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Ingrade Wage-Rate Progression in War and Peace; A Problem in Wage Administration Techniques
Ingrade WageRate Progression in War and Peace A Problem in Wage Administration Techniques Author:Sar A. Levitan General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1950 Original Publisher: Printed by Clinton Press Subjects: Wages Seniority, Employee Compensation management Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books editi... more »on of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER HI Ingrade Progression Policies In Voluntary Cases The War Labor Board took its initial position on the problem of individual wage rate adjustments within a few days after it was assigned responsibility for administering the wage stabilization program. The Board policy announced in the form of a general order, was apparently intended to remove individual wage rate adjustments from close War Labor Board supervision. The order provided that individual wage rate adjustments incident to agreements made prior to publication of Executive Order 9250 (October 3, 1942) could be made without Board approval. The same rule applied to individual wage increases made under an established wage rate schedule in connection with promotion, reclassification, merit, and length-of-service increases within established rate ranges.1 General Order 31 This policy remained unchanged until May 26, 1943, when General Order 31 was adopted.2 Apparently the earlier policy became unworkable under a tightening labor market. Limitation of the conditions and extent to which employers could grant wage rate increases to individual employees without prior Board approval became necessary. The intent of the order was to restrict increases, in conformity with the stabilization program.3 The order distinguished4 between small establishments (thirty or fewer employees) and larger ones. Proprietors of the small establishments were permitted to grant increases to any individual employee for improved quantity and quality of work up ...« less