Hearing on the Treatment of Inside Sales Personnel and Public Sector Volunteers Under the Fair Labor Standards Act: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, First Session, Hearing Held in Washington, DC, May 13, 1997, Volume 4 |
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105th Congress 40 hours able advertising allow Amendments APPENDIX Atlantic Food Services Berry Company BOB SCHAFFER BROTHERHOOD OF POLICE CASS BALLENGER Chairman Ballenger Chief Nowicki coercion COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION comp CONG CONGRE CONGRESS THE LIBRARY current law customers DAVID SCHEPPEGRELL Deborah Siday Department of Labor distributor duties earn exempt Fair Labor Standards Fawell faxes FERGUSON ENTERPRISES fire fighters FLSA Fraternal Order Gallo HONORABLE MAJOR OWENS hourly Human Resources IBPO inside sales associates inside sales employees inside sales personnel inside salespeople Labor Standards Act law enforcement officer legislation LERONDA LUCKY LIBRA LIBRARY OF CONGRESS MAJOR OWENS mentoring North Carolina off-duty Order of Police overtime overtime pay paid police officers problem professional prohibited public agency public employees public sector volunteers Resolution 484 RESS salesperson section 7(i SUBCOMMITTEE ON WORKFORCE SUE MYRICK Thank U.S. Department U.S. HOUSE VICE PRESIDENT volunteerism week wholesale WORKFORCE PROTECTIONS WRITTEN STATEMENT
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Page 50 - Workmen, on the contrary, when they are liberally paid' by the piece, are very apt to over-work themselves, and to ruin their health and constitution in a few years.
Page 50 - If masters would always listen to the dictates of reason and humanity, they have frequently occasion rather to moderate, than to animate the application of many of their workmen. It will be found, I believe, in every sort of trade, that the man who works so moderately as to be able to work constantly, not only preserves his health the longest, but, in the course of the year, executes the greatest quantity of work.
Page 10 - Chairman, thank you for the opportunity to testify today. I will be happy to answer any questions you or other Members of the Committee may have.
Page 97 - Officers, the US Conference of Mayors, the National League of Cities, the National Association of Counties, the National Governors...
Page 1 - Rules, any oral opening statements at the hearing are limited to the Chairman and the Ranking Minority Member. This will allow us to hear from our witnesses sooner, and help Members keep to their schedules. Therefore, if other Members have statements, they may be included in the hearing record and, without objection, all Members' statements will be inserted in the hearing record.
Page 91 - Act require that it be applied even to those who would decline its protections. If an exception to the Act were carved out for employees willing to testify that they performed work 'voluntarily,' employers might be able to use superior bargaining power to coerce employees to make such assertions, or to waive their protections under the Act. ...Such exceptions to coverage would affect many more people than those workers directly at issue.
Page 31 - US House of Representatives Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Committee on Education and the Workforce Washington, DC The Subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:33 am, in room 2175, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon.
Page 90 - ... same type of services which the individual is employed to perform for such public agency. (B) An employee of a public agency which is a State, political subdivision of a State, or an interstate governmental agency may volunteer to perform services for any other State, political subdivision, or interstate governmental agency, including a State, political subdivision...
Page 5 - Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It is always a pleasure to come before you and before this important committee of the House on which my husband was proud to serve during his years in Congress. From his pride in the responsible manner in which this committee met many serious problems, I came to Congress 12 years ago already conditioned to recognize the importance of your...
Page 50 - We do not reckon our soldiers the most industrious set of people among us ; yet when soldiers have been employed in some particular sorts of work, and liberally paid by the piece, their officers have frequently been obliged to stipulate with the undertaker, that they should not be allowed to earn above a certain sum every day, according to the rate at which they were paid. Till this stipulation was made, mutual emulation, and the desire of greater gain, frequently prompted them to overwork themselves,...