Monthly Bulletin of the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, Volume 3, Issue 4The Department, 1916 - Industrial safety |
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Page 43 - In determining the money value of wages, 1. Do not add to the amount agreed upon in the contract— (a) Gratuities to the employe, such as tips or presents. (b) Wages paid for overtime, except in seasonal employments, or employments dependent on the weather. (c) Board, lodging, rent, fuel or similar advantages from the employer, unless the money value of such advantages shall have been fixed as part of the wages by the parties at the time of the hiring. 2. Do not deduct from the amount agreed upon...
Page 44 - Total Earnings" all earnings for overtime, if any. 3. Divide remainder thus obtained by number of "Working Days." 4. For "Average Weekly Wage" multiply above result by five and one-half. Note: "Working Days" shall be construed to mean total number of days in the period of employment covered, according to the calendar, less: (a) Sundays. (b) Legal Holidays. (c) Half holiday for each week. (d) Days employe was prevented from working through no fault of his own.
Page 30 - In cleaning, such methods shall be used as will prevent the suspension of dust in the air. This rule also applies to malt house elevators. Rule 663. — No person in a mill shall carry or have upon his person matches, cigar lighters or contrivances or devices for lighting. Every mill shall be provided, at its entrance, with two (2) covered fireproof receptacles, one (1) for matches and the other for lighted cigars, cigarettes or pipe contents. Each of such receptacles shall be plainly labeled to...
Page 19 - ... our inquiry : Is the Pentateuch as old as the time of Moses? Is Moses its author? Does it contain a reliable account of the revelation which God made to the Jews? The first of these questions may be answered in the affirmative, and yet both the others be answered in the negative. The first two may be answered in the affirmative, and the last in the negative. The second may be answered in the negative, and the first and last in the affirmative. We can suppose Moses wrote the book and wrote incorrectly....
Page 43 - The value of material, supplies, tools and other things necessary for the performance of the employee's contract with his employer, furnished or paid for by the employer, unless the contract shall specifically provide that the employer shall furnish them and that the employe must procure them from the employer and from no one else, and that the employer shall deduct the value thereof from the employe's gross earnings.
Page 10 - Under this heading are included methods of extraction of air from inhabited buildings by means of heat, steam and fans ; and methods of propulsion of air into buildings by mechanical means.
Page 6 - When the air is so full of moisture that it can contain no more, it is said to be saturated; and in proportion as it is more or less removed from the point of saturation, is air said to be dry or moist.
Page 44 - Working Days" shall be construed to mean total number of days in the period of employment covered, according to the calendar, less : (a) Sundays. (b) Legal Holidays. (c) Half holiday for each week. (d) Days employe was prevented from working through no fault of his own. 5. When the employment is continuous and substantially constant and regular, the employe's earnings for the last full week preceding the accident may be taken as the average weekly earnings. PERIOD OF COMPENSATION PAYMENTS. When compensation...
Page 45 - ... Holidays (c) Half holiday for each week (d) Days employe was prevented from working through no fault of his own. 5. When the employment is continuous and substantially constant and regular, the employe's earnings for the last full week preceding the accident may be taken as the average weekly earnings. Compensation for Fraction of a Week. When at the termination of the disability compensation is payable for a fraction of a week, the employe shall receive for each day of such fraction of a week,...
Page 44 - Working days' shall be construed to mean total number of days in the period of employment covered, according to the calendar, less: (a) Sunday; (b) legal holidays; (c) half holiday for each week; (d) days employee was prevented from working through no fault of his own.