§ 28-13-1 - Posting of job rates – Pick clocks.
SECTION 28-13-1
§ 28-13-1 Posting of job rates – Pickclocks. – (a) The occupier or manager of every textile factory shall post in every roomwhere any employees work by the job, in legible writing or printing, and insufficient numbers to be easily accessible to those employees, specificationsof the character of each kind of work to be done by them and the rate ofcompensation.
(b) The specifications in the case of weaving rooms shallstate the intended and maximum length of a cut or piece, the count per inch ofthread, and the number of picks per inch, width of loom, width of cloth wovenin the loom, and the price per cut or piece, or per pound; or, if payment ismade per pick or per yard, the price per pick or per yard.
(2) Each warp shall bear a designating ticket or mark ofidentification. In mills operating looms on a piece rate basis, pick clocksshall be placed on each loom in operation, and each weaver shall be paidaccording to the number of picks registered on the clock.
(c) This chapter shall not apply to so called gang looms orto the weaving of carpets or elastic webbing.
(d) Violation of any provision of this chapter shall for thefirst offense be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars($100), for the second offense by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars($200), and for a subsequent offense by a fine of not more than five hundreddollars ($500) or by imprisonment for not more than one month, or both.