Federal minimum wage to rise to $3.35
LANCASTER A new Labor Standards Act to pay
ideral minimum wage of increases, the Labor
5.35 goes into effect on Department said,
anuary 1, entitling an The January 1 increase,
stimated 5.6 million from $3-10 to $3.35, was
'orkers covered by the fair provided for m 1977 amen-
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99 Locust Bend Road - Ephrata, Pa. 17522
Phone 717-859-1166
SIMPLE AS:
ONE, TWO, THREE
1. Draw Milk samole
2. Place in padded envelope (fur
nished)
3. Drop in mail box
Six to seven days later your results
will be returned to you.
1. No stress to the animal
2. Early diagnosis.
3. YOU SAVE MONEY!
By using this test and receiving the
early diagnosis a farmer can keep
his cows in a 12 month cycle.
IMPORTANT:
Oklahoma State University
Figures Indicate a Farmer
Loses $lO a day
For every day a cow is open over 90
days. Good farmers shouldn’t be
without this test.
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Geo Ullich & Son
ATGLEN
Brown & Rea, Inc
BERLIN
Naugle s Feed & Supply Inc
CARLISLE
Robert Boyer
chambersburg
CM CO OP
Franklin Feed & Supply
CLAYSBURG
Wright Milling Co
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GREENCASTLE
Farmers Union Co op
ELIZABETHTOWN
Melvin Wenger
FORT LOUDON
Richmond Elevator
HOLSOPPLE
Holsopple Feed Mill
LITITZ
Zimmerman s Animal
Health Supply
LONGSDORF
C V Co-op
MANCHESTER
Animal Medic Inc
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dments to the act.
“The minimum wage
increase is a matter of
equity for low wage workers
and assures that they are not
forced to bear a
disproportionate share of the
burden of inflation,”
Secretary of Labor Elay
Marshall noted.
Approximately 60 million
workers are subject to
provisions of the act, which
also establishes overtime
pay and child labor stan
dards.
In addition, the FLSA
allows for the payment of
wages below the statutory
minimum in order to prevent
loss of job opportunities for
certain workers.
Handicapped workers,
full-time students and
student-learners in specified
industries may currently be
employed at subnununum
wages under appropriate
regulations. Employers
must apply for authority to
pay such wages from the
Labor Department.
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REVOLUTIONARY
NEW MILK TEST FOR
PREGNANCY
Earlier testing for pregnancy will save valu
able time and money.
Gives you and your vet early warning of
breeding problems.
3. Test is 99% accurate for non-pregnancy.
4. Every cow that is open over 90 days costs
you at least $lO.OO per cow per day.
5. A milk sample taken 22-26 days after
breeding is all you need.
6. NO stress on the cow.
7. Complete instructions with each kit.
8.1 kit tests 10 cows.
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NEW OXFORD
Geo Lillich & Son
NEWPORT
H R Wentzel Sons, Inc
NEWVILLE
CV Co op
PAXTONVILLE
C W Reigle Sons, Inc
REEDSVILLE
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SHIPPENSBURG
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NOW YOU WILL KNOW FOR SURE!
Certificates are issued by
the department permitting
the employment of full-time
students at not less than 83
percent of the federal
minimum wage in retail
trade establishments, m
agriculture and in in
stitutions of higher
education employing their
own full-time students.
The act also provides for
the payment of sub
minimum wages to persons
employed m sheltered
workshops whose earnings
or productive capacity is
limited by age or physical or
mental disability
In fiscal 1980, the depart
ment issues 47,517 cer
tificates which authorized
payment of sub-minimum
wages to approximately
663,699 workers.
There is also a special
FLSA provision for tipped
employees. Tipped em
ployees are those who
customarily and regularly
receive more than $3O a
month m tips. The employer
IIM
VOLANT
J S Riley, Jr
WILLIAMSBURG
Keystone Flour A Feed Mill
WILLIAMSON
Dietrich Elevator
Snider s Elevator
YORK SPRINGS
Geo Lillich & Son
MARYLAND
BOUNSBORO
Geo Cline Feed Service
HAGERSTOWN
Martin s Elevator Inc
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 20,1980—C27
may consider tips as part of
the wage so long as the wage
credit does not exceed the
percentage of the minimum
wage specified by law.
Employers who elect to
use the tip credit must in
form the employee in ad
vance and must be able to
show that the employee
receives at least the
minimum wage when direct
wages and tip credit
allowance are combined.
The FLSA amendments
also include a three-step
increase in the dollar volume
test for coverage of certain
employers. These employers
are required to pay workers
minimum wage and over
time pay, in accordance with
the FTi?4, dependent on the
State farm labor
force
HARRISBURG - Penn
sylvania’s farm labor force
was estimated at 115,000
workers during the week of
October 12-18 This is an
increase of 16 percent above
last October’s 99,000, ac
cording to the Pennsylvania
Crop Reporting Service
Farm operators and un
paid family members
throughout the com
monwealth numbered 80,000,
while hired workers totaled
35,000 during October i 960.
This represents a 21 percent
increase in hired workers
from October 1979 and a 14 "
percent increase m the
family sector
The average workweek for
Pennsylvania farm
operators during the survey
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total amount of business
done in a year.
The “dollar volume test”
applies to employers or
enterprises comprised ex
clusively of one or more
retail or service
establishments whose an
nual gross volume of sales or
business done is not less than
the amount specified by the
act.
The current test of $325,000
went into effect on July 1,
1980, and will increase to
$362,500 after Dec. 31,1981.
Administration and en
forcement of the FLSA is the
responsibility of the Em
ployment and Standards
Administration’s Wage and
Hour Division.
increases
period was 50.8 hours. Other
unpaid family workers
averaged 38.8 hours and
hired workers averaged 42.1
hours National averages
are 41.0 hours for farm
operators and other family
members, and 40.1 hours for
hired workers
Family workers mclude
family members who work
15 hours or more without
receiving cash wages. Hired
workers mclude all persons
working one hour or more
for cash wages during the
survey week.
Farm wage rates, for all
methods of pay, converted to
an hourly rate, totaled $3.70
in Pennsylvania, up from
$3 12 last year. The national
average, $3.85, was up 28
cents from 1979.
Commonwealth field
workers averaged $3 50 per
hour, compared to $2 97 last
year at this time. Livestock
workers took home an
average of $3 53 per hour
compared to last year’s
$2 99
Nationally, the total
number of workers on farms
October 12 to 18 was 3,790,200
a decline of 153,300 from last
October. Family workers
and operators totaled
2,484,700 a decline of 40,400
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