Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics Volume 283; Nos. 285-290 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 Excerpt: ...records in form suitable to their use. (3) That the company shall endeavor bv suitable advertising and other means to obtain the permanent addresses of all employees who have left since August 1, 1918, been laid off, discharged, or who voluntarily left the employ of the company, and also to obtain from month to month the new addresses of the former employees who have no permanent address. All addressed obtained in this way shall be kept in a manner suitable for their effective use for purposes of this ruling. R. B. Gregg, Examiner in Charge. RULING No. 4. RULING IN THE MATTER OF OVERTIME PAY FOR TIME AND PIECE WORKERS. December 10, 1918. The award of the National War Labor Board in the case of the Bethlehem Steel Co provides in section 2, "Dailv overtime should be compensated at the rate of time and a half and Sundays and holidays at double time. In the fixing of piece rates provision should be made for overtime payment such as is now made in the case of time workers." The award does not specify how many hours per day are to be the basis for computing overtime. Nor does the wording of the award define the exact method of computine overtime pay for pieceworkers. To clarify these points the examiner in charge, hereby makes the following ruling: 1. The 8-hour day shall be the basis upon which overtime under this award shall be figured for all employees engaged during the life of the award directly on war work for the United States, British, French, Italian or other Allied Governments, such as in machine shops, shell and gun forging shops, and elsewhere. 2. In shops or departments where not less than one-half of the mechanics and laborers have been engaged in any pay period during the life of the award on war work for the United States or any Allied G...