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<p class="MsoSubtitle" align="center"><b><font size="5">DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME<span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><br>
</span></font><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt">Are You
Paying for 7, 8 or 9 Hours?</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:1">
</span>By now you will have adjusted your clocks, VCRs and microwave ovens.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>Some of you will even have missed appointments or schedules
on this, the best excuse day of the year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Too
bad it falls on a Sunday.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:1">
</span>Yes it�s the annual �Spring ahead and Fall back� process we call
Daylight Saving Time (DST).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>And in
case you missed it, it happened on Sunday, April 1, at 2am.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:1">
</span>Today, over 70 countries use DST.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>It
is not used in the tropics because the daylight hours remain approximately the
same year round.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:1">
</span>It�s a good concept that was originally designed for the days when we
were a farm economy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>That action of
jumping ahead one hour effectively meant that farmers would gain an extra hour
of sunlight each evening. They might still get up in the dark, but the sun would
rise earlier and they could still be in sunshine for the longer workday into the
summer evening.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:1">
</span>Still, people ask why we should have Daylight Saving Time (DST) today. We
no longer need that extra hour of sunlight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>We no longer work from sunrise to sunset during the summer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>What possible effect could DST have on us today?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:1">
</span>Actually, Federal studies show that we save about 600,000 barrels of oil,
50 lives, 2,000 injuries and 28 million traffic accidents every year due to DST.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>And, of course, you knew that Uncle Sam had to get some employment regs
into this issue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>And he did!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Believe it or not there is one significant federal impact this has on
employers, the issue of overtime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Shift
workers working that night will normally work one hour less and many employers
will just pay them for the whole shift.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The
idea is that although they may work one hour less this spring and get paid for
it, when DST recedes this fall on October 28<sup>th</sup>, they�ll work one
hour more and not get paid for it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:1">
</span>You�re not required to do this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>You
may pay for a 7-hour day now and pay for a 9-hour day then.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Many employers however merely pay the 8-hour shift for both days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>But there�s the rub. There�ll be overtime to pay next fall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>And you will have to pay it!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) comes into play here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Regardless of how many hours of work you <u>pay</u> an employee for, you
only have to pay overtime for the number of hours the employee <u>worked</u>!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>So when you calculate overtime for either of those pay periods you need
only count the actual hours worked each week to calculate the overtime.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><font size="4">Q & A</font></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><b><u>Q:</u></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>We just finished our Employee Policy Handbook for distribution to our
employees.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Some of them don�t
speak English.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Are we required to
provide it in Spanish as well?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>That�s
very expensive!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><b><u>A:</u></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span><i>No, you are not.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>Although you must do so for all your required postings, that
does not hold true for informational materials.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>However, you will certainly have a difficult time enforcing a policy that
an employee does not understand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Or
of which he/she is totally unaware!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Most
companies relate safety information, policy information and announcements at new
employee orientation or regular employee group meetings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>These sessions are verbal and any multi-lingual employee can translate.</i></p>
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<p align="left"><b><u><font size="4">Hitchhiking on the Information
Highway</font></u></b></p>
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<p align="left"><b>Minimum Wage:</b></p>
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<td width="91%">$5.15/hr.</td>
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<td width="33%"><b>Average Income:</b></td>
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<p align="center"><b>Hourly</b></td>
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<p align="center"><b><u>Jan.</u></b><br>
$14.02</td>
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<p align="center"><b><u>Feb.</u></b><br>
$14.10</td>
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<p align="center"><b><u>Family of<br>
Four</u></b></td>
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<p align="center">$59,900 (annual)</td>
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<td width="33%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"><b>Poverty Level:</b></td>
<td width="33%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"> </td>
<td width="34%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0">
<p align="center">$17,650 (annual)</td>
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<td width="33%"></td>
<td width="33%"></td>
<td width="34%"></td>
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<p align="left"><b>IRS Mileage Allowance (1-01-01):</b></p>
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<td width="50%">34.5 cents per mile</td>
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<p align="left"><b>Postage:</b></p>
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<td width="27%"> </td>
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<td width="16%">1 oz.</td>
<td width="27%">.34</td>
<td width="12%">8 oz.</td>
<td width="58%">1.81</td>
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<td width="16%">2 oz.</td>
<td width="27%">.55</td>
<td width="12%">
<p align="left">9 oz.</p>
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<td width="58%">2.02</td>
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<td width="16%">3 oz.</td>
<td width="27%">.76</td>
<td width="12%">10 oz.</td>
<td width="58%">2.23</td>
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<td width="16%">4 oz.</td>
<td width="27%">.97</td>
<td width="12%">11 oz.</td>
<td width="58%">2.44</td>
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<td width="16%">5 oz.</td>
<td width="27%">1.18</td>
<td width="12%">12 oz.</td>
<td width="58%">2.65</td>
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<td width="16%">6 oz.</td>
<td width="27%">1.39</td>
<td width="12%">13 oz.</td>
<td width="58%">2.86</td>
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<td width="16%">7 oz.</td>
<td width="27%">1.60</td>
<td width="12%"><i>Postcards</i></td>
<td width="58%"><i>20 cents</i></td>
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<p align="left"><b>Population:</b></p>
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<td width="25%">World</td>
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<p align="center">6 billion</td>
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<td width="25%">U.S.</td>
<td width="75%">
<p align="center">282 million</td>
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<p align="left"> </p>
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<td width="28%" align="center"><b><u>Jan.</u></b></td>
<td width="24%" align="center"><b><u>Feb.</u></b></td>
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<td width="48%">U.S. Civilian Workforce</td>
<td width="28%" align="center">141,955,000</td>
<td width="24%" align="center">141,751,000</td>
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<td width="48%">Number Unemployed</td>
<td width="28%" align="center">5,950,000</td>
<td width="24%" align="center">5,936,000</td>
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<td width="48%">Unemployment Rate</td>
<td width="28%" align="center">4.2%</td>
<td width="24%" align="center">4.2%</td>
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<td width="48%">Number Placed in Jobs (net)</td>
<td width="28%" align="center">224,000</td>
<td width="24%" align="center">135,000</td>
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<p align="left"><b>Productivity Rates (2000)</b></p>
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<td width="18%" align="center"><b><u>1st Qtr.</u></b></td>
<td width="19%" align="center"><b><u>2nd Qtr.</u></b></td>
<td width="20%" align="center"><b><u>3rd Qtr.</u></b></td>
<td width="21%" align="center"><b><u>4th Qtr.</u></b></td>
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<td width="22%"></td>
<td width="18%" align="center">2.1%</td>
<td width="19%" align="center">2.6%</td>
<td width="20%" align="center">3.0%</td>
<td width="21%" align="center">2.2%</td>
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<p align="left"><b>Absentee Rates (annualized)</b></p>
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<td width="25%" align="center"><b><u>1997</u></b></td>
<td width="25%" align="center"><b><u>1998</u></b></td>
<td width="25%" align="center"><b><u>1999</u></b></td>
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<td width="25%"> </td>
<td width="25%" align="center">1.5%</td>
<td width="25%" align="center">1.6%</td>
<td width="25%" align="center">1.7%</td>
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