Wage Board Legislation: Hearing, Ninety-second Congress, First Session ... March 29; April 29 and 30, 1971

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Page 256 - Law 763 provides that the compensation of such employees shall be fixed and adjusted from time to time as nearly as is consistent with the public interest in accordance with prevailing rates.
Page 148 - The most probable value of a measured quantity that can be deduced from a series of observations made with equal care and skill, is that for which the sum of the squares of the residuals is a minimum.
Page 165 - To establish a standard schedule of rates of basic compensation for certain employees of the Federal Government; to provide an equitable system for fixing and adjusting the rates of basic compensation of Individual employees ; to repeal the Classification Act of 1923, as amended ; and for other purposes.
Page 86 - ... whose reduction in grade is not or was not caused by a demotion for personal cause, is not or was not at his own request, and is not or was not effected in a reduction in force due to lack of funds or curtailment of work...
Page 257 - Employees of the Transportation Corps of the Army of the United States on vessels operated by the United States, vessel employees of the Coast and Geodetic Survey...
Page 256 - ... (8) of this title shall be fixed and adjusted from time to time as nearly as is consistent with the public Interest in accordance with prevailing rates and practices in the maritime Industry. (b) Vessel employees of the Panama Canal Company may be paid in accordance with the wage practices of the maritime industry.
Page 109 - ... an equitable system for fixing and adjusting the rates of pay for prevailing rate employees...
Page 90 - Commission] shall have authority, which may be exercised at any time in its discretion, to — (1) ascertain currently the facts as to the duties, responsibilities, and qualification requirements of any position; (2) place in an appropriate class and grade any newly created position or any position coming initially under this Act...
Page 76 - service employee" means guards, watchmen, and any person engaged in a recognized trade or craft, or other skilled mechanical craft, or In unskilled, semiskilled, or skilled manual labor occupations; and any other employee Including a foreman or supervisor in a position having trade, craft, or laboring experience as the paramount requirement; and shall include all such persons regardless of any contractual relationship that may be alleged...
Page 49 - ... for overtime work in excess of 8 hours a day or 40 hours a week.

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