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The Daily Alaska Empire
Juneau, Juneau County, Alaska
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In Juneau, Leonard E. Evans, U.S. Department of Labor representative, reviews amendments to the wage and hour law effective January 25, setting a 75-cent minimum wage, raising employment ages to 16 and 18, and listing exemptions for various workers, including Alaska's cannery and fishing industries.
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Amendments and changes in the wage and hour law, to be effective January 25, are now under scrutiny in Juneau by Leonard E. Evans, Territorial representative of the U.S. Department of Labor.
New minimum wage requirements are for 75 cents an hour, with numerous changes in personnel exempt from either or both wages and hour requirements, he pointed out. While the wage problem does not affect Alaska, specific things such as child labor law changes and cannery worker exemptions are of interest here.
Minimum age for general employment is now 16, with 18 years for hazardous work, he said.
Those employees exempt from both minimum wage and overtime provisions of the new act include:
1. Those in executive, administrative, professional or local retail work.
2. Those in retail or service establishments, such as laundering, cleaning or clothing repair.
3. Agricultural workers.
4. Certain employees in seafood and fishing, other than canning.
5. Forestry and logging operations with no more than 12 employees.
6. Employees of street, trolley motor bus carriers.
7. Switchboard operations of telephone exchanges with not more than 750 stations.
8. Taxicab company employees.
9. Those engaged in delivery of newspapers to consumer.
The following are exempt from the overtime provision only:
1. Certain air carriers, railroads, motor carriers, and pipe lines.
2. Those employed in canning of any kind of fish, or any byproduct.
Other provisions regarding those employees partially exempt from certain portions of the act are on hand in Evans's office. He said he stands ready at any time to explain details to employers who may be affected by the act. He plans to speak before several clubs and to broadcast a statement.
Those desiring more information may call at Room 201 Federal Building, he said, or write to P.O. Box 1030 in Juneau.
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Juneau, Alaska
Event Date
Effective January 25
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new minimum wage of 75 cents per hour; minimum employment age 16 (18 for hazardous work); various exemptions from wage, hour, and overtime provisions for executives, agricultural workers, cannery employees, and others.
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Leonard E. Evans is scrutinizing amendments to the U.S. wage and hour law in Juneau, effective January 25, highlighting changes in minimum wage, child labor ages, and exemptions relevant to Alaska industries like canning and fishing. He offers explanations to affected employers and plans public talks.