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Note: For statutory provisions concerning wages, see Chapter 39.12 RCW.
Hereafter, all work done for the City of Tacoma, either by contract or day labor, shall be performed in work days of not more than eight hours each.
(Ord. 5162 § 1, 1912-12-11)
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Note: For statutory provisions on the eight-hour day, see RCW 49.28.010 through 49.28.060.
All work done by contract or subcontract on any building or improvement, or work on roads, bridges, streets, alleys or buildings, for the City of Tacoma, shall be done under the provisions of this chapter; provided, that the hours for work may be extended in cases of extraordinary emergency where life and property are in danger; but no case of extraordinary emergency shall be construed to exist in any case where other labor can be found to take the place of labor which has already been employed for eight hours in any calendar day. In cases of extraordinary emergency, the rate of pay for time employed in excess of eight hours shall be one and one-half times the rate of pay allowed for the same amount of time during eight hours’ service.
(Ord. 5162 § 2, 1912-12-11)
All contracts for work for the City of Tacoma shall provide that they may be canceled by the officers or agents authorized to contract for, or supervise the execution of, such work, in case such work is not performed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. 5162 § 3, 1912-12-11)
It is made the duty of all officers and agents authorized to contract for work to be done in behalf of the City of Tacoma to stipulate in all contracts as provided for in this chapter; and all such officers and agents entrusted with the supervision of work performed under such contracts are authorized, and it is made their duty, to declare any contract canceled, the execution of which is not in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. 5162 § 4, 1912-12-11)
Any contractor, subcontractor, or agent of contractor or subcontractor, superintendent, foreman or employer, manager or other officer of any corporation which may be a contractor on any public work, who shall violate the provisions of this chapter either by requiring or permitting any employee to work in excess of eight hours in any calendar day, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined in a sum not less than $25.00 nor more than $100.00, or with imprisonment in the County Jail for a period of not less than 10 days nor more than 30 days, or both such fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the court.
(Ord. 5162 § 5, 1912-12-11)