4. Percent distribution of establishments and percent of nonsupervisory employees in these establishments by the weekly wage bill increase required to raise earnings to $1.25 an hour, selected industries, District 5. Percent distribution of establishments and percent of nonsupervisory employees in these establishments by the weekly wage bill increase required to raise earnings to $1.25 an hour, and payment of time and a half for overtime, selected industries, District of Columbia, summer ADDITIONAL TABLES Attachment A. Minimum wage rates– Attachment B. Average weekly earnings and percentage of employees earning less than $1.25 and $1.10 per hour.. Cost of living budget for a woman worker in the District of Columbia, 1. Hotels and motels, June 1961. 2. Eating and drinking places, June 1961. 3. Hotels and motels, June 1961 straight-time hourly wages. 4. Eating and drinking places, June 1961 straight-time hourly wages. 1. Employment trends in the District of Columbia, 1958–62_ 2. Employment by selected industry, District of Columbia residents. 5-1. Hours of work of nonsupervisory employees, summer, 1962 5-2. Hours of work of male nonsupervisory employees, summer, 1962 5-3. Hours of work of female nonsupervisory employees, summer, 1962 6. Hours of work and average weekly earnings, nonsupervisory employees, 7. Rates established for women and minors, District of Columbia, May 115 8. Increase in weekly wage bill required to raise wages to $1.25- 9. Wage distribution, nonsupervisory employees, summer, 1962. District of Columbia minimum wage rates currently in effect for women and Earnings of salesmen and mechanics in seven District of Columbia auto- 155 Minimum wage legislation, by State 166 MISCELLANEOUS STATEMENTS AND DATA Bucher, William M., executive director, Hospital Council of the Building Owners & Managers Association of Metropolitan Wash- 177 Celebrezze, Hon. Anthony, Secretary, HEW, September 12, 1963_ 31 60 160, 161 Building Owners & Managers Association of Metropolitan Wash- Government Workers Union Local No. 1, AFL-CIO, Arnold S. National Association of Social Workers, Metropolitan Washington Congressional Record excerpt: Amendment of District of Columbia District of Columbia minimum wage and hours survey. "Less Than the Minimum,” Washington Post, February 25, 1963. Memorandum by committee staff, brief supporting S. 860_ Memorandum on comments of Ladd Thurston by committee counsel. Memorandum on job classifications in hotels, motels, etc., in which Minimum wage laws, by State January 1, 1962, a chart.. Principal provisions of existing wage law of the District of Columbia__ Proposed amendment of the purview of S. 860, 88th Congress__. Supplementary appendix from AFL-CIO. Summary of State minimum wage laws... Survey of earnings in selected industries in the District of Columbia, AMENDMENTS TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA MINIMUM WAGE LAW TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1963 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH, EDUCATION, WELFARE, AND SAFETY OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 7:10 p.m., in room 6226, New Senate Office Building, Senator Wayne Morse (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Present: Senator Morse. Also present: Chester H. Smith, staff director; Fred McIntyre, counsel; Richard Judd, professional staff member; Joseph Goldberg and Milton Williams, technical advisers, U.S. Department of Labor. Senator MORSE. The hearing will come to order. The chairman is sorry for two things-first, that he was late. The Senate in the last 10 minutes adjourned, and I had the responsibility of performing some leadership work over there in connection with foreign policy matters. Again, I apologize for being late. I am also sorry that it is going to be necessary for us to have a series of evening meetings on the pending legislation before my subcommittee. Members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee start tomorrow morning with the new markup of the foreign aid bill, and because of my opposition to that bill in its present form, and the long list of amendments that I have to offer to the bill, I cannot absent myself on any occasion from the meetings of that committee. Therefore, I told the staff of this committee that I will adjust my schedule to evening meetings, although it will inconvenience, I am sure, many witnesses, but I know of no other way of completing the business of this committee and of the Senate. This is not the only committee that is meeting in the evenings. In fact, I think some of the witnesses here, particularly the Commissioner, have had to meet with the Senate Appropriations Committee in evening sessions. But I will do my very best to accommodate my schedule to evening meetings, and start them at 7 o'clock, which will get us out relatively early. We will proceed with public hearings on S. 860, to amend the District of Columbia minimum wage law to provide broader coverage, improved standards of minimum wage and overtime compensation protection, and improved means of enforcement. S. 860 is similar to S. 3233, which I introduced in the Senate last year. I request that S. S60 be printed in the hearing record at this point. 1 (S. 860, referred to, follows:) [S. 860, 88th Cong., 1st sess.] A BILL To amend the District of Columbia minimum wage law to provide broader coverage, improved standards of minimum wage and overtime compensation protection, and improved means of enforcement Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the District of Columbia minimum-wage law, approved September 19, 1918 (40 Stat. 960), as amended, is amended (except to the extent provided in section 3 of this Act) by striking out sections 1 through 23, inclusive, immediately following the designation "TITLE I-MINIMUM WAGES" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "FINDINGS AND DECLARATION OF POLICY "SECTION 1. (a) The Congress hereby finds that there are persons employed in some occupations in the District of Columbia at wages insufficient to provide adequate maintenance and to protect health. Such employment impairs the health, efficiency, and well-being of the persons so employed, constitutes unfair competition against other employers and their employees, threatens the stability of industry, reduces the purchasing power of employees, and requires, in many instances, that their wages be supplemented by the payment of public moneys for relief or other public and private assistance. Employment of persons at these insufficient rates of pay threatens the health and well-being of the people of the District of Columbia and injures the overall economy. "(b) It is hereby declared to be the policy of this Act to correct and as rapidly as practicable to eliminate the conditions referred to herein above. "SEC. 2. As used in this Act "DEFINITIONS "(a) 'Board' means the Minimum Wage and Industrial Safety Board established by Reorganization Order Numbered 36 promulgated on June 16, 1953, pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered 5 of 1952; "(b) 'Wage' means compensation due to an employee by reason of his employment, payable in legal tender of the United States or checks on banks convertible into cash on demand at full face value, including such allowances as may be permitted by any order or regulation issued under section 3, 5, 6, or 7; "(c) 'Employ' includes to suffer or permit to work; (d) 'Employer' includes any individual, partnership, association, corporation, business trust, or any person or group of persons, acting directly or indirectly in the interest of an employer in relation to an employee, but shall not include the United States or the District of Columbia; "(e) 'Employee' includes any individual employed by an employer but shall not include any (1) individual who, without payment and without expectation of any gain, directly or indirectly, volunteers to engage in the activities of an educational, charitable, religious, or nonprofit organization, or (2) lay member elected or appointed to office within the discipline of any religious organization and engaged in religious functions; "(f) Occupation' means any occupation, service, trade, business, industry, or branch or group of occupations or industries, or employment or class of employment, in which employees are gainfully employed; "(g) 'Gratuities' means voluntary monetary contributions received by an employee from a guest, patron, or customer for services rendered. "MINIMUM WAGE OVERTIME COMPENSATION "SEC. 3. (a) Every employer (except as otherwise provided in this Act) shall pay to each of his employees wages at a rate of not less than $1.25 an hour or such higher rate or rates applicable under a wage order issued pursuant to this Act. "(b) No employer shall employ any of his employees for a workweek longer than forty hours unless such employee receives compensation for his employment in excess of the hours above specified at a rate not less than one and one-half times the regular rate at which he is employed. |