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r SOCIOLOGY DIVISION SERIAL STATE JULY I, 1950 TO JANUARY I, 1952 Supplement to Bulletin 227, Revised FEBRUARY I, 1952 BOARDS U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Maurice J. Tobin, Secretary WOMEN’S BUREAU Frieda S. Hiller, Director WASHINGTON 25, D. C. STATES WITH MINIMUM-WAGE LAWS (Applicable to women and minors, unless otherwise noted) Arizona Arkansas (women and girls) California Colorado Connecticut (any employee) District of Columbia Illinois Kansas Kentucky Louisiana (women and girls) Maine Massachusetts (any person) Minnesota Nevada (women and girls) New Hampshire (any employee) New Jersey New York (women and minors; men) North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma (adult women) Oregbn Pennsylvania Rhode Island (women and minors; men South Dakota (women and girls) Utah Washington Wisconsin Alaska (women) Hawaii Puerto Rico (1)(women and girls) (2) (any employee) «. ANALYSIS OF STATE MINIMUM-WAGE ORDERS, State, title and number of order, and effec tive date —l Colorado: Laundry Industry, No. 6, Feb. 11, 1951. (Supersedes order 5 Aug. 7, 1941. ) Occupation or industrycovered Laundry, i.e., any trade, business, industry, club, institution or branch thereof engaged in (1) washing, ironing, or process ing incidental thereto, for compensation, of clothing napery, blankets, bed clothing, or fabric of any kind whatsoever; (2) the collecting, sale, resale, or distribution at retail or wholesale of laundry services; (3) the producing of laundry service for their own use by business establishments, hospitals, clubs, or profit-making institutions; (4) self service laundries. JULY 1, 1950—JANUARY 1, Class of employees covered Women and minors: Zone A (Denver and Pueblo and a radius of 5 miles beyond the corporate limits of these cities; from June 1 to Oct. 1, covers Colorado Springs and Estes Park). Zone B (remainder of State and from Oct. 1 to June 1, Colorado Springs and Estes Park). All employees 1952 V Minimum-wage rates 55 cents an hour 55 cents an hour li times employee's regular rate. 45 cents an hour 45 cents an hour li times employ ee 's regular rate. Hours Up to and in cluding 40 a week. Over 40 and including 44 a week. Over 44 a week; over 8 a day in emergen4/ cies, —' Up to and in cluding 38 a week. —^ Over 36 and including 44 a week. Over 44 a week; over 8 a day in emergen cies. —l See footnotes at end of table. 1 2 ANALYSIS OF STATE MINIMUM-WAGE ORDERS, JULY 1, State, title and number of order, and effec— ?/ tive date — Occupation or industry covere d 1950—JANUARY 1, Class of employees covered 1952 Minimum—wage rates Colorado - Cont. Retail Trade Occupa tions, No. 7, Feb. 18, 1951. (Supersedes order 2 of Jan. 10, 19 39. ) Retail trade, i.e., the per formance of any and every type of work concerned with or incidental to the sell ing or offering for sale any commodity, article, goods, wares, or merchan dise, to the consumer, not for the purpose of resale in any form. Women and minors: Experienced: Zone A (Denver and Pueblo and a radius of 5 miles beyond the corporate limits of these cities; from June 1 to Oct. 1, covers Colorado Springs, Manitou Springs, and Estes Park). Zone B (remainder of State and from Oct. 1 to June 1 the 3 resort cities mentioned in the Zone A entry). Inexperienced (192 hours in the occupa tion) - Both zones All employees 55 cents an hour 45 cents an hour 80 percent of the applicable minimum-wage rate. —^ li times employ ee's regular rate. f Hours Up to 8 a day, 48 a week. — Do. ^ Do. Over 48 a week; over 8 a day in emergen4/ cies. — State, title and number of order, and effec tive date —t Occupation or industry covered Colorado - Cont. Beauty Service Occupa- Beauty service, i.e., all tions, No. 9, services or operations Mar. 4, 1951. (Supersedes order 3 of Dec. 4, 1939.) used or useful in the care, cleansing, or beautification of the skin, nails, or hair, or in the enhancement of personal appearance, and also services or operations incidental thereto, including the service of maids, cashiers, reception or appointment clerks. •Class of employees covered Women and minors: Senior operators Junior operators (First 12 months, and operator still in the training period) —^ All other employees All employees * Minimum-wage rates 65 cents an hour 50 cents an hour Do. li times employee's regular rate. Hours Up to 8 a day or 44 a week. —^ Do. ^ Over 44 a week; over 8 a day in emergencies. —^ See footnotes at end of table. 3 4 ANALYSIS OF STATE MINIMUM-WAGE ORDERS, State, title and number of order, and effec tive date —^ Colorado - Cont. Public Housekeeping Occupations, No. 8, Mar. 10, 1951. (Supersedes order 4 of June 16, 1940. ) Occupation or industry covered Public housekeeping includes hotels, restaurants, motels, rooming houses, cottage camps, clubs, hospitals, convalescent homes, sani— tariums, private schools, colleges, and any establishment that prepares and offers for sale food or refreshments for consumption either on or off its premises; any business which offers lodging accommodations for hire to the publie, to employees, or to members, whether such service is the principal business of the employer or merely incidental to another business. JULY 1, 1950—JANUARY 1, Class of employees covered Women and minors: Experienced: Zone A (Denver and adjoining area extending 6 miles from city's corporate limits). Zone B (remainder of State). Inexperienced (192 hours in the occupation) - Both zones. All employees 1952 V Minimum-wage rates 55 cents an hour Hours Up to 8 a day, 48 a week. 45 cents an hour Do. 80 percent of the applicable minimum-wage pr / rate. — Do. li times employee's regular rate. Over 48 a week; over 8 a day in emergencies. — State, title and number of order, and effec tive date —/ Occupation or industry covered Class of employees covered Minimum-wage rates Hours Connecticut: Restaurant Occupation, Nos. 4 A and 4B, May 15, 1950. (Set aside by the Superior Court of Hartford County on Dec. 19, 1950, be cause of wageboard's failure to comply with the procedural provi sions of the State's minimum-wage law.) See footnotes at end of table. 1 5 6 ANALYSIS OF STATE MINIMUM-WAGE ORDERS, JULY State, title and number of order, and effec tive date —! Occupation or industry covere d 1, 1950—JANUARY Laundry Occupation, Nos. 2A and 2B, Apr. 17, 1951. (Supersedes order 2 of Sept. 29, 1947 and extends cover age to adult males, who had not been covered in the earlier order.) Laundry establishments, i.e., any place in which any serv ice in connection with any activity of the laundry occupation is performed for compensation, except in domestic service. Laundry occupation includes: (1) any activity in the washing, ironing or proc essing, incidental thereto, of laundry wares and all other operations carried on in establishments en gaged in this.business; (2) the collecting, sale, resale, or distribution at retail or wholesale of laundry service and the keeping of accounts, billing and any other clerical work in connection therewith; (3) the producing of laundry service for their own use by business establishments, clubs, hospitals, or other public or private institu tions except those com pletely supported by the State or a municipality. Women and minors; adult males engaged in production work. Women and minors; adult males engaged in pro duction work in laun dries, who do work ordinarily performed by females or minors under 18. 1952 ^ Minimum-wa ge rates Class of employees covered C onnecticu t _ Cont. 1, 75 cents an hour 8 —■/ l£ times employee's regular rate. (Deductions for meals and lodg ing allowed when these constitute a condition of employment. Amounts must be in accordance with rates set by the Labor Commissioner from time to time. Such deductions not allowed during the period em ployee is re receiving training or new experience.) Hours Up to and in cluding 44 a week. —^ Over 44 a week. iQ/ State, title and number of order, ajid effec tive date 2/ Connecticut - Cont. Cleaning and Dyeing Occupation, Nos. 3A and 3B, June 37, 1951. (Supersedes order 3 of June 2, 1947 and extends coverage to adult males.) Occupation or industry covered Cleaning and dyeing, i.e., cleaning, dyeing, re-dyeing, or pressing garments (ineluding hats), upholstery, rugs, or any other fabrics, any process incidental thereto, including collecting and receiving such articles for the above purposes, of giving out or collecting such articles after they have been cleaned, dyed, re-dyed, or pressed. Exception: Any such process when carried on in establishments manu facturing textiles or gar ments (including hats ). Class of employees covered Minimum-wage rates 75 cents an hour Women and minors; men. Exception: Adult males receiving at least $35 a week. Hours TJp to and in cluding 45 a week. —^ li times employee's Over 45 a week, AQ/ regular rate. « See footnotes at end of table. 7 8 ANALYSIS OF STATE MINIMUM-WAGE ORDERS, State, title and number of order, and effec tive date —t Occupation or industry covered JULY 1, 1950—JANUARY Class of employees covered (Amends Minimum-Wage Law to establish statutory rate.) 1952 -1/ Minimum-wage rates Hours t Connecticut _ Cont. Session laws 1951, Public Act 352, July 1, 1951. 1, Any industry or occupation, with enumerated exceptions such as agriculture, domestic service, persons covered by the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act and others. Women and minors; men * 75 cents an hour 48 a week (maximum for women and minors in prac tically all in dustries or occu pations ). State, title and number of order, and effee— tive date 2/ Connecticut _ Cont. Mercantile Trade, Nos. 7.4 and 7B, Oct. 1, 1951. (Supersedes1 orders 7A and 7B of Mar. 18, 1946. ) Occupation or industry covered Class of employees covered Mercantile trade, i.e., whole sale or retail selling of commodities and any opera tion supplemental or inci dental thereto, including, but not limited to, buying, delivery, maintenance, office, stock, and clerical work. Exceptions: Repair and service employees if major portion of their duties is unrelated to the mercantile trade as herein defined. Women and minors; men: Experienced full-time and part-time employees-. Minimum-wa ge rates 75 cents an hour Hours Full-time and parttime beginners (First 1,000 hours in the trade. ) 00 cents an hour Up to and including 44 a week. —^ Do. W Both groups. A3/ li times employee's regular rate. Over 44 a week. (Deductions for uniforms or other facilities required by an employer as a condition of employment and the reasonable cost of their maintenance may not be charged to the employee, if .this would reduce employ ee's wage below the mini mum prescribed by this order.) See footnotes at end of table. 9 10 ANALYSIS OF STATE MINIMUM-WAGE ORDERS, State, title and number of order, and effec tive date —/ r.onnfict i cut - Cont. Beauty Shop Occupation, No. 1, Nov. 1, 1951. (Supersedes orders 1A and IB of Mar. 3, 1947. ) Occupation or industry covered Beauty shop, i.e., any shop, store, or place, or part thereof, in which is conducted the business of a hairdresser or cosmetician as "these terms are defined in the Cosmetology Act. JULY 1, 1950 — JANUARY Class of employees covered 1, 1952 Minimum-wage rates Hours Women and minors; men: 15/ 3-year operators — and clerks: —! Full-time $33 a week Part-time —^ $6.50 a day Overtime 95 cents an hour Any part of 4 or more days a week. 8-hour day or part thereof. Over 44 a week or, if part-time worker, over 8 a day. —^ 19/ 2-year operators —' and learner clerks:—^ Full-time Part-time —^ Overtime $28.50 a week $6 a day 85 cents an hour Same as shown for 3-year operators. $26 a week $5.50 a day 75 cents an hour Same as shown for 3-year operators. Weekly wage may be prorated Actual time worked 1-year operators: —^ Full-time part-time Overtime Full-time employees hired after the beginning of the week or dismissed in good faith as unsatisfac tory before the end State, title and number of order, and effec tive date —l Connecticut - Cont. Beauty Shop Occupation - Cont. Occupation or industry covered Class of employees covered Minimum—wage rates Hours of the week or voluntarily absent in any week. Maids, porters, and cleaners 75 cents an hour (Employee may not be charged for uniforms or uniform maintenance, etc., if such charge brings the wage paid below the minimum.) 48 a week (Maximum for women and minors. ) See footnotes at end of table. 11 12 ANALYSIS OF STATE MINIMUM-WAGE ORDERS, JULY 1, State, title and number of order, and effec tive date Occupation or industry covered District of Columbia: Laundry and Dry Clean- Laundry and dry cleaning, i.e., ing Occupation, No. 5, any activity concerned with: Aug. 82, 1951. (Supersedes order 5 of July 8, 1946.) (1) the washing, cleaning, finishing, refreshing, pressing, mending, or dyeing of wearing apparel (including hats and shoes), household furnishings, textiles, fur, leather, or fabric of any kind whatsoever, or (2) the collection, sale, resale, or distribution at retail or wholesale of any laundry or dry cleaning service. Covers all other operations and services connected with the above or incidental thereto including, but not limited to, services of cashiers, telephone operators, office workers, store clerks, elevator operators, maintenance workers; and any of the above services performed by an establishment or business for its own use although such services may be incidental to the establishment's principal business. 1950—JANUARY 1, Class of employees covered 1952 ^ Minimum-wage rates Women and minors $30 a week Employees beginning work after the beginning of a workweek or resigning before the end of a workweek, or voluntarily absent in any week. Part-time 75 cents am hour Overtime If employee works a split shift, or spread of hours exceeds 11. Hours Over 24 but not more than 40 a week. Actual time worked. 85 cents am hour 24 or less a we ek. —/ $1.12i cents an hour. 75 cents a day in addition to the applicable minimum wage. Over 40 a week. —' (Deductions against the minimum wage allowed only if written consent of employee and written approval of the Minimum Wage and Industrial Safety Board are obtained. ) State, title and number of order, and effec tive date — Occupation or industry covered Class of employees covered Minimum-wage rates Hours Kentucky: Hotel and Restaurant Industry. Directory, Feb. 26, 1951. Mandatory, Aug. 1, 1951. (Supersedes order (unnumbered) which became mandatory Apr. 1, 1943. ) Hotels, i.e., establishments having more than 10 guest rooms, which offer lodging accommodations for hire to the general public and have transient guests. Restaurants, i.e., establishments preparing and offering for sale food for consumption. Women and minors: Zone I (cities of 20,000 or more population and contiguous territory within 5 miles thereof): Nonservice 60 cents an hour 90 cents an hour Service Zone II (cities of 4,000 to 20,000 population and contiguous terri tory within 2 miles thereof): Nonservice 45 cents an hour 67& cents an hour 58 cents an hour 87 cents an hour Service 43 cents an hour 64i cents an hour Up to and in cluding 48 a week. Over 48 a week. £3/ Up to and in cluding 48 a week. Over 48 a we ek. 22/ Up to and in cluding 48 a week. Over 48 a week. 22/ Up to and in cluding 48 a week. Over 48 a week 22/ See footnotes at end of table. 13 14 ANALYSIS OF STATE MINIMUM-WAGE ORDERS, JULY State, title and number of order, and effec tive date Kentucky - Cont. Hotel and Restaurant Industry - Cont. Occupation or industry covered 1, 1950—JANUARY Class of employees covered Zone III (remainder o f State): Nonservice 1, 1952 1/ Minimum-wag rates 56 cents an hour 84 cents an hour Service 41 cents an hour 61i cents an hour If spread of hours ex 60 cents a day in addition to the ceeds 12, or employee hourly wages has more than one inter val off duty (exclud earned. ing any meal period of 1 hour or less) or if (No deductions may both situations occur. be made against the minimum wage for meals. Em ployer and employee may, however, volun tarily reach an agreement but the amount charged may not exceed 25 cents a meal.) Hours Up to and in cluding 48 a week. Over 48 a week. —^ Up to and in cluding 48 a week. Over 48 a week. State, title and number of order, and effec tive date —/ Occupation or industry covered . Massachusetts: "Public housekeeping indusPublic Housekeeping try" includes any activity Occupation, No. 25-B, in establishments directly or indirectly connected with the preparation of (Supersedes order 25-A, and offering of food or mandatory Mar. 2, beverages for human con1948. Transfers to sumption; and the offer— this present order ing or furnishing of occupations covered rooms or lodgings for reby the Building Servnumeration, or other service order of 1949, ices rendered, either to if they are in es— the public, employees, . tablishments covered members or guests of memby this present bers, paying guests, stuorder.) dents, or others, whether as the principal business of the employer or as a unit of another business. Public housekeeping occupations include the work performed by waitresses, cooks, counter and salad workers, food checkers, bus and vegetable workers, dish and glass washers, kitchen help, maids, cleaners, chambermaids, housekeepers, practical nurses, ward aides, housemen, stewards, parlormaids, linen room girls, checkSee footnotes at end of table. room attendants, matrons, Aug. 1, 1950. Class of employees covered Women and minors; men: Non-service employees (including counter workers, unless special permission is granted by the Minimum Wage Commission). Service employees Minimum-wage rates Hours 05 cents an 24/ hour. £2/ 9 a day, 48 a week (maximum for wornen and . , —' p.fi/ minors), 28/ 45 cents an .hour. — 24/ Do. 25/20/ (Deductions for meals and lodging permitted at prices specified in the order. But deductions bringing wages below the minimum allowed, only if consent of employee and approval of Minimum Wage Commis— sion are ob— tained.) 1 e; 16 ANALYSIS OF STATE MINIMUM-WAGE ORDERS, State, title and number of order, and effec tive date —l Massachusetts - Cont. Public Housekeeping Occupation - Cont. Occupation or industrycovered hosts, hostesses, elevator operators, janitors, ship pers and receivers, bell men, doormen, baggage porters, and watchmen, including, but not limited to, all nonpro fessional workers engaged in public housekeeping estab lishments, except employees specifically included under another minimum wage order. Establishments include restau rants, fountain lunch count ers, cafeterias, caterers, and all other establishments where lunches, meals, or food in solid and/or liquid form are prepared for and served to the public or to be consumed on the premises; hotels, seasonal hotels, camps, clubs, hospitals, convalescent homes, private schools, colleges, and other establishments offering rooms for rent. JULY 1, 1950—JANUARY 1, Class of employees covered 1952 V Minimum-wage rates Hours State, title and number of order, and effec tive date 2/ Massachusetts - Cont. Personal Services Occupations, No. 23, Dec. 14, 1950. (Supersedes Beauty Culture Order 23, Mandatory Apr. 1, 1943. ) Occupation or industrycovered Class of employees covered "Personal services industry" in Women and minors; men: Barbering and hair cludes all establishments which perform, directly or dressing : Experienced indirectly, any service, Inexperienced operation, or process used or useful in the care, cleans (First 1040 hours ing, or beautification of the in the occupation) body, skin, nails or hair, or in the enhancement of per All other employees sonal appearance or health; except maids. including, but not limited Maids to, barber and beauty shops, scalp treatment shops, bath and massage parlors, physical conditioning and weight con trol salons. Exceptions: Cashiers, receptionists, ap pointment clerks, and cleri cal workers, whose jobs are covered by the Clerical Technical, and Similar Oc cupations Order. Minimum-wa ge rates Hours 9 a day, 48 a 70 cents an hour 00 cents an hour —^ week (maxi mum for wom en and minors). —^ 70 cents an hour 60 cents an hour (Deductions bringing wages below the minimum allowed only if consent of employee and ap proval of the Minimum Wage Com mission are ob tained. ) (If employee is re quired to furnish and/or launder his or her own uniform $1.50 a week must be added to the wage required by this order.) See footnotes at end of table. 17 18 ANALYSIS OF STATE MINIMUM-WAGE ORDERS, State, title and number of order, and effec tive date —l Occupation or industry covered Massachusetts - Cont. Food Processing Occupa Pood processing, i.e., the preparation, processing, or tions, No. 31, Oct. 20. 1951. (Supersedes three mandatory orders Canning and Pre serving, No. 19 of Mar. 2, 1939; Candy, No. 6 of Mar. 1, 1943; and Bread and Bakery Products, No. 15-A of Oct. 1, 1944.) packaging of food for human or other consumption, ineluding, but not limited to canning, preserving, and the production of candy, confectionery, bakery prod ucts, dairy products, malt beverages, or soft drinks. Exceptions: Occupations within the industry covered by another minimum-wage order. JULY 1, 1950—JANUARY 1, Class of employees covered 1952 Minimum-wage rates Hours Women and minors; men: —^ Experienced Inexperienced (600 hours) ”5 cents an hour 65 cents an hour —^ 9 a day, 48 a week (maximum for wornen and minors). —^ 26/ (Deductions to bring wages below the minimum allowed only if consent of employee and approval of Minimum Wage Commission are obtained.) (Deductions for meals and lodg ing permitted at prices specified in the order.) State, title and number of order, and effec tive date —^ Occupation or industry covered Class of employees covered Minimum-wage rates Hours Massachusetts - Cont. Mercantile Occupations, No. 26-B, Dec. 26, 1951. (Supersedes mandatory order 2Q-A of Oct. 1, 1948.) Women and minors; men:—/ "Mercantile occupations" inelude any industry or busiFull-time employees: ness connected with or Experienced operated for the purpose of selling, purchasing, or distributing merchandise, wares, goods, articles, services, or commodities to Inexperienced (780 retailers, wholesalers, or hours) industrial, commerical, or individual users. Includes all work connected with the soliciting of sales or opportunities for sales or the distributing of such Part-time employees: Experienced merchandise, wares, etc., and the rendering of servInexperienced (780 ices incidental to the sales, use, or upkeep of hours) same, whether performed on employer's premises or elsewhere; the selling of ice cream and soft drinks where the selling of such commodities is not the main business of the establishment. Covers all types of mercantile occupations other $27 a week 67£ cents an hour $24 a week 36 but not more than 44 a week, Over 44 a week. 36 but not more than 44 a week. —/ 60 cents an hour Over 44 a week. 67i cents an hour Less than 30 a week. —/ 60 cents an hour Do. (Deductions bringing wage below the minimum allowed only, if consent of employee and approval of Minimum Wage Commission are obtained.) See footnotes at end of table. 19 20 ANALYSIS OF STATE MINIMUM-WAGE ORDERS, State, title and number of order, and effec tive date —^ Massachusetts - Cont. Mercantile Occupa tions. - Cont. Occupation or industry covered than those determined by the Minimum Wage Commission to be of such a nature that the em ployer is unable to keep true records of the number of hours worked by the. em ployee - outside salesper sons and persons customarily receiving gratuities are named as such exceptions. Permit must be obtained. Exceptions: Functions with in the mercantile industry specifically covered by another minimum-wage order. (Salespersons in laundry and dry cleaning establish ments, however, are speci fically covered by the present order.) JULY 1, 1950—JANUARY 1, Class of employees covered 1952 V Minimum-wage rates (Payment to an em ployee for laun dering her uniforms may not be considered as part of the wages.) Hours State, title and number of order, and effec tive date —^ Occupation or industry covered New Hampsh!re: Restaurant Occupation, Restaurant occupation, i.e., No. 3A, Oct. 1, 1950. (Supersedes mandatory order 3 of Nov. 1, 1938.) any activity directly con cerned with the preparation and serving of food to the public for pay, in any establishment where at least 10 people are served per day where lodging is not also provided to the public for pay. Restaurant establishment, i.e., any establishment which pre pares and offers for sale food for consumption either on any of its premises, or by catering and banquet service, box-lunch, or curb service; the term "food" includes nutritive material intended for human consumption, in solid or liquid form, whether cooked or uncooked, or other wise prepared, excluding, however, medicinal or quasimedicinal preparations. Class of employees covered Women and minors: Non-service employees Service employees Minimum-wag rates qi / 50 cents an hour —' 40 cents- an hour —^ Hours (32)(33) (32)(33) (Deduction of 40 cents per meal allowed but total per week may not exceed $4.80 or 12 meals.) See footnotes at end of table. 21 22 ANALYSIS,OF STATE MINIMUM-WAGE ORDERS, JULY State, title and number of order, and effec tive date —^ Occupation or industry covered 1, 1950—JANUARY 1, Class of employees covered 1952 Minlnum-wage rates New York: Amusement and Recreation Industry. No. 8, Apr. 22, 1951. Amusement and recreation inWomen and minors; men: dustry includes all esAll employees except 75 tablishments whose primary as indicated below. Cashiers, cleaners, service is to provide amusement, entertainment, porters, and matrons or recreation, including in motion-picture theaters: establishments which produce and distribute motion In cities of: Over 50,000 pop75 pictures and services allied to this such as ulation and all casting and rental of motioncommunities in picture film or equipment. Nassau and WestIncludes owners, lessees, and Chester Counties. concessionaires whose busi— 10,000 to 50,000 70 ness is incidental thereto population or in connection therewith, except communior a part thereof, and such ties in Nassau services as are allied and Westchester Counties. therewith. The industry includes, but is Less than 10,000 05 not limited to, motionpopulation ex— picture and other theaters, cept communidance halls and studios, ties in Nassau ballrooms, bowling alleys, and Westchester billiard parlors, skating Counties. rinks, riding academies, race tracks, and stables, amusement parks and centers, penny arcades and other cents an hour cents an hour cents an hour cents an hour V Hours State, title and number of order, and effec tive date —l Occupation or industry covered Class of employees covered Minimum-wage rates Hours Hew York - Cont. Amusement and Recrea tion Industry - Cont, See footnotes at end of table coin-operated amusement device parlors, athletic fields, arenas, ball parks and stadiums, swimming pools, beaches, gymnasiums and slenderizing salons, golf courses, tennis courts, carnivals, circuses, boathouses, card clubs, and other similar establishments, as well as play-producing or other entertainment-producing companies, theatrical agents, ticket-brokers, and professional-sports promoters; allied services operated in connection with amusement and recreation establishments, such as check-rooms and parking lots. Exceptions: Establishments engaged in the operation of radio and television broadcasting stations; non-profit organizations organized exclusively for religious, charitable, or educational purposes; also summer-theater apprentice actors, cabana boys, and rolling-chair pushers; volunteer members of the National Ski Patrol System, Inc. Ticket takers and doormen in motion-picture theaters: (Population groups same as shown for cashiers, cleaners, etc.) Ushers, ramp and checkroom attendants, other unclassified-service staff workers, and messengers in motionpicture theaters; bat boys, ball chasers; score-board boys, and messengers in professional sports promotion and exhibition: In New York City, and Nassau and Westchester Counties. In the remainder of the State. 70 cents an hour 05 cents an hour. 00 cents an hour 55 cents an hour (34) 50 cents an hour (34) 23 24 ANALYSIS OF STATE MINIMUM-WAGE ORDERS, JULY 1, State, title and number of order, and effec tive date —^ Occupation or industry covered 1950—JANUARY 1, Class of employees covered 1952 ^ Minimum-wage rates Hew York - Cont. Amusement and Recrea tion Industry - Cont. Beach chair and um brella attendants and locker-room attendants at beaches and pools. Pinsetters: In New York City, and Nassau and Westches ter Counties. In the remainder of the State. Ushers at sports ex hibitions : In cities of over 150,000 population. In the remainder of the State. Golf caddies: In New York City and Nassau and Westchester Counties, In the remainder of the State. 55 cents an hour 12 cents per line 9 cents per line $3 per event $2 per event $1 per bag for each round of 9 holes or less. $2 per bag for each round of 10 to 18 holes. $1 per bag for each round of 9 holes or less. $1.50 per bag for each round of 10 to 18 holes Hours State, title and number of order, and effec tive date —'t Occupation or industry covered Class of employees covered Minimum-wage rates Hours New York - Cont. Amusement and Recrea tion Industry - Cont, (The value of meals and lodging actu ally furnished to an employee may be considered an addition to the cash wages paid. Maximum charges permitted are specified in the order.) See footnotes at end of table. 25 26 ANALYSIS OF STATE MINIMUM-WAGE ORDERS, JULY 1, 10SO—JANUARY 1, 1952 1-/ State, title and number of order, and effec tive date North Dakota: Public Housekeeping Occupation, No. 1, Aug. 13, 1951. (Supersedes order 1 of May 6, 1940. ) Occupation or industry covered Class of employees covered Public housekeeping includes Women: the work of waitresses in Full-time employees: restaurants, hotel dining Waitresses or counter rooms, boarding houses, bars girls and taverns, and all attendants.employed at ice-cream, light-lunch, and refreshment stands, steam table or counter work in cafeterias and delicatessens where freshly cooked foods are served; the work of chambermaids in hotels, lodging Chambermaids or kitchen help houses, and boarding houses; the work of janitresses, car Part-time employees cleaners, and kitchen workers in hotels and restaurants; elevator operators. Minimum-wage rates Hours $23.25 a week; $100.75 a month Maximum 9 a day, 58 a week in towns of under 500 population; 8i a day, 48 a week elsewhere. $22.15 a week; $90 a month 1/48 of weekly wage (.Deductions allowed for meals, lodg ing, or both, as specified in the order.) Do. For each hour worked. State, title and number of order, and effec tive date 3/ Occupation or industry covered Class of employees covered Minimum-wage rates Hours North Dakota - Cont. Mercantile Occupation, No. 3, Aug. 14, 1951. (Supersedes order 3 of May 9, 1946. ) Mercantile, i.e., work in establishments operated for the purpose of trade in the purchase or sale of any goods or merchandise including the sales force, wrapping force, auditing or checking force; shippers in the mail-order department; receiving, marking, and stockroom employees; and all other women, except those performing office duties solely. Women: Full-time employees: Experienced Inexperienced (l year) Part-time employees $23.25 a week; $100.75 a month. $19. 25 a week; $83. 40 a month. 1/48 of weekly wage Maximum 9 a day, 54 a week in towns of under 500 population; 84 a day, 48 a week elsewhere. Do. For each hour worked. See footnotes at end of table. 27 28 ANALYSIS OF STATE MINIMUM-WAGE ORDERS, State, title and number of order, and effec tive date —^ JULY 1, 1950—JANUARY 1, Occupation or industry covered Class of employee^ covered Pood and lodging establishments include all restaurants, licensed or unlicensed, operated as the principal business of the employer oi as a unit of another business; restaurants operated by governmental subdivisions including boards of education, wherein food in liquid and/or solid form is prepared and served for human consumption; catering and banquet service, boxlunch service, or curb service; transit and residential or apartment hotels, motels, apartment houses, tourist .homes and tourist cabin reservations offering lodging or living accomodations; boarding houses serving one meal or more a day; rooming houses; hospitals, sanitariums, and rest homes; clubs, private and public. Exception: Establishments operating "soda fountains" where only non-alcoholic beverages such as carbonated Women and minors: Non-service employees: Cities over 100,000 population Cities of 50,000 to 100,000 population Cities of 5,000 to 50,000 population Elsewhere in the State Service employees —/ 1952 Minimum—wage rates Hours Oh io: Food and/or Lodging Occupat ion.s, No. 3, amended, Dec. 15, 1950. (Supersedes order 3, mandatory Mar. 30, 1937.) in all four classifications above. Employees working 30 hours a week or less at the direction of employer: 36/ Non-service employees; Cities over 100,000 population Cities of 50,000 to 100,000 population Cities of 5,000 to 50,000 population Elsewhere in the State Service employees ^ in all four classifications above. Over 24 and up to 48 a week. Do. 55 cents an hour 53 cents an hour 51 cents an hour Do. 49 cents an hour Do. 40 cents an hour Do. 60 cents an hour ! Up to 24 a week. —! 58 cents an hour Do. 56 cents an hour 52/ Do. ^ 54 cents an hour —^ Do. ^ 45 cents an hour —^ Do. 32/ State, title and number of order, and effec tive date —! Ohio - Cont. Occupation or industrycovered Class of employees covered Minimum-wage rates Hours . Food and/or Lodging Occupations - Cont. beverages, soft drinks, milk drinks, ice creams, etc., are sold; inmates of institutions, sectarian or nonsectarian; members of religious organizations who receive no compensation for their services; women taking a course of training in housework, or preparing and serving food in training establishments; students, who ■ while regularly enrolled in a recognized or accredited school or other institution of learning, are employed as part-time workers in a restaurant, cafeteria, or lunchroom operated on a non— profit basis by a board of education, school, college, university, hospital or institution, or as nurses' aides in a hospital. Inexperienced (60 days) 10 cents an hour less than the applicable minimum rates cited above. (By agreement of employer and employee, former may charge employee for meals. Maximum amounts specified in the order order. If agreed to by both parties, employer may deduct not more than $3.25 a week for lodging furnished the employee.) See footnotes at end of table. 29 30 ANALYSIS OF STATE MINIMUM-WAGE ORDERS, JULY 1, State, title and number of order, and effec tive date —^ Occupation or industry covered 1950—JANUARY 1, Class of employees covered 1952 1/ Minimum-wage rates Hours 0 regon: Laundry, Cleaning and Dyeing Occupation, Laundry, cleaning and dyeing occupation includes all No. 7, Aug. 29, 1950. places where two or more persons are employed in the process of receiving, (Supersedes order 7 of marking, washing, cleanFeb. 15, 194'7. ) ing, dyeing, ironing, and distributing clothing and materials. Women and minors Hospitals, Sanitariums, Hospitals, sanitariums, conConvalescent and Old valescent or old people's People 's Homes, homes—cooks, kitchen Women and minors: Experienced No. 5, Jan 7, 1951. (Supersedes order 5A of July 22, 1941, as amended Nov. 20, 1941.) helpers, waitresses, janitors, charwomen, and all other women and minors employed therein, Exceptions: Trained nurses, student nurses, or other professional or executive help. 60 cents an hour li times employee's regular rate Inexperienced: First 200 hours Second 200 hours 05 cents an hour 40 cents an hour 50 cents an hour 1± times employee's regular rate. 8 a day, 44 a week Over 8 a day, over 44 a week, in emergencies, on permit. 8 a day, 44 a week. Do. Do. Over 8 a day, over 44 a week, in emergen cies. —/ State, title and number of order, and effec tive date —^ Occupation or industry covered Class of employees covered Minimum-wage rates Hours Oregon - Cont. Minors, No. 10, Oct. 11, 1951. (Supersedes order 10 of July 22, 1941.) Industries for which the State Minors (persons under 18 Wage and Hour Commission has years of age.) not established by individual or special order a different wage. Exceptions: Minors employed at domestic work and at chores in or about private residences; newspaper carriers and newspaper ven dors. 50 cents an hour 8 a day, 44 a week, (maximum) See footnotes at end of table. 31 32 ANALYSIS OF STATE MINIMUM-WAGE ORDERS, JULY 1, State, title and number of order, and effective date —^ Occupation or industry covered 1950—JANUARY 1, Class of employees covered 1952 1/ Minimum-wage rates Hours Puerto Rico: Pineapple Industry, No. 17, Sept. 1, 1950. Pineapple industry includes the production, processing, and canning of pineapples, and any other operation or service related thereto; transportation of the product by the producer. All employees other than those in an administrative, executive, or professional capacity: In industrial phase of the industry. In agricultural phase of the industry— Zone I 42/ Zone II 42/ All employees covered 30 cents an hour Range according to type of work, from $1.70 a day to $3.20 a day. Range according to type of work, from $1.95 a day to $4 a day. Double the employee's regular hourly rate. 8 a day, 48 a week. —/ Do. M/ Do. 11/ Over 8 a day, over 48 a week. State, title and number of order, and effec tive date —^ Occupation or industry covered Class of employees covered Minimum-wage rates Hours Puerto Rico - Cont. Coffee Industry, No. 19, Oct. 26, 1950, Coffee Industry includes all agricultural operations necessary for the produc tion of coffee; drying, hulling, and packing or the transportation thereof by the farmer. All employees: Coffee pickers All others 50 cents an almud which is 4/5 of a liter. $1.44 a day. —^ (42) . See footnotes at end of table. 33 34 ANALYSIS OF STATE MINIMUM-WAGE ORDERS, JULY 1, State, title and number of order, and effec tive date —/ Puerto Rico - Cont. Dairy Industry, No. 18, Jan. 1, 1951. Occupation or industry covered Dairy industry includes all occupations, processes, or services necessary or related to the production of fresh milk, and the haridllng, bottling, pasteurization, homogenizatlon or processing of the milk and its products, and the transportation thereof by the producer. 1950—JANUARY 1, Class of employees covered All employees: In industrial phase of the industry: Zone I 43/ Zone II 41/ In agricultural phase of the industry: Zone I 41/ Zone II —/ All employees covered 1952 I' Minimum-wage rates 35 cents an hour 30 cents an hour Range according to type of work, from 23 cents an hour to 50 cents an hour. Range according to type of work from 20 cents an hour to 40 cents an hour. Double the employee’s regular rate. (Care and main— tenance of uniforms even when employer furnishes them Hours 8 a day, 48 a week. Do. Do. Do. Over 8 a day, over 48 a week. State, title and number of order, and effec tive date —^ Occupation or Industry covered Class of employees covered Minimum-wage rates Hours Puerto Rtco - Cont. Hospital, Clinic, or Sanitarium Occupa tions, No. 4, July l, 1981. (Supersedes order 4 of July 17, 1943 as amended Jan. 17, 1944.) is employee's responsibility.) Hospital, clinic, or sani tarium occupations include any service in a public or private establishment where medical treatment is offered or where patients are in terned, as well as any dependency of such estab lishments, whose employees are not covered by another wage order. Excepts hos pitals of municipal govern ments from the provisions applying to minimum-wage rates and deductions for services. All employees other than those in an administra tive, executive, or pro fessional capacity; registered nurses, stu dent nurses in accred ited schools, dietitians, and labora tory and X-ray techni cians. All employees, except office employees, chauffeurs and man ual laborers (as defined). Office employees Chauffeurs Manual laborers: Skilled (as defined) Semiskilled (as de fined) Unskilled (as de fined) All employees covered 31 cents an hour 8 a day, 48 a week. 40 cents an hour 50 cents an hour Do. Do. 00 cents an hour 45 cents an hour Do. Do. 32 cents an hour Do. Double the employee's regular rate Guaranty of payment for 44-hour week See footnotes at end of table. Over 8 a day, over 48 a week. At least 30 a week. 35 36 ANALYSIS OF STATE MINIMUM-WAGE ORDERS, JULY 1, 1950—JANUARY 1, 1952 1 State, title and number of oi’der, and effec tive date —/ Occupation or industry covered Class of employees covered Puerto Rico - Cont. Hours (Deductions allowed for meals, lodging, and laundry at rates specified in the order.) Printing, Publishing, and Other Graphic Arts Industry, No. 20, Nov. 5, 1951. Minimum-wage rates Printing, publishing, and other All employees other than professional, adminisgraphic arts include all work trative, and executive: or services necessary or reNewspapers, monthly lated to the printing or pubor weekly periodi— lication of books, newspapers, cals, photo— reviews, pamphlets, maps, engraving: plans, music, advertisements, All employees exor commercial or other type cept repair and of printing material, as well maintenance. as the manufacturing of rubCommercial printing ber stamps and all work, and publishing: service, or products of printAll employees exing, type setting, electrocept repair and typing, stereotyping, ruling, maintenance: photo-engraving, or any other Zone I 44/ means of graphic reproducZone II 41/ tior. It also includes withitepair and mainteout limitation the preparation nance employees assembling, designing, laySkilled (as out,, inserting, binding, and defined) distribution (if done by the Semiskilled administration) of such prod■ (as defined) ucts. 60 cents an hour 8 a day, 44 a 11/ week Ai/ 43 cents an hour 40 cents an hour _ 11/ DO. ii' Do. ii/ 60 cents an hour Do. 45 cents an hour do. 1y State, title and number of order, and effec tive date —t Occupation or industry covered Class of employees covered Minimum-wage rates Hours Puerto Rico - Cont. Printing, Publishing and Other Graphic Arts Industry Cont. Unskilled (as defined) Occupations include the acquisition, compilation, writing, translation o$ news and Information, and the supervision,■inspection, moving of materials, cleaning, caretaking, 'and the repair and maintenance of the building. Employees not covered by the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act Employees covered by the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act All employees 35 cents an hour Double the employee's regular rat^ li times the employee's regular rate. Double the employee's regular rate. Do. W Over 8 a day. Do. Over 44 a week. See footnotes at end of table. 37 38 ANALYSIS OF STATE MINIMUM-WAGE ORDERS, JULY 1, 1950—JANUARY 1, 1952 i7 State, title and number of order, and effec tive date —7 Occupation or industry covered Class of employees covered Minimum-wage rates Hours Rhode Island: Laundry and Dry Cleans "Laundry occupations," i.e., any activity concerned with ing Industries, No. 3-R, June 1, 1951* (Supersedes mandatory order 3 of Sept. 12, 1938. ) the washing, ironing, or processing incidental there to of any kind of fabric or ladndry wares; the collec tion, distribution, or sale of laundry service; the pro ducing or rendering of such activity or service by the employer upon his own b*half or for others, more specifically by hotels, overnight camps, clubs, business establishments, factories, bakeries, self service laundries, auto matic laundries, and any type of rental laundries, and other like establish ments. Exceptions: Wards or charges of charitable organizations. "Dry cleansing occupation," i.e., any^ activity con cerned with the cleaning, refreshing, or restoration of any fabric and/or of any article of wearing apparel including pressing Women and minors; men: Experienced inexperienced ( 30 days) Experienced and in experienced.' Ex Driver ceptions! salesmen and driver saleswomen - they must receive not less than the basic mini mum for all hours worked over 45 a week. 70 cents an hour 65 cents an hour $1.05 an hour Up to 45 a week. 45/ Do. 4*5/ Over 45 a week. 46/ State, title and number, of order, and effec tive date 3/ Occupation or industry covered Rhode Island - Cont. Laundry and Dry Cleansing Indus tries - Cont. See footnotes at end of table. or other work incidental therto or performed in connection therewith; th4 collection, distribution, or sale of dry cleaning service; the producing or rendering of such activ ity or service by the employer upon his own behalf or for others, more specif ically by hotels, clubs, and like business estab lishments or by automatic cleansers, self-service cleansers, or other types of rental cleansers. Class of employees covered Minimum-wage rates Hours 40 ANALYSIS OF STATE MINIMUM-WAGE ORDERS, JULY 1, State, title and number of order, and effec tive date —^ Occupation or industry covered 1950—JANUARY 1, Class of employees covered 1952 1/ Minimum-wage rates Hours Utain Restaurant Occupation, "Restaurant," i.e., any place No. 2, Nov. 20, 1947 as amended In May 1951. 42/ (Supersedes orders 4 of Aug. 5, 1940 and 2 of June 1, 1946.) selling food or beverages in solid or liquid form to be consumed on the premises. Exceptions: Retail icecream or retail soft-drink (non-alcoholic) establishments where as much as 90 percent of the business volume is from ice-cream or soft-drink sales. Women and minors: Experienced full-time employees in: Class 1 cities Class 2 cities 48/ Class 3 cities 41/ Class 4 cities 4®/ All cities - Voluntary absence of employee whose normal workweek is 48 hours. Experienced part-time employees in: Class 1 cities 1®' Class 2 cities 4®/ Class 3 cities 4®/ All 3 classes of cities Inexp. -52/ (3 months): Pull-time employees Part-time employees $21 a week $20 a week $19 a week $17 a week Weekly wage to be prorated. 48 a week. 4®/ Do. 4®/ Do. 49/ Do. 41/ Actual working time 57 cents an hour First 2 in any day. Do. Do. After first 2 in any day. 49/ 54i cents an hour 52 cents an hour "Regular rate" $1 a week less than the applicable minimum weekly wage. 2 cents an hour less than the rates prescribed for ex perienced employees. (Furnishing of meals to employees al lowed if a mutual agreement has been signed and copy filed with Industrial Commission.) State, title and number of order, and effec tive date Washington: Minors, No. 49, July iO, 1950. (Supersedes order 42 of Oct. 1, 1942. ) Occupation or industry covered Class of employees covered Minors employed in any indus try or establishment who are not expressly covered by a special industrial welfare order. Exceptions: Agricultural labor; domes tic work or chores performed in or about private resi dences; specific occupations listed in the order such as newspaper vendors and news paper carriers. Minors, i.e., persons under 10 years of age, not expressly covered by another minimumwage order. Minimum-wage rates 50.cents an hour Hours 8 a day, 6 days a week (maxi mum ). Exceptions: 16 and 17year old groups em ployed in seasonal industries; cases of emergency. See footnotes at end of table. 41 42 ANALYSIS «0F STATE MINIMUM-WAGE ORDERS, JULY 1, State, title and number of order, and effec tive date Ma^hington - Cont. Manufacturing and Gen eral Working Condi tions, No. 50, July 17, 1950. (Supersedes order 40 of Sept. 7, 1942 and order 30 of 1922. ) Occupation or industrycovered Manufacturing, i. e. , any industry, business or estab lishment, wholesale or re tail, operated for the purpose of making, remodel ing, repairing or fashion ing by preparing and com bining materials by nature or machinery, or produc ing goods, wares and mer chandise by some industrial process, including but not being confined to work per formed in dressmaking, millinery, drapery and furniture-covering houses, garment, art needlework, furmaking operations, shoe manufacturing atid repairing, creameries, candy, floral, bakeries, biscuit-making and book-binding establish ments. Exceptions: Process ing by canning, freezing or otherwise of fruits and vegetables, fish or marine or other agricultural prod ucts; any industry or occu pation specifically covered 1950—JANUARY 1, Class of employees covered Women and minors: Experienced Inexperienced: First 320 hours Next 100 hours 1952 1/ Minimum-wage rates 65 cents an hour 55 cents an hour 60 cents an hour Hours 8 a day. (Maximum set by Hour Law for mechanical and other establish ments. The term "me chanical " is inter preted by the State to include manufac turing ). Do. Do. State, title and number of order, and effec tive date Occupation or industry covered Class of employees covered Minimum-wage rates Hours Washington - Cont. Manufacturing and Gen eral Working Condi tions - Cont. by another minimum-wage order; employees covered by a certificate of the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor, permitting the employment of learners, messengers, or handicapped persons at a wage rate lower than the minimum fixed by this order; minors engaged in vocational education, work experience or apprentice-training pro gram under conditions speci fied in the order. See footnotes at end of table. 43 44 ANALYSIS OF STATE MINIMUM-WAGE ORDERS, JULY 1, State, title and number of order, and effec tive date -/ Occupation or industry covered 1950—JANUARY 1, Class of employees covered 1952 ^ Minimum-wage rates Hours Wanhinoton - Cont, Food Processing Indus~ try, No. 51, Mar. 12, 1951. (Supersedes order 38 of July 3, 1942. ) Food processing, i.e., any industry, business or es tablishment operated for the purpose of processing by canning, freezing, cook ing or otherwise of food for human or other consumption, including the processing of fruit, vegetables, fish, shellfish, dog food, or any other products for the pur pose of preserving them for food purposes, for human or other consumption. Exceptions: (Same as the two last Exceptions shown for the Manufacturing Order,) Women and minors 65 cents an hour (51) J State, title and number of order, and effec tive date —^ Occupation or industrycovered Class of employees covered Minimum-wage rates Hours Mashington - Cont. Fresh Fruit and Vegeta ble Packing Industry, No. 52, Apr. 10, 1951 (Supersedes order 39 of Sept. 7, 1942. ) Telephone and Telegraph Industry, No. 53, May 1, 1951. (Supersedes order 27 of Dec. 14, 1921. ) Fresh fruit and vegetable packing industry, i.e., any industry, business, estab lishment, person, firm, association or corporation engaged in handling, pack ing, packaging, grading, storing or delivering to storage or to market or to a carrier for transporta tion to market, any agri cultural or horticultural commodity in its raw or natural state as an inci dent to the preparation of such products for market. Exceptions: Same as for the Food Processing Industry: employees specifically covered by another minimumwage and welfare order. Women 65 cents an hour (51) Telephone and telegraph in dustry includes any busi ness or establishment operated primarily for the purpose of transmitting messages for. the public by telephone or telegraph for hire. Women and minors: Experienced Inexperienced ( 160 hours) 65 cents an hour 50 cents an hour (51) (51) See footnotes at end of table. 45 46 ANALYSIS OF STATE MINIMUM-WAGE ORDERS, State, title and number of order, and effec tive date —7 Hiscon sin: Factories Canning or First Processing Fresh Fruits and Vegetables, special order, 1951, (order issued each season). Occupation or industry covered Canning or first processing fresh fruits or vegetables. JULY 1, 1950—JANUARY 1, 1952 i7 Class of employees covered Minimum-wage rates Hours Women 18 years and over; girls and boys 16 to 18 years of age. Is times employee' s regular rate —7 Over 9 to 11 a day or over 54 to 60 a week, whichever is greater, on 12 emergency days during the season of actual canning of a product. 53/ FOOTNOTES 1/ Provisions of flat-rate laws also included. V Where only one date is shown the order became mandatory on that date. A "directory" order is non-mandatory for a period during which publicity is the only penalty for failure to pay the minimum wage. 4/ Part-time workers, called for less than one-half day's work, must be paid for at least 2 hours at the employee's regular hourly rate. if Colorado's hour law sets 8 hours a day as the maximum women and girls may be employed in various establishments among which are laundries, mercantile (see ftn. 8), hotels, and restaurants. In emergencies, longer hours are allowed, provided premium overtime is paid and employer has first obtained a relaxation permit from the Industrial Commission. 4/ Number of employees receiving this lower rate may not exceed 20 percent of the total number of employees in any establishment at any one time. If fewer than 5 persons employed, establishment may employ one inexperienced person at this rate. 4/ An interpretation of the State's maximum-hour law by the Attorney General states that the term "mercantile establishment" includes beauty parlors. 8-hour day established by that law applies, therefore, The to women employed in beauty service occupations as well as to those in mercantile and the other industries listed in the law. 1/ The number of Junior Operators paid less than the established rate for Senior Operators may not exceed 20 percent of the total number of operators. shops employing less than 5 operators g/ The minimum fair-wage rate of all orders issued or in effect on July 1, 1951 became 75 cents an hour on October 1, vision contained in the 1951 amendment to the State's Minimum-Wage Law. Saturday is less than 4 hours, 1951, in accordance withthe pro The minimum hourly rate established by the laundry order was 70 cents. ^47 Soiployee called to work on any day must be paid for at least4 hours for that day at his or her regular (Adult males employed in cleaning and In one Junior Operator may be employed at the "Junior" rate. rate or the minimum rate, whichever dyeing occupations must be paid for 4 hours at the minimum rate. I is higher. If a laundry's regular working day on the guaranteed daily wage may be for 8 hours. 14/ Maximum hours for women and minors in "manufacturing and mechanical establishments," under which terms laundries and cleaning and dyeing are included, are 9 a day, 48 a week. National emergency, 11/ In emergencies, Labor Commissioner may allow 10 hours a day, 55 hours a week, for 8 weeks in any calendar year. In a the number of weeks may be extended under the conditions specified in the Statute. Bmployee calledto work on any day must be compensated for a minimum of 4 hours' earnings at his or her regular rate. In Connecticut mercantile estab lishments where instances of regularly scheduled employment of less than 4 hours have been agreed to in writing by employer and employee, proved by the Labor Department, and ap the 4-hour guaranteed wage may be waived, provided the minimum daily pay in every instance is at least twice the applicable minimum hourly rate. 14/ Number of beginners over the age of 18 may not exceed 5 percent of the persons regularly employed in the establishment. 14/ For an employee receiving a conmission or bonus as part of his earnings, overtime may be figured at SI an hour in addition to an exclusive of all other earnings, or at lk times the regular hourly rate which when computed will include commissions in addition to the established hourly or weekly wage or any combination thereof. The order expressly exempts from the overtime provisions: (1) executive, administrative, and professional employees; 12) outside salesmen and automobile-service mechanics under the conditions specified. 14/ Maximum hours for females employed in mercantile establishments, 8 a day, 48 a week. 1J/ Defined as a person holding a registered hairdresser's and cosmetician's license issued by the State of Connecticut, or a person holding an assistant hairdresser's and cosmetician's license who has achieved 2,000 hours of experience under such license. 14/ Includes appointment clerks, desk clerks, telephone operators, bookkeepers,- stenographers, than 8 months' or 600 hours' experience are termed "learner clerks." 11/ Part -time operators and clerks are defined as those employed on one, typists, two, or three days a week, and other clerical employees. Workers with less irrespective of the number of hours worked on any one day. 18/ Maximum hours for women and minors employed in hairdressing or manicuring establishments 9 a day, week. (10 allowed on 1 day in week), 48 a week, 6 days a 47 48 FOOTNOTE S—Continued 1ft/ Defined as a person holding an assistant hairdresser's and cosmetician's license issued by the State who has not as yet achieved 2,000 hours of ex perience under this license. 2&/ Defined as a person holding an operator's license issued by the State who has not yet achieved 2,000 hours of experience under this license. 21/ Employees, other than full-time students under 18 years of age on days when schools are in session, must be paid at least 4 hours' wages on any day called to work. 22/ Maximum hours for women and minors 8 a day, 48 a week. 23/ Maximum hours for women and girls employed in hotels and restaurants in Kentucky are 10 a day, 21/ The Minimum Wage Commission may grant to any school, college, university, or summer camp, 60 a week. an educational employment license, permitting payment of less than the established minimum-wage rate in the case of students enrolled and employed in such institutions. 2J/ Employee reporting for work on any day at the time set by the employer, must be paid for at least 3 hotfrs at the applicable minimum rate. conditions, the Minimum Wage Commission may grant employer permission to employ workers for less than 3 hours. order excludes charitable organizations, hospitals, schools, colleges, universities, and summer camps from the 3-hour provision; the mercantile order excludes newsboys. 24/ The hour law provides that if employment is determined by the labor department to be seasonal, women may be employed 52 hours a week, weekly average may not exceed 48 hours. employment. The law permits overtime employment of hospital employees in emergencies, but the year's if Commissioner authorizes such Personal secretaries and persons declared by the labor commissioner to be employed in a supervisory capacity are expressly exempted from the hour law's provisions. 21/ The Minimum-Wage Commission may grant to any person, essing Under certain The Massachusetts Public Housekeeping including a learner or apprentice, whose employment in barbering or hairdressing or in food proc occupations is part of a Cooperative Educational Program including an On-the-Job-Training Program or an Apprentice-Training Program, a special license authorizing employment at wages less than the applicable minimum wage rates set by the order and for such period of time as shall be fixed by the Commission and stated in the license. 23/ Order requires that home workers be employed at the established 23/ The Minimum-Wage Commission may grant employer a special permit the weekly rate established in the order, minimum rates or the equivalent in piece rates. for a 48-hour week to cover peak periods of not more than8 weeks in calendar year, at if he can show compensatory hours of employment. 23/ Maximum set by hour law for women and minors employed in mercantile establishments 9 a day, 31/ Labor Commissioner is authorized to make regulations with reference to the service of students employed in restaurants who receive meals in lieu of pay. 48 a week. 22/ Employee reporting for work on any day pursuant to employer's instructions must be paid for at least 8 hours' employment. cifically state whether the regular rate or the minimum rate is to be used. 22/ Maximum hours for women and minors in other than manufacturing establishments, 32/ 22/ 34/ 31/ Ohio's order bases such payment on the minimum hourly rate. 104 a day, 54 a week, nection with and incidental to hotels are expressly exempted from the hour law. Ushers in motion-picture theaters required to report for work on any day, must be paid for at least those days on which a theater is open only in the evenings from 6 p.m. New Hampshire does notspe but dining and restaurant services operated in con 4 hours; the guarantee shall be 2 hours, Definition of "service employees" includes bell boys and page boys. The part-time rate shall not apply to full-time employees who voluntarily absentthemselves for any period ina week. High-school students enrolled in the part-time cooperative school-work program, known as the program of distributive education, Department of Education, conducted by the Ohio are excluded for a period not exceeding one school year from the provision providing for premium rates 23/ Hours regulation not applicable in the event of disaster within the contnunity. 33/ Order expressly prohibits the employment of minors and of minor girls in several hazardous occupations. however, on oh. for part-time workers. 12/ Zone I Includes farms (1) in the municipalities of Aguadilla, Cidra, Corozal, tajas, les Piedras, Mayaguez, Morovis, Naranjito, San German, Toa Alto; (*> in certain small Tillages; Rico or of the Vest Coast. (8) in the municipal jurisdiction of Bayamon; Zone II. and (4) in any other municipality of the mountainous region of Puerto Includes farms located in the remainder of the Territory. 11/ Order provides that the minimum-wage increase or decrease according to the price of coffee set by a Production Board. A scale of prices attached to the order shows the minimum-wage rates applicable as the price of the product is increased or decreased. 42/ "Day" is defined in the order as a period of 8 hours of work in any 24 consecutive hours. No maximum hours are established for the industry in the order or in the law. 18/ Zone I includes dairies in the municipalities of Loiza, Canovanas, Carolina, Caguas, Trujillo Alto, Rio Piedras, San Juan, Guaynabo, Catano, Bayamon, Toa Baja, Toa Alta, and Dorado, as well as any dairy the products of which are sold in whole or in part in any of the above-mentioned municipalities. Zone II includes all dairies other than those included in Zone I. 44/ Zone I includes the capital; Zone II, all other localities in the Territory. 48/ Employee called to work on any day must be paid for not less than 4 hours at the employee's regular rate. Provision not applicable to work done on Saturdays. 4#/ Maximum hours for women and minors, 41/ The 1961 48/ Class 1 9 a day, 48 a week. If 6-day week is worked, daily hours may be 9-8/5. amendment of this order changes the minimum-wage rates for part-time employees. - Salt lake City and Ogden; City, American Pork, Class 2 - Provo, Helper, Price, logan, Murray, Bountiful, Cedar City, lehi, Payson, Richfield, Smithfield, Non# of the provisions of the 1947 order werechanged. and Tooele; Class 8 - Bingham, Spanish Pork, Springville, Brigham City, Eureka, Midvale,Park St. George, Nephi, and Vernal; Class 4 - Towns of 6,000 population or nnder. 42/ Hour law establishes a maximum week of 48 hours for women and 44 hours for minors nnder 18, permitting overtime in emergencies as specified. The order requires that a A-hour meal period be included as working time. Order defines part-time employee as one who works less than 8 hours a day or less than 48 hours a week. 82/ Number may not exceed 1 learner to every 6 experienced employees in the establishment. 81/ Maximum hours of work are not established by this order; it contains a provision, however, which states that the hours of employment of women and minors "shall be subject to any applicable statutes of the State and the United States. " The canning and packing of perishable fruits and vegetables are expressly exempted from the State's 8-hour law. 82/ No basic minimum-wage rate set in this order. The State's order for any occupation, trade, or industry sets three rates according to size of cityor town:45 cents in cities of 8, 500 population or over; 40 cents in cities of 1, 000 up to 8, 500; and 38 cents elsewhere in the State. 68/ During the canning season, maximum hours for women and minors are 9 a day, 54 a week, except on 12 emergency days in the season of actual canning of a product when women and minors 16 to 18 years of age may be employed 11 hours a day, 60 hours week. for boys of 17 years in 10 weeks during canning season under conditions specified in the order. are 9 a day, 50 a week, for women 18 years and over; 8 a day, Hour limitation and overtime pay may be waived Before and after the canning season, maximum hours 48 a week for boys and girls of 17 years; and 8 a day, 40 a week for boys and girls of 16 except that during school vacations they may work 48 hours a week. 40 30 ANALYSIS OF STATE MINIMUM-WAGE LEGISLATION JULY 1, 1950—JANUARY 1, 1952 During the one and one—half year period covered by this analysis, Connecticut, Minnesota, and New Hampshire amepded their minimumwage laws as summarized below. MINIMUM WAGE CONNECTICUT Amends the minimum—wage law to establish a statutory minimum of 75 cents an hour; retains wage-board procedure; and extends court review to include power to remand to the commissioner for modification and, if necessary, resubmis— sion to a wage board. Wage orders in effect or issued before July 1, 1951 must be modified to provide a basic hourly minimum of 75 cents by October 1, 1951. Deletes the provision authorizing wage board to set wage differentials on the basis of sex. (Public Act 352, approved and effective 7/5/51.) MINNESOTA Amends the minimum-wage law to exempt domestic service in a private home and agricultural employment; deletes provision that if Industrial Commission is of the opinion that one—sixth or more of the women or minors employed in an occupation are paid less than living wages it shall proceed to establish minimum wages, and substitutes therefor the requirement that interested persons shall be entitled to notification and opportunity for hearing; provides that mini mum wages be fixed on an hourly basis and that the Commission consider the prevailing number of hours of work in vari ous industries when making minimum-wage orders; makes advisory boards mandatory where formerly discretionary, but provides that their recommendations shall be advisory only; reduces from one—fourth to one—tenth the ratio of employers or employees required to initiate reconsideration of wage rates; provides for court review. (Ch. 453, approved 4/18/51; effective 7/1/51.) NEW HAMPSHIRE Adds a section entitled Records and Adjustments to the minimum-wage law to require every employer subject to the law to keep records of hours worked by, and wages paid to, his employees; to make such records available to inspection by the labor commissioner or his authorized representative at any reasonable time and to furnish any such official, upon demand, a sworn statement of the same. Authorizes the commissioner to make necessary adjustments of wages found to be below the minimums established. (Ch. 82, approved and effective 4/20/51.)
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