§ 522.24 - Special minimum wage rates.

(a) The special minimum wage rates of learners employed in occupations for which a 320-hour period is authorized under § 522.23(a) shall during that period be not less than $3.20 an hour through November 2, 1990; not less than $3.65 an hour through March 31, 1991; and not less than $4.10 an hour thereafter.

(b) The rates for experienced workers in any one of the occupations shown in § 522.23(a) for which a 320-hour learning period is authorized, who are being retrained under the terms of a learner certificate in any other occupation shown in that paragraph having such a 320-hour maximum period, shall not be less than $3.20 an hour for the first 160 hours and not less than $3.25 an hour for the remaining 160 hours through November 2, 1990; not less than $3.65 an hour for the first 160 hours and not less than $3.70 an hour for the remaining 160 hours through March 31, 1991; and not less than $4.10 an hour for the first 160 hours and not less than $4.15 an hour for the remaining 160 hours thereafter.

(c) The rates for learners employed in the occupation of final inspection of assembled garments under § 522.23(b) shall be not less than $3.25 an hour during the authorized 160-hour learning period through November 2, 1990; not less than $3.70 an hour during such authorized learning period through March 31, 1991; and not less than $4.15 an hour during such authorized learning period thereafter.

(d) The rates for learners employed in any occupation, other than final inspection of assembled garments, for which a 160-hour learning period is authorized in § 522.23 (a) or (b) shall be not less than $3.20 an hour through November 2, 1990; not less than $3.65 an hour through March 31, 1991; and, not less than $4.10 an hour thereafter.

(e) The earnings of learners employed in occupations in which experienced workers are compensated on a piece-rate basis shall be based on those piece rates when they yield more than the authorized special minimum wage rates, in accordance with § 522.6(j).

(f) No experienced worker shall be employed under the terms of a learner certificate, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section and in paragraph (c) of § 522.23.