APPENDIX V.

APPLICATION OF INCREASES TO ALL CLASSES OF EMPLOYEES

OTHER THAN THOSE IN TRAIN AND ENGINE SERVICE.

Except as otherwise stated in this report and appendix

the award is to be applied to the straight time wages of each position in the railroad service, as of December 31, 1915.

Inasmuch as there have been reductions of hours by

statute and by voluntary action of carriers, we have not dealt with the question as to whether the reductions of hours are tantamount to an increase in wages.

In some cases the decreases

in daily hours of work did effect an increase in wages arising out of overtime, but in other cases where the railroads conformed to an eight or a nine-hour day, there was no increase in the total monthly compensation. For this reason we have found

it altogether impracticable to deal with decreases in hours as being increases in pay.

NO REDUCTION IN CURRENT EARNINGS.

In those cases where increases have been made by

the railroads since December 31, 1915 in excess of the amounts

stated in the report, page twenty, present wages shall apply, for

in no instance shall the application thereof operate to reduce

present earnings.

APPLICATION OF INCREASES TO TIME WORKERS.

The railroads will increase the rate of compensation of

time workers as indicated by the schedules of increases included

in this appendix.

Each worker will accordingly receive an increase

in proportion to the time worked.

A. As to the employee who may have been promoted since December 31, 1915, his increase will be based upon the rate of his present position as of December 31, 1915.

B. As to the employee who has been reduced in position, his increase will be based upon the rate of his present position as of December 31, 1915.

C. Overtime is not to be considered solely as the number of hours in excess of the normal hours per month of the position, but rather the time employed in excess of the normal hours per day, and is to be paid for on the basis of the increased wage rate provided for in the schedules of increases included in this appendix. D. This award shall not disturb existing rules or

schedules with respect to payment for overtime.

The rates named herein, under the several headings,

"New Rates", where they are higher than the rates in effect in 1918 will