeks

Over 2
and under
3 weeks

3 weeks

Over 3
and under
4 weeks

4 weeks

Over
4 weeks

1 0 0 .0
100. 0
1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0

86 .1
86. 1
8 0 .2
9 1 .1
8 1 .5

1 .3
1. 7
1. 1
.9
1; 9

2 2 .0
2 2 .2
2 6 .8
1 9 .2
20. 1

2. 5
2. 0
2 .1
3 .4
1. 7

3 7 .4
3 6 .2
3 5 .5
3 8 .7
4 2 .2

4 .0
3 .4
2 .1
5 .5
4. 8

1 6 .2
1 7 .4
1 0 .8
2 0 .0
1 0 .0

1 .0
1 .2
.7
1 .2
(a )

1 .6
1 .8
1 .1
2 .0
.7

0 .1
.1
.1
(a )

1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0

9 2 .5
7 9 .3
78. 5
88. 5

2 .2
.3
1 .6
1 .8

1 0 .4
1 8 .9
18. 8
3 9 .8

5. 1
.4
.2
2. 1

5 7 .4
3 7 .2
3 7 .0
3 8 .8

4. 6
1 .0
(a )
1 .6

1 2 .3
1 6 .0
2 1 .0
4 .3

<?
-

.6
5 .4
(*)
.2

(*)
-

1 0 0 .0
100. 0
1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0

6 5 .0
56. 7
8 1 .2
9 1 .3

1 .7
1 .5
1 .4
1 .5

3 1 .6
2 4 .0
35. 5
2 0 .2

1 .3
1 .1
2 .3
1 .0

2 9 .4
27. 7
3 4 .4
4 3 .6

.2
.5
1 .7
.5

.7
1 .6
5 .2
1 9 .6

.2
. 7
.1

(*)
.1
(*)
4. 8

(a )
-

1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
100. 0
1 0 0 .0
100. 0
1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
100. 0
1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0

9 2 .5
93. 7
94. 1
9 5 .1
8 7..2
9 0 .2
9 7 .8
8 8 .4
9 0 .9
9 2 .2
9 1 .6

1 .6
.5
.1
(a )
2 .8
1 .2
.4
1 .3
. 7
2. 7
1 .7

1 3 .4
1 1 .3
4 .4
1 4 .3
4 2 .7
2 1 .0
1 5 .0
22. 6
20. 7
19. 7
14. 7

. 7
2. 5
.2
1 .2
.8
3. 7
5 .9
3. 6
2 .4
3 .2
4. 1

38. 1
4 5 .5
3 1 .1
3 4 .9
3 2 .6
4 5 .4
2 8 .5
4 2 .6
3 8 .7
4 2 .9
3 9 .9

.5
2 .9
2 .0
4 .3
. 7
3 .3
12. 6
3 .2
4 .8
3 .0
12. 5

3 6 .9
2 5 .8
38. 7
3 3 .6
6 .6
1 4.1
2 6 .3
1 3 .5
2 1 .7
1 9 .7
1 7 .4

. 1
.3
.3
.1
.1
(*)
8. 7
.9
.3
(a )
1. 1

1 .2
3 .9
1 7 .3
6. 7
.8
1 .3
.4
.7
1 .2
1 .0
.3

(?)
(a)

1 0 0 .0

9 3 .5

1 .6

15. 7

3 .9

3 9 .2

9 .5

2 1 .6

.1

1 .9

-

1 0 0 .0

8 1 .1

1 .9

2 8 .2

1 .8

3 9 .4

1 .1

8 .2

(a )

.4

industry group

Ordnance and a c c e s s o r i e s --------------Food and kindred p ro d u c ts--------------Tobacco m anufactures----------------------Textile m ill p ro d u c ts-----------------------Apparel and other finished
textile p r o d u c ts ------------------------------Lum ber and wood p r o d u c ts ------------Furniture and fix tu re s---------- ------ -—
Paper and allied p ro d u c ts---------------Printing, publishing, and
allied indu stries------------------------------C hem icals and allied p ro d u c ts-------Products of petroleum and c o a l ----Rubber p r o d u c ts -------------------------------Leather and leather products---------Stone, clay,an d glass products-------P r im a ry m etal in d u strie s---------------Fabricated m etal p ro d u cts--------------M achinery, except e l e c t r i c a l --------E lec trica l m a ch in e ry -----------------------Transportation equipm ent---------------Instruments and related
p ro d u c ts--------------------------------------------M iscellaneou s manufacturing
in d u strie s------------- ----------------------------

1 Lim ited to payments received by the employee directly from the em ployer.
time b asis w ere converted to equivalent weeks or fractions of weeks.
* L ess than 0 .0 5 percent.
N O TE:

Because of rounding,

sums of individual items may not equal totals.

_

Em ployer contributions to union-adm inistered funds w ere excluded.

_

-

.9
.4

Paym ents not on a




T A B L E

9.

PAID

HOLIDAY

PROVISIONS

(Percent distribution of production workers in manufacturing establishm ents with provisions for paid holidays

by region and industry group, 1958)

P ercent of production w orkers in establishm ents providing paid holidays 1
Region and industry group

United States ______________________________
Northeast
_____________________________
S o u th __ _____ ______________ __________
North C entral _________________________
W est ...................... ......................................

A ll
workers

Total2

88.8

L e ss
than
2
2
days
days

2Vz
days

3
days

3Vz
days

4
days

472
days

5
days

0. 1
. 2
. 1

1 .5
1. 3
2 .9
.9
.7

0. 1
( 3)
.3
. 6

2. 1
1 .5
3. 7
1 .5
2 .5

0. 4
.8
.3
.2

4. 2
5. 5
5. 3
2. 4
3 .4

.
.2

_
5 .4
3. 8
2 .5

.2
.4
-

1.
3.
3.
2.

100.
100.
100.
100.
100.

0
0
0
0
0

9 4 .0
6 9 .6
9 5 .3
8 9 .3

1 .4
.3
4. 8
.4
.3

100.
100.
100.
100.

0
0
0
0

100.0
8 9 .7
81. 8
57. 6

.

.

1 .3
3. 5
8. 6

.9
8. 0

2. 8
“

3. 0
1. 2

100. 0
100. 0
100. 0
1 0 0 .0

7 7.9
51. 1
82. 2
9 8 .4

1 .9
2. 7
1. 0
.2

2. 3
3. 1
2. 5
-

.3
. 2
-

4 .9
3. 1
1. 7
.6

1. 6
1. 0
4 .4
.7
.8

87z
days

9
days

97 z
days

10
days

35. 2
30. 1
2 1 .5
51. 1
2 9 .5

1 .5 11. 6
3. 2 16. 3
6 .5
.2
7. 7
.6
1. 1 1 9 .6

0. 6
1 .4
. 1
.2
.5

2 .2
4 .9
.5
.6
1 .4

0 .2
. 6

1. 7
4 .4
.2
.4

0. 1
.3
.4

0. 8
1. 8
(3)
. 1
.2

3. 6 52. 8
. 5 1 5 .5
27. 1
1 .4 11. 7

3. 2 17. 2
1 .5 2 2 .5
2. 6

.5
.4
-

5 .9
.3
. 1

9 .3
4. 1
-

~

. 7
4. 0
.5

1 .5
.4
■

3. 3
3. 1
~

7. 8
9 .9
.8
3 .9
4 . 4 18. 0
2. 7 29. 6

2 .4
2 .5
.9

.2

. 6
.2
1 .5
1. 6

. 1
. 7

.8
.4
3. 6
2. 5

( 3)
"

.2
. 6

3 .4
1 .4
-

3. 0
1. 6
1. 7
.6
1. 8
.2
.3
.8
3. 8
2. 0
.2

6.
31.
66.
2.
5.
6.
6.
15.
10.
18.
15.

5
6
9
1
2
0
0
2
5
2
7

2 .4
.5
-

1 .9
7 .9
. 8

-

-

7.
4.
3.
3.

2
0
0
2

.7
.2
1. 3
-

1. 0
.3
5. 0
-

.3
.4
1. 0
3. 6
1 .9
5. 0
.3

. 1
1 .2
1. 2
.5
.2
“

. 6
.3
1. 0
1. 1
.2
“

.3
“

2 .9
.9
2. 1
. 2
. 6
1. 0
.2
”

. 7

8 .4

1. 0

6 .4

. 6

.3

.5

6 .4

6
days

6 7z
days

7
days

0.
.
.
.
.

20. 5
17. 6
1 7 .4
2 4 .4
24. 1

2. 7
3. 0
.6
3 .4
3. 5

3
6
2
2
1

11
107z days
days
or
m ore

8
days

572
days

77z
days

(* )
(3)

Industry group

Ordnance and a c c e sso rie s __
Food and kindred p r o d u c ts ____ ______ _
Tobacco m anufactures _____________
Textile m ill p r o d u c ts ____________________ „
Apparel and other finished
textile products ____________ ________
Lum ber and wood p r o d u c ts ______________
Furniture and fixtures __________ „ ___
Paper and allied products _______________
Printing, publishing, and
allied industries _______________________
Chem icals and allied p r o d u c ts --------------Products of petroleum and coal ________
Rubber products __________________________
Leather and leather products ___________
Stone, clay, and glass p r o d u c ts ________
P rim ary m etal in d u s trie s _______________
Fabricated m etal p r o d u c ts ______________
M achinery, except electrical _____ ____
E lec trica l m a c h in e ry _____________________
Transportation equipment _____ _ __ _
Instrum ents and related
products
M iscellaneous manufacturing
in d u s tr ie s __________ ______________________

100. 0
100. 0
100. 0
100. 0
100. 0
100. 0
100. 0
100. 0
100. 0
1 0 0 .0 '
100. 0

9 9 .3
95. 0
98. 0
100. 0
88. 6
9 0 .7
98. 1
9 7 .7
9 3 .2
9 8 .6
98. 7

(3)

100. 0

9 9 .4

-

.3

100. 0

91. 8

.7

.5

1. 8
-

.4
.2
.4
.4
-

1 .4
2. 7

2. 8
.6

-

.3
-

-

-

-

.2
1 .5
1. 7
. 1
. 1
.5
. 6
.3

-

-

1. 7
2. 7
.5
.2
.3
1. 2
-

.5
-

-

2 .4

2. 1
-

(3)

-

.
.6
-

-

7
7
6
0

3. 3
-

2. 1
1. 3
3. 7
. 2
2 .9
5. 1
13 )
1 .8
.9
.4
.5

. 1
-

. 6
3. 7

-

.
2. 1
2 .9
5 .4
11.
5.
8.
3.

2
5
2
1

6 .9
1. 6
(3)
2. 0
. 3 15. 1
. 1
2. 8
4. 7
2. 1
.2
1 .9
.4
1. 1
1. 8
. 2

.2
1. 7
. 1 23. 6
. 8 3 7 .4
15. 0
1. 6
.3
-

29.
23.
31.
44.

0
6
6
1

30. 8
. 5 11. 8
4 .4
. 5 19. 0
. 2 38. 1
3 2 .9
7. 5
. 8 20. 2
. 1 16. 7
12. 1
8 .5
-

4 .8
2 .5
.’5
3. 1
4. 1
2. 6
1 .6

21. 8
27. 2
1 2 .9
72. 1
15. 2
32. 3
76. 6
46. 1
5 1 .4
4 9 .9
6 9 .9

-

1. 1
2 .4
1. 6
9 .3

1. 8

1. 0

17. 8

6 .4

31. 2

2. 7

1 9 .7

5. 7

2. 1 31. 2

2 .5

2 2 .4

3 .2

8. 1

-

1 .5

-

1. 2

1 A ll combinations of full and half days that add to the sam e amount are combined; for exam ple, the proportion of w orkers receiving a total of 7 days includes those with
7 full days and no half days, 6 full days and 2 half days, and so on.
2 Includes w orkers in a few establishments not reporting the number of holidays provided.
3 L e ss than 0. 05 percent.

T A B L E

10.

PAID

SICK

L E A V E

PROVISIONS

T A B L E

11.

PAID

MILITARY

L E A V E

tSD

PROVISIONS

O
(Percent distribution of production w orkers in manufacturing
establishm ents with form al provisions for paid sick leave
by region and industry group, 1958)

(Percent distribution of production w orkers in manufacturing
establishm ents with paid m ilitary leave provisions
by region and industry group, 1958)
Percent of production w orkers in
establishm ents with—

Percent of production w orkers in
establishments with—

Region and industry group

A ll
produc­
tion
w orkers

Form al provisions for paid sick
leave

Total

United States _______________________
Northeast ________ ____ __ ___
South __ _____ ______ _________
North C e n tr a l____________________
W est
___ _____

10 0 .0
1 00.0
10 0 .0
10 0 .0
1 0 0 .0

1 6.7
1 5 .4
1 6 .5
1 5.6
2 6 .2

Full
pay, no
waiting
period

3 .9
3 .7
3 .3
2 .1
1 2 .6

Amount of
Partial
pay and/or
pay or
waiting
waiting
period not
period
reported

1 1 .4
1 0 .4
1 2 .4
11.9
1 0.6

1 .4
1 .2
.7
1 .6
2 .9

Industry group
Ordnance and a c c e s s o rie s ________
Food and kindred products _______
Tobacco m anufactures ____________
Textile m ill products ______________
Apparel and other finished
textile products
Lumber and wood products ______
Furniture and fixtures ____________
Paper and allied products
____ __
Printing, publishing, and
allied industries —_______________
C hem icals and allied pro d u cts____
Products of petroleum and c o a l __
Rubber products ____________________
Leather and leather p r o d u c ts _____
Stohe, clay, and g lass p ro d u c ts___
P rim ary m etal industries ________
Fabricated m etal products _______
M achinery, except electrica l ____
E lec trica l m achinery _______
Transportation equipment _______
Instrum ents and related
products ___________________________
M iscellaneou s manufacturing
industries _________________________




100.0
100.0
1 00.0
100.0

4 8 .9
2 7 .4
3 2 .8
5 .8

3 0 .2
2. 1
.3

18.6
2 2 .1
2 5 .7
5 .4

3 .3
7. 1
-

1 00.0
100.0
1 0 0 .0
10 0 .0

2 .2
6 .8
6 .5
13.2

.4
. . 1
2 .1

2 .0
6 .2
5 .8
9 .9

.2
.3
.6
1 .3

1 00.0
10 0 .0
1 00.0
10 0 .0
1 00.0
10 0 .0
10 0 .0
10 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
10 0 .0
10 0 .0

3 0 .6
5 4 .8
7 7 .6
7 .6
5 .9
7. 3
4 .6
9 .4
1 1.0
2 2 .2
2 4 .2

5 .9
7 .4
3 4 .1

4 .2
4 .8
2 .1

.6
1 .6
.4
1 .5
3 .2
2. 1
16.2

2 0 .6
4 2 .5
4 1 .4
7 .6
5. 3
4 .1
3 .6
6 .9
5 .5
19.5
7 .2

1 .6
.6
1 .0
2 .2
.7
.8

1 00.0

3 6 .3

5 .7

2 9 .6

1 .0

1 00.0

11.2

3 .0

6 .7

1 .5

-

Region and industry group

-

A ll
produc­
tion
w orkers

F orm al provisions for paid
m ilitary leave by type of payment

Total

United States ______________
_____
N ortheast _ __ __ ________ ___
South _________ _ ___________
North C e n tra l____ _____ -______
W est ________ __________________

Full
Partial
payment payment

Amount of
pay not
reported

1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
10 0 .0
1 0 0 .0

2 5 .6
2 8 .2
2 2 .0
2 8 .7
1 2 .6

2 .8
2 .2
4 .3
2 .4
2 .6

2 2 .2
2 4 .8
1 7 .3
2 6 .1
1 0 .0

0 .6
1 .2
.5
.2
l 1)

1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0

2 8 .5
2 1 .1
2 6 .4
2 0 .6

5. 1
3 .9

_

5 .7

2 3 .4
17. 1
2 6 .4
1 4 .3

10 0 .0
100.0
1 00.0
10 0 .0

3 .7
6 .7
8 .0
2 6 .6

.5
1 .3
2 .3
1 .0

3 .2
5. 1
5 .7
2 5 .6

-

1 0 0 .0
10 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
10 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0

1 5 .5
5 0 .4
6 8 .8
6 7 .7
1 1 .2
16. 1
4 1 .8
1 9 .3
2 9 .6
4 6 .5
2 9 .9

5 .2
6 .3
8 .0
4 .9
1 .5
1 .2
1 .7
2 .1
1 .6
4. 1
.9

9 .7
4 3 .8
6 0 .8
6 2 .8
9 .2
1 3 .8
3 9 .5
1 6 .6
2 6 .6
39. 1
2 8 .9

1 0 0 .0

3 7 .7

6 .7

3 0 .8

.2

1 0 0 .0

1 4 .7

2 .4

1 1 .7

.6

Industry group
Ordnance and a cc e sso rie s ________
Food and kindred products _______
Tobacco m anufactures __
___
Textile m ill products ______________
Apparel and ^,ther finished
textile products ___________________
Lum ber and wood products _______
Furniture and fixtures ____________
Paper and allied products
_______
Printing, publishing, and
allied products ___________________
C hem icals and allied products ___
Products of petroleum and c o a l __
Rubber products ____________________
Leather and leather products _____
Stone, clay, and g la ss p r o d u c ts__
P rim ary m etal industries _______
Fabricated m etal p r o d u c t s _______
M achinery, except e l e c t r i c a l ____
E lec trica l m achinery __ __ _______
Transportation equipment __ __ ___
Instrum ents and related
products _______________
___
M iscellaneou s manufacturing
industries __ _____ __
___

-

-

.5

.3
*
.5
.3
-

.5
1. I
.6
.7
1 .4
3 .3
-

1 L e ss than 0 .0 5 percent.
NOTE:

Because of rounding, sum s of individual item s m ay not equal totals

N O T E:

Because of rounding, sum s of individual item s m ay not equal totals.

T A B L E

12.

FAID

JURY,

WITNESS,

A N D

VOTING

L E AVE

T A B L E

PROVISIONS

(Percent distribution of production w orkers in manufacturing establishm ents
with paid jury, witness, and voting leave provisions
by region and industry group, 1958)

13.

PAID

Region and industry group

United States ________________________
N o rth e a s t________________________
North Central ___________________
W e s t _______________________________

100.
100.
100.
100.
100.

0
0
0
0
0

Region and industry group

P rovisio n s for
Jury
duty

4 3 .4
4 2 .2
35. 8
50. 7
3 8 .8

W itness
duty

6 .9
6. 2
7. 0
7 .2
8. 6

Voting
leave

23. 5
29. 6
1 5 .4
18. 8
35. 8

Industry group

Ordnance and a c c e s s o r ie s ________
Food and kindred p ro d u cts________
TnHarrn mannfart.nrps
Textile m ill products ______________
Apparel and other finished
textile p r o d u c ts ___________________
Lum ber and wood p r o d u c ts _______
Furniture and f i x t u r e s _____________
Paper and allied p ro d u cts_________
Printing, publishing, and
allied in d u s tr ie s __________________
C hem icals and allied products ----Products of petroleum and c o a l __
Rubber products ____________________
Leather and leather p r o d u c ts _____
Stone, clay, and glass
p ro d u c ts____________________________
P rim ary m etal in d u strie s_________
Fabricated m etal p ro d u cts________
Machinery, except electrica l ____
E lec trica l m achinery ______________
Transportation equipment ________
Instrum ents and related
p ro d u cts_____________ _____________
M iscellaneous manufacturing
in d u strie s_______ ________________




L E A V E

PROVISIONS

(Percent distribution of production w orkers in manufacturing
establishm ents with paid personal leave by
region and industry group, 1958)

Percent of production w orkers in
establishm ents with—
A ll
production
w orkers

P E R S O N A L

United States ------------------- ---------------N o rth e a s t________________________
South _
_ _
.
North C entral ___________________
We s t _______________________________

P ercent of production w orkers in
establishm ents with—
A ll
production P rovisio n s for paid personal leave
w orkers
Other
Death
personal
in
T otal
leave
fam ily

100.
100.
100.
100.
100.

0
0
0
0
0

26. 9
3 5 .7
2 2 .3
2 3 .4
17. 1

2 5 .4
32. 9
2 0 .9
22. 9
16. 8

1.
2.
1.
.
.

5
8
3
6
3

100.
100.
100.
100.

0
0
0
0

41.
44.
4.
8.

9
9
1
2

4 0 .4
43. 6
4. 1
8 .2

1. 5
1. 3
-

100.
100.
100.
100.

0
0
0
0

2. 3
8 .4
13. 5
53. 1

1.2
6 .9
12. 7
51. 7

1. 1
1. 5
.7
1 .4

100.
100.
100.
100.
100.

0
0
0
0
0

30.
68.
81.
71.
5.

7
1
2
5
1

28. 6
67. 5
8 1 .2
71. 5
4. 7

2. 1
.6
.4

100.
100.
100.
100.
100.
100.

0
0
0
0
0
0

43. 5
1 6 .2
16. 5
23. 9
5 1 .9
1 1 .9

4 3 .4
12. 2
1 5 .9
2 1 .7
47. 9
10.7

.
4.
.
2.
4.
1.

1 0 0 .0

5 5 .3

54. 1

1 .2

100. 0

25. 4

23. 9

1. 5

Industry group

100.
100.
100.
100.

0
0
0
0

81.
37.
47.
11.

0
7
4
9

5.
8.
.
1.

100.
100.
100.
100.

0
0
0
0

6.
8.
17.
32.

7
5
3
6

2. 3
3. 9
6 .3
3. 5

100.
100.
100.
100.
100.

0
0
0
0
0

4 4 .2
7 1 .7
82. 1
76. 2
20. 3

11. 9
2 1 .4
31. 6
2. 9
2. 3

2 6 .2
36. 9
35. 3
8. 7
19. 9

100.
100.
100.
100.
100.
100.

0
0
0
0
0
0

43. 1
7 2 .4
40. 0
4 5 .4
67. 3
77. 1

10. 0
3 .4
5. 7
7. 5
13. 8
4 .2

2 0 .7
13. 0
20. 6
23. 3
29. 7
39- 1

100. 0

60. 1

1 3.7

43. 9

100. 0

2 8 .4

4. 3

30. 8

6
3
9
3

49. 1
1 8 .2
21. 6
11. 9
24.
11.
22.
16.

8
7
3
5

Ordnance and a c c e s s o r ie s ________
Food and kindred products
--------Tnharrn m anufactures
___ _
Textile m ill p ro d u cts_______________
Apparel and other finished
textile p r o d u c ts ___________________
______
Lum ber and wood products
Furniture and f i x t u r e s _____________
Paper and allied products ------------Printing, publishing, and
allied industries __________________
C hem icals and allied products ----Products of petroleum and c o a l __
Rubber products ____________________
Leather and leather p r o d u c ts-------Stone, clay, and glass
products ___________________________
P rim ary m etal in d u strie s_________
Fabricated m etal p ro d u cts________
M achinery, except electrica l -----E le c trica l m achinery _____________
Transportation equipment ------------Instrum ents and related
M iscellaneou s manufacturing
in d u s trie s __________________________

N O TE:

-

1
0
5
2
1
2

B ecause of rounding, sum s of individual item s may not equal totals.




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Appendix A*.

Scope and Method of Survey

S c o p e o f S u rv e y
T h e 1958 s u r v e y o f c o m p o s it io n o f p a y r o ll h o u r s in m a n u fa c tu r in g r e p r e ­
s e n te d a ll e s t a b lis h m e n t s h a v in g one o r m o r e p a id e m p lo y e e s and p r i m a r il y e n ­
g a g e d in m a n u fa c tu r in g , a s d e fin e d in the 1945 e d it io n o f the S ta n d a rd In d u s tr ia l
C l a s s i f i c a t i o n M a n u a l, p r e p a r e d b y the B u re a u o f the B u d g e t.
M a n u fa c tu r in g ,
thus d e fin e d , in c lu d e s ’ ’th o s e e s t a b lis h m e n t s e n g a g e d in the m e c h a n ic a l o r c h e m i ­
c a l t r a n s fo r m a t io n o f in o r g a n ic o r o r g a n ic s u b s ta n c e s in to new p r o d u c t s and u s u ­
a ll y d e s c r i b e d a s p la n ts , f a c t o r i e s , o r m i l l s , w h ich c h a r a c t e r i s t i c a l l y u se p o w e r d r iv e n m a c h in e s a n d m a t e r i a l s h a n d lin g e q u ip m e n t. ” In c lu d e d in th is d e fin itio n ,
a n d h e n ce in the s u r v e y , a r e c e n t r a l a d m in is t r a t iv e o f f i c e s and o th e r a u x ilia r y
u n its , s u ch a s l a b o r a t o r i e s , w a r e h o u s e s , and p o w e r p la n t s , a ffilia t e d w ith and
s e r v in g th e s e p r o c e s s i n g e s t a b lis h m e n t s , w h e n e v e r s u ch a u x ilia r y u n its had any
p r o d u c t io n o r r e la t e d w o r k e r s .
E x c lu d e d f r o m th is d e fin it io n a r e r e t a il b a k e r i e s that s e ll m o s t o f th e ir
p r o d u c t s on the p r e m i s e s and p r o c e s s o r s o f flu id m ilk that d is t r ib u t e t h e ir p r o d u c t
f r o m h o u s e to h o u s e . (T h e la t t e r g ro u p i s in c lu d e d in m a n u fa c tu r in g in the 1957
e d it io n o f the S ta n d a rd I n d u s tr ia l C l a s s i f i c a t i o n M a n u a l.) M a n u fa ctu r in g a c t i v i t ie s
c a r r i e d ou t b y g o v e r n m e n t a g e n c i e s , su ch a s n avy y a r d s , a r e e x c lu d e d , but
g o v e r n m e n t -o w n e d p r iv a t e ly o p e r a t e d f a c i l i t i e s a r e in c lu d e d .
S u rv e y c o v e r a g e e x te n d e d to 48 S ta tes and the D i s t r i c t o f C o lu m b ia .
D ata
r e la t e to the c a le n d a r y e a r 1958, and w e r e lim it e d to p r o d u c t io n and r e la t e d
w o r k e r s o n ly .
C o ll e c t i o n o f D ata
M o s t o f the data w e r e c o l l e c t e d b y m a il q u e s t io n n a ir e .
A c o p y o f the
q u e s tio n n a ir e i s sh ow n on p a g e 29.
B u re a u r e p r e s e n t a t iv e s c o l l e c t e d the data
b y p e r s o n a l v i s it f r o m la r g e m u ltiu n it e m p lo y e r s and f r o m a s a m p le o f the n o n ­
r e s p o n d e n t s to tw o m a il r e q u e s t s .
Sa m p lin g P r o c e d u r e
T h e s u r v e y w a s done on a s a m p le b a s i s . T h e s a m p le c a n be d e s c r i b e d
a s a h ig h ly s t r a t ifie d p r o b a b ilit y s a m p le . D ata w e r e o b ta in e d f r o m e s t a b lis h m e n t s ,
s e le c t e d in a c c o r d a n c e w ith in d u s tr y , lo c a t io n , and e s t a b lis h m e n t s i z e . T h e s a m p le
d e s ig n w a s s u ch a s to p e r m it data f o r m a jo r in d u s tr y g r o u p s (2 - d i g i t SIC c o d e s )
o n a n a tion a l l e v e l , and f o r fo u r b r o a d r e g io n s o n the a ll-m a n u fa c t u r in g l e v e l .
In a ll c a s e s , the l i s t s o f e s t a b lis h m e n t s f r o m w h ic h the s a m p le w a s s e ­
l e c t e d w e r e th o s e m a in ta in e d b y the State a g e n c i e s a d m in is t e r in g the u n e m p lo y m e n t
c o m p e n s a t io n la w s .
T h e s e l is t s sh ow the e m p lo y m e n t , in d u s tr y c l a s s i f i c a t i o n ,
a n d l o c a t io n o f a ll m a n u fa c tu r in g e s t a b lis h m e n t s c o v e r e d b y th o s e la w s in e a c h
S ta te.
S in c e a n u m b e r o f S ta tes do not in c lu d e u n d e r s u ch la w s e s t a b lis h m e n t s
w ith f e w e r than fo u r e m p lo y e e s , the s a m p le d id not in c lu d e s u ch u n its .
(See
M e th o d o f E s t im a t io n f o r tr e a tm e n t o f the e m p lo y m e n t in s u ch e s t a b lis h m e n t s . )
W ith in e a c h in d u s t r y - r e g io n a l g r o u p in g , the s a m p le w a s s o s e le c t e d a s
to y i e ld the m o s t a c c u r a t e e s t im a t e s p o s s i b l e w ith the r e s o u r c e s a v a ila b le .
T h is
w a s d on e b y in c lu d in g in the s a m p le a g r e a t e r p r o p o r t i o n o f la r g e e s t a b lis h m e n t s
th an o f s m a ll o n e s — in g e n e r a l, a n e s t a b l i s h m e n t s c h a n c e o f in c lu s io n b e in g
r o u g h ly p r o p o r t io n a t e to it s e m p lo y m e n t s iz e .




24
T h e in itia l s o li c i t a t io n s , b o th b y m a il and p e r s o n a l v i s it , in c lu d e d 6, 681
e s t a b lis h m e n t s . R e p l ie s w e r e r e c e i v e d f r o m 5 ,2 4 8 , o f w h ic h 697 w e r e n ot in c lu d e d
in the ta b u la tio n s . T h e s e la t t e r w e r e e it h e r f r o m n o n m a n u fa c tu rin g e s t a b lis h m e n t s ,
f i r m s , out o f b u s in e s s , o r w e r e u n u sa b le . O f the 1 ,4 3 3 n o n r e s p o n d e n ts , p e r s o n a l
v i s i t s w e r e m a d e to 4 0 0 . T h u s , the ta b u la tio n s w e r e b a s e d on 4,951 e s t a b lis h m e n t s .
In a d d itio n to the e s t a b lis h m e n t s in the p r o b a b ilit y s a m p le , the B u r e a u
o b ta in e d data f r o m a p p r o x im a t e ly 1 ,4 0 0 e s t a b lis h m e n t s w h ic h w e r e in the B u re a u * s
r e p o r t in g p a n e l in the m o n th ly e m p lo y m e n t s e r i e s .
T h e s e a r e u n its o f f e w e r
than 100 e m p lo y e e s r e s e m b lin g in lo c a t io n , in d u s tr y , and s iz e a n e q u a l n u m b e r
o f e s t a b lis h m e n t s in the p r o b a b ilit y s a m p le w h ich w e r e not in the B u r e a u 1s m o n th ly
e m p lo y m e n t s e r i e s . T h e s e a d d ed u n its a r e not in c lu d e d in the ta b u la tio n s in c lu d e d
in th is b u lle tin , but a r e u s e d in a s e p a r a te a n a ly s is o f the v a r io u s g o v e r n m e n ta l
s e r i e s o f data on h o u r s .
M e th o d o f E s t im a t io n
D ata f o r e a c h s a m p le e s t a b lis h m e n t w e r e w e ig h te d in a c c o r d a n c e w ith
the p r o b a b ilit y o f s e le c t io n o f that e s t a b lis h m e n t . F o r in s ta n c e , w h e r e 1 e s t a b ­
lis h m e n t out o f 10 w a s s e le c t e d in a r e g i o n - s i z e - i n d u s t r y c l a s s , it w a s c o n s id e r e d
a s r e p r e s e n t in g i t s e l f a s w e ll a s 9 o th e r e s t a b lis h m e n t s , i. e . , it w a s g iv e n a
w e ig h t o f 10.
T h u s , i f the e s ta b lis h m e n t had 2 , 000 h o u r s o f v a c a tio n l e a v e ,
and 100, 000 h o u r s o f p a id h o u r s o f a ll c l a s s e s , it w o u ld c o n tr ib u te 2 0, 000 v a c a ­
t io n h o u r s and 1 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 to ta l h o u r s to the fin a l e s t im a t e .
A l l e s t im a t e to ta ls d e r i v e d f r o m s u ch w e ig h tin g p r o c e d u r e s w e r e fu r th e r
a d ju s te d in a c c o r d a n c e w ith the a v e r a g e in d u s tr y e m p lo y m e n t l e v e l f o r 1958, a s
r e p o r t e d in the B u r e a u o f L a b o r S t a t is t ic s e m p lo y m e n t s e r i e s .
F o r in s t a n c e , i f
a n i n d u s t r y - r e g io n c l a s s h ad an e s t im a t e d a v e r a g e ann u al e m p lo y m e n t o f 90, 000
p r o d u c t io n w o r k e r s a s d e r iv e d f r o m the w e ig h tin g p r o c e s s , and the c o r r e s p o n d i n g
a v e r a g e ann u al e m p lo y m e n t a s r e p o r t e d in the e m p lo y m e n t s e r i e s w a s 99, 000 to ta l
data f o r that i n d u s t r y - r e g io n w a s m u lt ip lie d b y 1 .1 .
D ata f o r e s t a b lis h m e n t s w ith 1 to 3 e m p lo y e e s , w h ic h w e r e not in c lu d e d
in the s a m p le , w e r e im p u te d to the e s t a b lis h m e n t s w ith 4 to 10 e m p lo y e e s in the
s a m e i n d u s t r y - r e g io n s c l a s s .
T h e f o r m e r a c c o u n t e d f o r l e s s than 1 p e r c e n t o f
m a n u fa c tu r in g e m p lo y m e n t.
No a s s u m p t io n h a s b e e n m a d e that the n o n r e s p o n d e n ts w e r e s im i la r to
the r e s p o n d e n ts in th e ir w a g e s t r u c t u r e . In o r d e r to m in im iz e the b ia s o f n on ­
r e s p o n s e , the s a m p le r e t u r n s o b ta in e d b y p e r s o n a l v i s it f r o m the n o n r e s p o n d e n ts
in the m a il q u e r y w e r e w e ig h te d to r e p r e s e n t a ll o th e r n o n r e s p o n d e n ts in the sa m e
in d u s tr y -r e g io n a l-s iz e c la s s e s .
S a m p lin g E r r o r s
S in ce the e s t im a t e s a r e b a s e d o n s a m p le s , th ey m a y d if f e r f r o m the r e ­
s u lts that w o u ld h a v e b e e n o b ta in e d f r o m a c o m p le t e c e n s u s , u sin g the s a m e p r o ­
ced u res.
T h e s ta n d a r d e r r o r is a m e a s u r e o f s u ch s a m p lin g v a r ia b ilit y .
T h e c h a n c e s a r e tw o out o f th r e e that a n e s t im a t e f r o m the s a m p le w o u ld
d i f f e r f r o m that o f a c e n s u s b y l e s s than the s ta n d a r d e r r o r . T h e c h a n c e s a r e 19
ou t o f 20 that the d if f e r e n c e w o u ld be l e s s than t w ic e the s ta n d a rd e r r o r .
T h e fo llo w in g ta b le s h o w s the sta n d a rd e r r o r s f o r a ll le a v e it e m s c o m ­
b in e d and f o r the t h r e e p r i n c ip a l it e m s s e p a r a t e ly . A s an illu s t r a t io n o f the use
o f the ta b le , the p e r c e n t a g e o f p a id le a v e f o r a ll m a n u fa c tu r in g is g iv e n a s 6 p e r ­
c e n t. T h e s ta n d a rd e r r o r o f that e s t im a t e i s 0. 04 p e r c e n t , w h ic h ca n be i n t e r ­
p r e t e d a s m e a n in g that the c h a n c e s a r e tw o out o f th r e e that the v a lu e o b ta in e d




25
Stan dard e r r o r s o f e s t i m a t e s o f r a tio s of h o u rs of paid le a v e to
to ta l h o u r s paid fo r p ro d u c tio n and r e la t e d w o r k e r s in
m a n u fa c tu rin g in d u stry g r o u p s , 1958
Stan d ard e r r o r o f it e m o f paid le a v e
In d u stry grou p 1
A ll ite m s 2

H o lid a y s

V a c a tio n s

S ick le a v e

A l l in d u stry g r o u p s ----------------------------------------------------

0. 04

0. 03

0. 02

0. 01

O rd n a n ce and a c c e s s o r i e s -------------------------------------F o o d and k in d re d p r o d u c ts ------------------------------------T o b a c c o m a n u fa c tu r e s ---------------------------------------------T e x t ile m i l l p ro d u c ts ______________________ ______
A p p a r e l and o th e r fin is h e d te x tile p r o d u c t s ----L u m b e r and w ood p r o d u c t s ------------------------------------F u r n itu r e and fix t u r e s ---------------------------------------------P a p e r and a llie d p ro d u c ts -------------------------------------P r in tin g , p u b lish in g , and a llie d i n d u s t r i e s ----C h e m ic a ls and a llie d p r o d u c ts ----------------------------P r o d u c ts of p e tr o le u m and c o a l ---------------------------R u b b er p ro d u c ts _____________________________________
L e a th e r and le a t h e r p r o d u c t s -------------------------------S ton e, c la y , and g l a s s p ro d u c ts -------------------------P r im a r y m e t a l in d u s tr ie s -------------------------------- —
F a b r ic a t e d m e t a l p ro d u c ts ------------------------------------M a c h in e r y , e x c e p t e l e c t r i c a l ----------- :------------------E l e c t r i c a l m a c h in e r y ----------------------------------------------T r a n s p o r t a t io n equ ip m en t -------------------------------------In s tr u m e n ts and r e la te d p ro d u c ts ----------------------M is c e lla n e o u s m a n u fa ctu rin g i n d u s t r i e s -----------

0 . 22
. 19
. 25
. 14
. 17
. 16
. 15
. 08
. 16
. 17
. 24
.0 9
. 11
. 16
. 10
. 11
. 12
. 15
. 14
. 12
. 15

0 . 09
. 15
. 16
. 09
. 11
. 09
.0 9
. 07
. 11
.0 9
. 12
. 06
. 11
. 11
. 09
. 08
. 08
. 09
. 12
. 09
. 09

0 .0 6
. 07
. 08
.0 9
. 08
. 08
. 08
. 04
. 07
. 07
.0 9
. 03
. 14
. 07
. 04
. 05
. 06
. 06
. 03
. 04
. 07

0.
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1 D efin ed in the
B u re a u of the B u d g e t.
2 In clu d e s o th e r
so n a l le a v e .

N ovem ber
it e m s

of

1945
paid

ed itio n of the
le a v e

not

Stan dard

shown

In d u s tr ia l

s e p a r a t e ly ,

such

C la s s i f i c a t i o n M an u al
as

ju r y

pay,

m ilit a r y

16
04
04
01
01
02
01
02
04
04
11
05
13
02
02
03
02
03
03
03
02

p rep ared
le a v e ,

by the

and p e r ­

f r o m a c e n s u s w o u ld lie in the ban d f r o m 5. 96 to 6. 04 p e r c e n t , and 19 out o f 20
in the ban d 5. 92 to 6. 08 p e r c e n t .
A v a ila b ilit y o f R e c o r d s
T h e e x te n t to w h ich e s t a b lis h m e n t s k e p t a r e c o r d o f the h o u r s o f p a id
le a v e w a s not k n ow n at the b e g in n in g o f the s u r v e y . W h e th e r o r not the u se o f
e s t im a t e d h o u r s w o u ld s e r i o u s l y w e a k e n the r e s u lt s c o u ld not be f o r e t o l d . H e n c e ,
r e s p o n d e n ts w e r e a s k e d to in d ic a te w h ic h o f the in d iv id u a l it e m s w e r e p r o v id e d
f r o m r e c o r d s , and w h ich w e r e b a s e d on e s t im a t e s .
In s o m e c a s e s , e m p lo y e r s
had r e c o r d s o n on e it e m , e . g. , h o lid a y s , but c o u ld o n ly e s tim a te o t h e r s .
F o r the th r e e p r in c ip a l it e m s o f p a id l e a v e , the m a jo r i t y o f d ata , a s
m e a s u r e d b y e m p lo y m e n t, w a s d e r iv e d f r o m r e c o r d s — r a n g in g f r o m 59 p e r c e n t f o r
h o lid a y s to 90 p e r c e n t f o r s ic k le a v e (ta b le A ). T h e d if fe r e n c e in l e v e l o f p a id
le a v e b e tw e e n e s t a b lis h m e n t s s u p p ly in g a ctu a l and th o s e p r o v id in g e s t im a t e d f ig u r e s
is g e n e r a lly s m a ll on a r e g io n a l b a s i s , and w ith in m o s t in d u s tr y d iv is io n s (ta b le B).
S in ce e s t a b lis h m e n t s w h ich h ad no p a id v a c a t io n s , h o lid a y s , o r s ic k le a v e c l a s s i ­
f ie d t h e m s e lv e s a s r e p o r t in g on the b a s is o f r e c o r d s , the a p p r o p r ia t e c o m p a r i s o n
ca n b e s t b e m a d e b y e lim in a tin g th e s e e s t a b lis h m e n t s f r o m the c o m p a r i s i o n .
D e fin itio n o f T e r m s
E s t a b lis h m e n t . "—"D ata w e r e r e p o r t e d f o r in d iv id u a l e s t a b lis h m e n t s r a th e r
than c o m p a n ie s . A n e s ta b lis h m e n t is g e n e r a lly d e fin e d a s a s in g le p h y s ic a l l o ­
c a tio n w h e r e b u s in e s s is c o n d u c te d . W h e re tw o o r m o r e a c t i v i t ie s w e r e c a r r i e d




26
o n at a s in g le e s t a b lis h m e n t , the e n tir e e s t a b lis h m e n t w a s c l a s s i f i e d on the b a s is
o f its m a jo r a c t iv it y in t e r m s o f s a l e s . A ll data f o r s u ch an e s t a b lis h m e n t w e r e
in c lu d e d in that c l a s s i f i c a t i o n .
D ata f o r a u x ilia r y u n its o f m a n u fa c tu r in g e s t a b lis h m e n t s , s u ch a s s e p a ­
ra te o f f i c e s and l a b o r a t o r i e s w e r e in c lu d e d in th is r e p o r t , and c l a s s i f i e d o n the
b a s i s o f the m a jo r a c t iv it y o f the m a n u fa c tu r in g s e r v i c e d .
P r o d u c t io n and R e la t e d W o r k e r s . — In c lu d e s w o r k in g f o r e m e n and a ll n o n s u p e r v is o r y w o r k e r s (in c lu d in g le a d m e n and t r a in e e s ) e n g a g e d in fa b r ic a t in g , p r o c ­
e s s i n g , a s s e m b lin g , in s p e c t in g , r e c e iv in g , s t o r in g , h a n d lin g , p a c k in g , w a r e h o u s in g ,
s h ip p in g , tr u c k in g , h a u lin g , m a n te n a n c e , r e p a ir , ja n it o r ia l, w a tc h m e n s e r v i c e s ,
p r o d u c t s d e v e lo p m e n t, a u x ilia r y p r o d u c t io n f o r p lan t*s o w n u se (e . g. , p o w e r p la n t),
a n d r e c o r d k e e p in g and o th e r s e r v i c e s c l o s e l y a s s o c i a t e d w ith the a b o v e p r o d u c t io n
o p e r a t io n s .
E x c lu d e s e m p lo y e e s e n g a g e d in the fo llo w in g a c t i v i t ie s : E x e c u t iv e ,
p u r c h a s in g , fin a n c e , a c c o u n tin g , le g a l , p e r s o n n e l, c a f e t e r i a s , m e d ic a l , p r o f e s ­
s io n a l, and t e c h n ic a l a c t i v i t i e s , s a l e s , s a l e s - d e l i v e r y (e . g. , r o u te m e n ), a d v e r t i s ­
in g , c r e d it , c o l l e c t i o n , and in in s t a lla t io n and s e r v i c i n g o f ow n p r o d u c t s , ro u tin g
o f f i c e fu n c tio n , f a c t o r y s u p e r v is io n (a b o v e the w o r k in g f o r e m a n l e v e l ) , and f o r c e a c c o u n t c o n s t r u c t io n e m p lo y e e s o n y o u r p a y r o ll e n g a g e d in c o n s t r u c t io n o f m a jo r
a d d itio n s o r a lt e r a t io n s to the p lan t w h o a r e u t iliz e d a s a s e p a r a te w o r k f o r c e .
R e g i o n s .— T h e r e g io n s u s e d in th is stu dy in c lu d e : N o r th e a s t— C o n n e c tic u t,
M a in e , M a s s a c h u s e t t s , N ew H a m p s h ir e , N ew J e r s e y , N ew Y o r k , P e n n s y lv a n ia ,
R h o d e Is la n d , and V e r m o n t ; Sou th — A la b a m a , A r k a n s a s , D e la w a r e , D i s t r i c t o f
C o lu m b ia , F l o r i d a , G e o r g i a , K e n tu c k y , L o u is ia n a , M a r y la n d , M i s s i s s i p p i , N o rth
C a r o lin a , O k la h o m a , South C a r o lin a , T e n n e s s e e , T e x a s , V ir g in ia , and W e s t
V ir g i n i a ; N orth C e n t r a l— I l li n o is , In d ia n a , Io w a , K a n s a s , M ic h ig a n , M in n e s o t a ,
M i s s o u r i , N e b r a s k a , N o rth D a k o ta , O h io , South D a k o ta , and W is c o n s in ; W e s t—
A r i z o n a , C a lif o r n ia , C o lo r a d o , Id a h o , M o n ta n a , N e v a d a , N ew M e x ic o , O r e g o n ,
U tah, W a sh in g to n , and W y o m in g .
I n d u s tr y G r o u p s . — T h e d e fin it io n s o f the m a n u fa c tu r in g in d u s tr y g r o u p s
u s e d in th is r e p o r t a r e d e fin e d in the 1945 e d itio n o f the S ta n d a rd I n d u s tr ia l C l a s s i ­
f ic a t i o n M a n u al, p r e p a r e d b y the B u r e a u o f the B u d g e t.
L a b o r -M a n a g e m e n t C o n t r a c t S ta tu s . — F o r p u r p o s e s o f the stu d y , e s ­
t a b lis h m e n t s w e r e c l a s s i f i e d a s h a v in g la b o r - m a n a g e m e n t c o n t r a c t c o v e r a g e i f
m o r e than h a lf the p r o d u c t io n and r e la t e d w o r k e r s w e r e e m p lo y e d u n d er t e r m s
o f u n io n a g r e e m e n t s .
P a y r o l l H o u r s . — S ee I n s t r u c t io n S h eet to Q u e s tio n n a ir e , a p p e n d ix B .
P la n t P r a c t i c e s . - ~ S e e




I n s t r u c t io n

S h eet

to Q u e s tio n n a ir e ,

a p p e n d ix

B.




TABLE

A.

M E T H O D

O F REPORTING:

V A C A T I O N , H O LIDAY, A N D SICK

L E A V E

HOURS

(Percent of production and related w orkers employed in manufacturing establishm ents by method of reporting vacation, holiday, and
sick leave hours, by regions and selected industry group, 1958)

Actual
figures

United States __________________________________
N ortheast _________________________________
S o u th ...... ............ . ............ ....................................
North C entral _____________________________
W est ................................................................ .........

Estim ated
figures

Sick leave hours

Holiday hours

Vacation hours
Region and industry group

Method not
specified

Actual
figures

Estim ated
figures

Method not
specified

Actual
figures

E stim ated
figures

Method not
specified

6 2 .2
62 .7
59. 2
64. 0
60. 6

28. 0
2 8 .4
3 0 .4
25. 8
2 8 .9

9. 8
8 .9
1 0 .4
10. 3
10. 5

58.
54.
66.
58.
55.

5
7
7
1
1

31. 8
34. 8
2 4 .9
32. 6
3 3 .0

9 .8
10. 5
8. 3
9 .4
11. 8

90. 3
92. 1
90. 2
9 1 .7
78. 2

7 .2
6. 0
7. 6
5. 6
1 7 .0

2. 5
1 .9
2 .2
2. 7
4. 8

46. 5
64. 2
8 0 .0
5 1 .0

42. 6
29. 8
1 7 .0
35. 8

1 0 .9
6. 0
3. 0
13. 2

48. 6'
5 9 .5
89. 7
7 4 .4

44. 3
32. 6
9 .9
17. 1

7. 1
7 .9
.4
8. 6

6 2 .9
84. 2
98. 3
98. 8

2 9 .9
12. 1
.8
. 5

7. 1
3. 7
.9
.7

5 7 .2
67. 6
62. 8
64. 8

30.
23.
23.
25.

8
6
6
6

11.
8.
13.
9.

8
9
6
5

5 2 .9
71. 1
5 9 .0
54. 5

31. 6
24. 3
2 5 .2
34. 9

15.
4.
15.
10.

3
6
7
5

95. 6
9 4 .9
9 4 .3
9 2 .2

4. 3
3 .9
4. 6
5. 6

1 .2
2. 2

52. 8
6 7 .0
7 3 .9
50. 2
48. 2
63. 7
72. 6
6 9 .9
63. 6
4 9 .9
68. 5
5 5 .2

36. 1
27. 4
17. 2
37. 8
40. 6
2 6 .4
1 8 .0
22. 0
2 8 .4
35. 3
2 1 .4
34. 1

11.
5.
8.
12.
11.
10.
9.
8.
8.
14.
10.
10.

I
7
8
1
2
0
3
1
0
8
2
7

45. 4
58. 0
66. 9
53. 1
41. 5
5 8 .4
5 9 .7
6 0 .9
58. 6
4 2 .0
6 5 .9
54. 5

40. 1
3 3 .4
23. 5
4 0 .0
47. 0
30. 2
30. 2
29. 4
3 3 .4
44. 5
2 7 .9
3 5 .4

14. 5
8. 6
9. 6
7. 0
11. 5
11. 5
10. 1
9 .7
8 .0
13. 5
6 .2
10. 1

7 9 .5
74. 1
8 0 .3
9 3 .4
97. 7
9 6 .4
9 6 .9
93. 7
9 4 .0
85. 3
85. 0
81. 3

14. 6
1 8 .4
1 3 .4
2 .0
2. 6
2. 6
4 .9
5. 3
6 .0
1 3 .4
13. 7

65. 5

27. 3

7. 3

52. 1

41. 2

6. 8

89. 2

9 .0

Industry group

_________________
Ordnance and a c c e sso rie s
Food and kindred products __ ______ __ __
Tobacco manufactures _______________________
Textile m ill products ________________________
Apparel and other finished
textile products _____________________________
Lum ber and wood products _________ ______
Furniture and fixtures -----------------------------------Paper and allied products ___________________
Printing, publishing, and
allied industries _____________________________
C hem icals and allied products _____________
Products of petroleum and c o a l _____________
Rubber p r o d u c ts__________ _______ ____________
Leather and leather products _______ ______
Stone, clay, and glass products ____________
P rim a ry m etal industries ___________________
Fabricated m etal products __________________
M achinery, except e l e c t r i c a l _______________
E lectrica l m achinery _____ ___ _ _________
Transportation equipment ___________________
Instruments and related products __________
M iscellaneous manufacturing
industries _______ ___________________________

NOTE:

Because of rounding,

sums of individual item s m ay not equal 100,

1. 1

-

1. 1

5 .9
7. 5
6. 2
5. 5
.3

1. 0
.
1.
.
8.
1.
5.

5
4
8
7
6
0

1. 8




TABLE B. RATIO OF PAID LEAVE HOURS BY ESTABLISHMENT METHOD OF REPORTING: VACATIONS, HOLIDAYS, AND SICK LEAVE
(V a c a t io n , h o lid a y, and s ic k le a v e h o u r s a s p e r c e n t a g e s o f to ta l h o u r s p a id f o r in m a n u fa c tu r in g e s t a b lis h m e n t s
b y m e th o d of r e p o r t in g , r e g io n s , and s e le c t e d in d u s tr y g r o u p s , 1958)
V a c a tio n h o u r s
R e g io n and in d u stry grou p

U nited S ta te s ---------------------- -----------------N o rth e a s t ----- — ------------------ -----South ------------------------------------------N o rth C e n tr a l — — „ ------- -----W e s t — ________ _______________
_

A ctu a l
f ig u r e s 1

E s t im a t e d
fig u r e s

H o lid a y h o u r s
A c tu a l
fig u r e s 1

E s t im a t e d
fig u r e s

S ic k le a v e h o u r s
A c tu a l
f ig u r e s 1

E s t im a t e d
f ig u r e s

3. 8
3 .9
3 .4
4 .0
3 .2

3. 7
3. 6
3 .2
4 .3
3 .3

2 .4
2. 6
2. 1
2. 5
2 .3

2. 5
2. 6
2. 1
2 .4
2 .4

1. 1
1 .1
1 .2
1 .0
1 .0

1 .0
1 .2
.8
.9
1 .1

3 .8
3. 6
3 .9
3 .0

3. 8
4 .9
2 .9
2 .9

2. 8
2 .4
2 .3
1 .7

3 .0
2 .3
2 .0
2 .2

1 .4
1 .1
.6
.3

1. 7
.8
.2
.3

2 .6
2. 6
2 .9
3. 6

2. 8
2 .2
2 .7
4 .2

2 .0
1 .8
2 .1
2 .3

2 .2
1 .8
2. 3
2. 3

.8
.5
.6
.7

.2
.2
.6
.6

4 .0
4. 1
5 .2
4. 6
3. 1
3. 6
5. 3
3. 5
4 .0
3. 8
4. 1
4 .1

4 .0
4 .2
5. 5
4 .9
2. 8
4 .0
5 .0
3 .5
3 .9
3 .8
3. 8
4 .0

2 .2
2. 6
2. 7
2 .5
2 .4
2 .2
2. 5
2. 6
2. 6
2. 6
2. 8
2. 6

2. 5
2 .9
2 .9
2. 6
2 .4
2. 3
2. 6
2. 6
2. 5
2 .7
2. 6
2 .9

.7
1 .2
2 .4
.9
.9
.9
1 .1
1 .0
1 .1
1 .0
.9
1 .4

.9
1. 1
2 .0
1 .8
.4
.8
1 .3
.4
1. 8
1 .0
1 .4
1. 1

3 .0

2 .8

2 .3

2 .4

.4

.7

In d u s try grou p

O rd n a n c e and a c c e s s o r i e s ____________
F o o d and k in d r e d p r o d u c ts — _____ _
T o b a c c o m a n u fa c tu r e s __ ----- ----------T e x t ile m il l p r o d u c ts -------------------------A p p a r e l and o th e r fin is h e d
t e x tile p r o d u c t s ---------------------------------L u m b e r and w o o d p r o d u c t s ___________
F u rn itu r e and f i x t u r e s ------------------------P a p e r and a llie d p r o d u c ts _
__ ____
P r in t in g , p u b lis h in g , and
a llie d in d u s t r ie s ________
__ __ __
C h e m ic a ls and a llie d p r o d u c ts ---------P r o d u c t s o f p e t r o le u m and c o a l ------R u b b e r p r o d u c t s _______________________
L e a th e r and le a t h e r p r o d u c ts ------------S to n e , c l a y , and g la s s p r o d u c ts _____
P r i m a r y m e ta l in d u s tr ie s ____________
F a b r ic a t e d m e ta l p r o d u c ts ------- -----M a c h in e r y , e x c e p t e l e c t r i c a l ----------E l e c t r i c a l m a c h in e r y -------------------------T r a n s p o r t a t io n eq u ip m e n t -----------------I n s tr u m e n ts and r e la te d p r o d u c ts ----M is c e lla n e o u s m a n u fa ctu rin g
in d u s t r ie s -------------------------- --------------

E x c lu d e s data f o r e s ta b lis h m e n ts having no paid le a v e h o u r s , as in d ic a te d .

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Appendix B: Questionnaire

Budget Bureau No. 44-5828.
Approval expires December 31, 1959*

BLS 2624
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
W a s h in g t o n 25, D. C.

C om positio n

I.

Your report will be
held in confidence

o f p a y r o l l iio l r s in m a n u f a c t u r in g ,

1958

ESTABLISHMENT IDENTIFICATION:

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1.

Plant covered by report

Federal Social Security em ployer’ s identification number __________________ ___
Enter number as reported on Form 941, Item 10, in latest em ployer’ s
quarterly tax return under Federal Insurance Contributions A ct.

2,

Authorizing official __________________ ______________________
_________________
(Name and title)

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This survey is designed primarily to measure (for production and related workers only) the relationship
between total hours paid for by companies directly to employees and total plant hours in manufacturing. PLEASE
READ ACCOMPANYING INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE ANSWERING QUESTIONNAIRE.
The period to be covered is the calendar year 1958. If a reply to any question must be prepared on another
basis, please write in the period covered next to your answer.

II.

LA B O R -M A N A G EM EN T CONTRACT STATUS:
Do collective bargaining
related w orkers^

III.

agreem ents

cover

a m ajority

of your production and
Yes □
N o Q

EM P LO YM EN T INFORM ATION:
Enter the average number of em ployees (full- and part-tim e) during 1958.
A.

Total ______________________

B.

Production and related w o r k e r s __________________

Enter the total number of em ployees (fu ll- and part-tim e) during the payroll period
ending nearest November 15, 1958 ______________________ .
Subsequent items refer only to production and related workers. If you did riot employ
any o f these workers during 1958, do not answer any o f the following questions.

FOR OFFICE USE ONLY
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IV .

PLAN T PRACTICES FOR PRODUCTION AND R E LA T E D WORKERS:
These questions are designed to obtain information on the extent and nature of
company practices with respect to the item s listed .
The answers are needed
to understand the payroll-hours figures reported in Section V .
A.

Paid vacations
Number of production and related
workers receiving vacation pay
(approximations are acceptable)

Number of weeks' pay
(or equivalent)

B.

weeks

workers

weeks

workers

weeks

workers

weeks

workers

Paid holidays
Number of holidays (including half days) paid for but not worked during
1958: _______________ full days; _______________ half days.

C.

D.

E.

Sick leave paid by company directly to worker
1.

Do you have a form al and definite plan for granting paid sick leave to a
m ajority of the production and related w orkers?
Yes □
No □

2.

If you have a form al plan, does it provide full pay [
|, partial pay I
or both full and partial pay | |; does it specify a waiting period |
or no waiting p e r io d !
|?

3.

If you do not have a formal plan, do you have an informal or discretionary
p la n ? _____________ Yes I
I No | |

Paid m ilitary leave
1.

Do you provide payment to workers while on tem porary m ilitary duty,
such a s, but not lim ited to National Guard or R e s e r v e s ? __ Yes i
i no r n

2.

If answer above is " Y e s , " is payment full [

Paid jury, w itness,

or

| or partial |

voting leave

Indicate whether you have provisions for any of the following.
Yes
No
Pay for jury duty
Pay for witness duty
Pay for voting leave
F.




1,
|,

□
□
□

□
□
□

Pay for personal leave
payment of workers
Specify other provisions you may have
from work, including death in family or other personal reason s.

|?

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V.

HOURS INFORMATION FOR PRODUCTION AND R E LA TED WORKERS:

Report in column 1 total m an-hours or m an-hours equivalents for the items listed
below.
If you keep separate records indicate in column 2; if you do not keep records for
the items listed , indicate in column 3 and explain briefly in column 4 how you
arrived at the estimated figure.

T otal
hours

Item

Source of hours
information—indicate
by check mark ( s/)
Records

B asis of
estim ates
(use "R e m a r k s’ 1
Estim ates section if necessary)

(2)

(3)

(4)

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XXX

XXX

XXX

Total plant m an-hours,
1958 ________________________

XXX

XXX

XXX

Total m an-hours paid for
directly by company, 1958
(sum of A and B a b o v e)__

XXX

XXX

XXX

(i)
1.

Paid vacations _________

2.

Paid holidays _

3.

Paid sick leave

4.

Paid m ilitary leave

5 0 Paid jury, w itness, or
voting leave
6.

A.

B.

C.

Pay for personal
leave (specify type
bel ow)

Total hours
for items
1 through 6

REMARKS:

V I.




Do you want a copy of the Bureau’ s report on this survey?

Y es |

| No [

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SHEET
BLS 2624
COMPOSITION OF PA YR O LL HOURS IN MANUFACTURING, 1958

Ite m

E S T A B L IS H M E N T ID E N T IF IC A T IO N
S e lf e x p la n a t o r y .

Ite m II.

L A B O R -M A N A G E M E N T C O N T R A C T S T A T U S
In d ic a te w h e th e r o r n o t a m a jo r i t y o f y o u r p r o d u c t io n and r e la t e d w o r k e r s a r e c o v ­
e r e d b y the t e r m s o f o n e o r m o r e a g r e e m e n t s w ith la b o r o r g a n iz a t io n s .

Ite m III.

E M P L O Y M E N T IN F O R M A T IO N
T o o b ta in the a v e r a g e n u m b e r o f e m p lo y e e s f o r the y e a r , ad d the t o ta l n u m b e r o f
f u l l - and p a r t - t i m e e m p lo y e e s w h o w o r k e d o r r e c e i v e d p a y f o r an y p a r t o f the p a y
p e r i o d e n d in g n e a r e s t the 15th o f e a c h o f the 12 m o n th s d u r in g the y e a r , and d iv id e
b y 12.
If a y e a r l y a v e r a g e ca n n o t b e r e a d ily c o m p u t e d , p le a s e p r o v id e the b e s t e s t i ­
m a te and id e n t ify a s an e s t im a t e .
In c lu d e p e r s o n s o n v a c a t io n and s ic k le a v e f o r w h ic h
t h e y r e c e i v e d p a y d i r e c t l y f r o m y o u r f i r m bu t e x c lu d e p e r s o n s on le a v e w ith ou t c o m p a n y
p a y and p e n s io n e r s and m e m b e r s o f th e A r m e d F o r c e s c a r r i e d on the r o l l s bu t n ot
w o r k in g d u r in g the p e r i o d s r e p o r t e d .
A.
T otal:— In c lu d e a l l e m p lo y e e s a tta c h e d to the e s t a b lis h m e n t in c lu d in g s a la r ie d
o f f i c e r s o f c o r p o r a t i o n s and e x e c u t iv e s and t h e ir s t a ffs but d o n ot in c lu d e p r o p r i e t o r s ,
m e m b e r s o f i n c o r p o r a t e d f i r m s , o r u n p a id f a m ily w o r k e r s .
B.
P r o d u c t io n and R e la t e d W o rk e r s -— I n c lu d e w o r k in g f o r e m e n and a ll n o n s u p e r v i s o r y w o r k e r s (in c lu d in g le a d m e n and t r a in e e s ) e n g a g e d in f a b r ic a t in g , p r o c e s s i n g , a s ­
s e m b lin g , in s p e c t in g , r e c e i v i n g , s t o r in g , h a n d lin g , p a c k in g , w a r e h o u s in g ,
s h ip p in g ,
tr u c k in g , h a u lin g , m a in t e n a n c e , r e p a ir , ja n it o r ia l, w a tc h m e n s e r v i c e s , p r o d u c t s d e v e l o p ­
m e n t, a u x ilia r y p r o d u c t io n f o r p lan t*s ow n u s e (e . g . , p o w e r p la n t), and r e c o r d k e e p in g
and o t h e r s e r v i c e s c l o s e l y a s s o c i a t e d w ith the a b o v e p r o d u c t io n o p e r a t io n s .
E x c lu d e
e m p lo y e e s e n g a g e d in the fo llo w in g a c t iv it ie s :
E x e c u t iv e , p u r c h a s in g , fin a n c e , a c ­
c o u n tin g , le g a l , p e r s o n n e l , c a f e t e r i a s , m e d ic a l, p r o f e s s i o n a l , and t e c h n ic a l a c t i v i t i e s ,
s a l e s , s a l e s - d e l i v e r y (e . g. , r o u t e m e n ), a d v e r t is in g , c r e d it , c o l l e c t i o n , and in in s t a lla t io n
and s e r v i c i n g o f ow n p r o d u c t s , r o u tin e o f f i c e fu n c tio n , f a c t o r y s u p e r v is io n (a b o v e the
w o r k in g fo r e m a n l e v e l ) , and f o r c e - a c c o u n t c o n s t r u c t io n e m p lo y e e s on y o u r p a y r o l l e n ­
g a g e d in c o n s t r u c t io n o f m a jo r a d d itio n s o r a lt e r a t io n s to the p la n t w h o a r e u t iliz e d as
a sep a ra te w ork fo r c e .
NOTE:
T h e s e a r e the s a m e d e fin it io n s u s e d b y the B u r e a u o f L a b o r S t a t is t ic s f o r
its p r o d u c t i o n - w o r k e r s e m p lo y m e n t s e r i e s .

Item IV.

P L A N T P R A C T IC E S FOR PRO D U C TIO N AND R E L A T E D WORKERS
A.
P a id V a c a t io n s ---- R e p o r t the n u m b e r o f p r o d u c t io n and r e la t e d w o r k e r s , w h o,
d u r in g 1958, r e c e i v e d v a c a t io n p a y e q u iv a le n t to 1 w e e k , the n u m b e r w ho r e c e i v e d v a c a ­
tio n p a y e q u iv a le n t to 2 w e e k s , e t c . If the v a c a t io n p la n p r o v id e d f o r a s p e c i f i c n u m ­
b e r o f d a y s (r a t h e r than w e e k s ), o r i f v a c a t io n b e n e fit s w e r e d e t e r m in e d a s a p e r c e n t a g e
o f the w o r k e r s * an nu al e a r n in g s , p le a s e c o n v e r t to e q u iv a le n t w e e k s , o r f r a c t io n s o f
w e e k s , and r e p o r t the n u m b e r o f w o r k e r s r e c e iv in g the r e s p e c t i v e ’ ’e q u iv a le n t w e e k s ”
b e n e fit s in 1958.
F o r e x a m p le , 2 p e r c e n t o r s lig h t ly m o r e (e . g . , 27* p e r c e n t ) i s to
b e c o n s i d e r e d e q u iv a le n t to 1 w e e k ’ s v a c a t io n ; 4 p e r c e n t o r s lig h t ly m o r e (e . g. , 4 1/*
p e r c e n t ) to 2 w e e k s* v a c a t io n , e t c .
If the v a c a t io n p la n p r o v id e s 1 day*s v a c a t io n p e r
m o n th o f s e r v i c e , c o n s i d e r 5 o r 6 d a y s as e q u iv a le n t to 1 w e e k ’ s v a c a t io n .
If a c t u a l
data a r e n o t a v a ila b le , a p p r o x im a t io n s a r e a c c e p t a b le .
B.
P a id H o lid a y s ---- R e p o r t the n u m b e r o f f u l l - and h a lf-d a y p a id h o lid a y s w h ic h the
m a jo r i t y o f the p r o d u c t io n an d r e la t e d w o r k e r s r e c e i v e d in 1958.
D o n o t in c lu d e an y
u n w o r k e d h o lid a y s w h ic h f e l l o n S a tu rd a y o r Sun day and f o r w h ic h w o r k e r s w e r e n ot
p a id . H o lid a y s fa llin g w ith in the w o r k e r ’ s v a c a t io n p e r io d , w h ic h w e r e p a id f o r in a d d i­
tio n to v a c a t io n p a y , s h o u ld b e in c lu d e d .
C.
P a id S ic k L e a v e — T h is it e m r e f e r s to s ic k le a v e p a id b y c o m p a n y
w ork ers.
I n s u r a n c e p la n s a r e n ot in c lu d e d .
D.

P a id M i l i t a r y L e a v e -—S e lf e x p la n a t o r y .

E.

Paid Jury,

W itn e ss,

d i r e c t l y to

and Voting L e a v e — S elf explanatory.

F.
P a y f o r P e r s o n a l L e a v e — L is t s e p a r a t e ly an y it e m s f o r w h ic h t h e r e is p a y f o r
p e r s o n a l l e a v e , s u ch as d e a th in fa m ily .
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS______________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________




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Ite m V .




HOU RS IN F O R M A T IO N F O R P R O D U C T IO N A N D R E L A T E D W O R K E R S

A.

1 th r o u g h 6

G e n e ra l-— E n t r ie s f o r it e m s 1 t h r o u g h 6 a r e in te n d e d to p r o v id e a r e c o r d o f
t h o s e h o u r s p a id f o r bu t w h ic h w e r e n ot w o r k e d due to the w o r k e r , s e x c u s e d a b s e n c e .
F o r e a c h it e m l i s t e d , e n t e r in c o lu m n 1 the to ta l an n u al m a n - h o u r s o r m a n - h o u r s e q u iv a ­
le n t to p a y r e c e i v e d b y p r o d u c t io n an d r e la t e d w o r k e r s .
T o d e t e r m in e m a n - h o u r s e q u iv a le n t s , d iv id e p a y m e n t f o r the it e m b y a v e r a g e
h o u r ly e a r n in g s . F o r e x a m p le , i f a w o r k e r r e g u la r ly p a id $ 2 an h o u r w as g iv e n $ 5 f o r
a d a y rs a b s e n c e f o r ju r y d u ty, the m a n - h o u r s e q u iv a le n t to th is p a y w o u ld b e 272 h o u r s
( $ 5 4- $ 2 an h o u r ). S i m i l a r ly , i f a w o r k e r r e c e i v e d a day*s s i c k le a v e at h a lf h is r e g ­
u la r r a t e o f p a y , the m a n - h o u r s e q u iv a le n t w o u ld b e 4 , e v e n th ou g h the w o r k e r w a s
absen t fr o m w ork 8 h o u rs.
P l e a s e p r o v i d e d ata f o r e a c h it e m s e p a r a t e ly , if p o s s i b l e . I f n e c e s s a r y , h o w ­
e v e r , it e m s m a y b e b r a c k e t e d and a c o m b in e d fig u r e r e p o r t e d .
A c t u a l o r e s t im a t e d
d a ta m a y b e r e p o r t e d .
If e s t im a t e d d ata a r e p r o v id e d , u s e c o lu m n 4 to in d ic a t e the
m e th o d o r b a s i s o f a p p r o x im a t io n .
I f n o h o u r s w e r e in v o lv e d d u r in g th e y e a r f o r a g iv e n it e m , e n t e r z e r o
the a p p r o p r ia t e s p a c e .

(0) in

1.
P a id V a c a t io n s — T h e fig u r e to b e r e p o r t e d h e r e is the t o ta l m a n - h o u r s e q u iv a le n t
to v a c a t io n p a y r e c e i v e d d u r in g 19 58, w h e th e r the v a c a t io n w a s ta k en o r n ot.
If the
in d iv id u a l w o r k e d at a l l d u r in g h is v a c a t io n p e r i o d , r e p o r t the h o u r s w o r k e d as p a r t o f
t o ta l p la n t m a n - h o u r s (it e m V - B ) , and d o n ot in c lu d e th e m in th is it e m . F o r e x a m p le ,
i f an in d iv id u a l w o r k e d an e n t ir e w e e k (4 0 h o u r s ) and a ls o r e c e i v e d a w eek *s a d d itio n a l
p a y in lie u o f v a c a t io n :
T h e 4 0 - v a c a t io n h o u r s a r e to b e r e p o r t e d h e r e (it e m V - A - l )
an d the 40 h o u r s w o r k e d a r e to b e r e p o r t e d in it e m V - B .
2.
P a id H o lid a y s — R e p o r t the t o ta l m a n - h o u r s e q u iv a le n t to p a y r e c e i v e d f o r h o lid a y s
d u r in g 1958, w h e th e r ta k e n o r n ot. If the in d iv id u a l w o r k e d d u r in g th e h o lid a y , r e p o r t
the h o u r s w o r k e d a s p a r t o f t o ta l p la n t m a n - h o u r s (it e m V - B ) , and d o n ot in c lu d e th e m
in th is it e m .
3.
P a id S ic k L e a v e — R e p o r t the t o ta l m a n - h o u r s e q u iv a le n t to p a y r e c e i v e d d i r e c t l y
f r o m the c o m p a n y f o r s i c k le a v e d u r in g 1958.
(E x c lu d e p a y m e n ts m a d e u n d e r i n s u r ­
a n c e p l a n s . ) W hen p a r t i a l p a y m e n t is m a d e , e n t e r the m a n - h o u r s e q u iv a le n t to th is p a y .
4.
P a id M ilit a r y L e a v e — R e p o r t t o ta l m a n - h o u r s e q u iv a le n t f o r p a y m e n t m a d e b y
the c o m p a n y to w o r k e r s w h ile on t e m p o r a r y m i li t a r y du ty s u c h a s , bu t n ot lim it e d to
N a tio n a l G u a rd o r R e s e r v e s .
5.
P a id J u r y , W it n e s s , o r V o tin g L e a v e — R e p o r t t o ta l m a n - h o u r s e q u iv a le n t f o r
p a y m e n t m a d e b y the c o m p a n y to w o r k e r s e x c u s e d f o r j u r y and w it n e s s duty o r to v o t e .
6.
P a id P e r s o n a l L e a v e — R e p o r t m a n - h o u r s e q u iv a le n t to p a y m e n t m a d e b y the
c o m p a n y f o r e x c u s e d a b s e n c e f r o m w o r k f o r p e r s o n a l r e a s o n s a s l is t e d in it e m I V - F .

A.

T otal:— E n t e r the s u m o f h o u r s r e p o r t e d f o r it e m s

1 t h r o u g h 6.

B.
T o ta l P la n t M a n -H o u r s — E n t e r the t o ta l n u m b e r o f m a n - h o u r s a c t u a lly w o r k e d
b y p r o d u c t io n and r e la t e d w o r k e r s d u r in g 1958, in c lu d in g h o u r s p a id f o r sta n d b y o r r e ­
p o r t in g t im e and h o lid a y and v a c a t io n h o u r s w o r k e d .

C.
T o ta l M a n -H o u r s P a id F o r — E n t e r the s u m o f m a n - h o u r s w o r k e d d u r in g 1958,
in c lu d in g h o u r s p a id f o r sta n d b y o r r e p o r t in g t im e and h o lid a y and v a c a t io n h o u r s w o r k e d
p lu s m a n - h o u r s e q u iv a le n t to p a y r e c e i v e d b y w o r k e r s d i r e c t l y f r o m y o u r f i r m f o r s ic k
le a v e and f o r h o lid a y s and v a c a t io n s . D o n ot c o n v e r t o v e r t im e o r o t h e r p r e m iu m p a id
h o u r s to s t r a i g h t -t i m e e q u iv a le n t h o u r s . T h is e n t r y s h o u ld e q u a l the s u m o f the e n t r ie s
in it e m s V - A and V - B .

* U .S. G O VERN M EN T P R IN TIN G O FF IC E : I960 0 — 568894