OVERTIME WORK AND PAYMENTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00046R000500270009-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 17, 2013
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: September 23, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT INFORMATIOW-k PORT
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title
18, U.S.C. Sees. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.
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Every state establishment or factory included additional sums for
overtime payments in their finance plans.. One hundred and twenty
(120) yearly overtime working hours were authorized and planned
for every employee and worker, and the necessary funds for overtime
payments were added to the establishment's finance plan as an over-
time fund. Prior to 1950, the instructions concerning overtime
funds were loosely.interpreted and the, individual overtime payments
were never questioned as long as the total overtime fund for any
one factory was not exhausted. Overtime funds were transferred
from section to section as the need arose.. After 1950, only the
construction designing offices were allowed this latitude. The
production and, commercial establishments were. still permitted to
pay individual employees for overtime up to 120 hours annually,
..but because of a savings campaign,.tihey were not permitted to
transfer authorized funds from individual to individual or section
to section. Early in 1954, the construction designing offices
were put on. the same basis as the rest of the establishments.
This practically froze about 50% of the overtime fund since the
sections or individuals oould use no more than the number of over-
time hours allotted to them; and some sections and individuals,
e.g., Reporting, Finance, Bookkeeping, and Transportation,, were
unable to cope with the volume ' of their work 'within these limita-
tions while others did not need to use all.ot.-their overtime hours.
To make matters worse,.the' busiest. sections. were`: pt ten given
special duty work or tasks.: It very ,often happened that the
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workers worked. overtime in order to fulfill. the production plan and
then were not paid for this work because the overtime fund was
already exhausted, and the management had failed to obtain the
necessary authorization from the higher authorities to supplement
.it. The banks were strict in adhering to regulations and never
gave the factories the necessary money for overtime pay without
formal documentation.
2. The rate of overtime pay in relation to base pay was calculated
as, fol-lowss
100% for the first hour
50% for every succeeding hour
100% for every hour.'Of overtime` work on Sundays and holidays
The overtime "rate for white collar workers and manual. workers was
the same.
Personnel employed on a monthly salary basis were paid the same
overtime rate.as a regular worker. The monthly norm, for an
employee wag 200 hours;.the monthly salary divided. by 200 gave
the basic hourly rate; the rate of overtime pay-was'caleuated on
the same basis, as stated in para 2, above.
The following were the four categories by which the workers were
paid:
a. Daily time sy'stem_(placa dniowkowa) - Used mostly for. unskilled.
.manual labor, warehouse and administrative workers.
b, Daily premium system (dniowkowo-premiowa) - Used mainly for
dockers and loading and unloading brigades.
c. Piece rate system (placa akordowa) - Generally used in industry
for about 80% of workers.
d. Progressive piece rate premium (akordowo-premiowa) - Seldom
used:; mainly for teams and brigades in the buildings and con-
struction trade.
According to source, there was a tendency to pay all workers on
a piece rate basis. Source had no detailed information concerning
the various rates,
5. Overtime was mainly scheduled to ensure the fulfillment of plans.
It was not planned, as a rule, but it was always expected that some
individuals and sections would not be able to fulfill. the plans
during the regular working hours.., Workers were unable to fulfill
the production plan during the regular. working hours because of
the following: inefficiency in work, work-stoppages caused by
temporary shortages of raw materials, breakdown of machinery, and
interruptions in the electric power supply. When.such diffi-
culties arose, the worker had. to stand by but was paid his regular
salary. In offices the overtime was scheduled-for special, periodic,
and very urgent jobs, very often to eliminate a backlog of work.
There were no other restrictions or norms regarding. overtime work
besides the previously mentioned limit of 120 yearly overtime hours,
which was usually divided into quarterly. allotments. -Overtime
work was scheduled for Sundays only'in.exceptional cases.
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There were no official layoffs in the factories in Poland. Some
departaents or sections were sometimes closed temporarily for
machinery repairs,. but even in such cases, it was connected with
the vacations-or leaves of the. r workers. For the most part, pay-
ing the regular rates for extra overtime, work was not permitted,
but this was. sometimes practiced As long as the overtime funds
were available, the workers were ppaid overtime rates. When over-11 time gunds were depleted, it sometimes happened that the workers
were not paid at all.andhad to wait several months for their
money. In the last two years'(1953-1954), several lawsuits were.
.filed by workers against the management for'. withholding overtime.
payments. Those who 'filed individual lawsuits. were usually.success-,
ful, but the claims filed in collective lawsuits met with no success..
.Because too many employees and workers sued the management for over-
due.overtime money, a law was issued late in 1954 whereby such cases
were to-be transferred from the courts to a group known as the Works
Council (Rada Zakiadowa) which existed in every factory or establish-
ment.. The. law specified that the - verdict, issued by the Works Council
would be regarded as equal to a court verdict. Source stated that
this. law will, in practice, result in,much less fair treatment of
.the workers' complaints. Since the Works Council usually cooperated
with the management in ordering the.-overtime work in.the first place,
it would be unlikely for the Works. Council to decide
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.The plant manager or a director. of an establishment was permitted
to schedule, overtime. work at will,.within the limits. of the 120
'hours yearly per individual`,.. Before doing so, however, he had?to
obtain an authorization from the central administration of. the
appropriate industry which, in turn, had to obtain permission from
the appropriate ministry if the overtime fund was already depleted.
The general attitude of employees and workers vas always favorable
toward overtime work because all wanted to increase their earnings,.
.Even in cases where they were not paid intime.or where there were.
no funds for overtime work, the workers felt helpless and usually
yielded to the pressure of the works councils and mainagements.
10. Above and beyond the normal payroll fund which also contained the
overtime fund, there existed a special, so-called non-personal, fund
.(fundusz bezosobowy)o All ministries had, this non-personal fund..
Appropriations-from it were granted to the state enterprises, ea-
tablishments, factories, and administrative"offices in exceptional
cases-only,-i..e., for special, urgent actions or tasks which were
not.i e.luded.in operational plans., e.g-. working out special re-
ports.or studies, issuing new price catalogues, taking inventory,
transferring or establishing warehouses or depots, and welfare
ao~t ons for workers. The fund was also used. for unforeseen c.ir-
cumstances for which no other funds were available.. Applications
.for money from the non-personal fund had to be well documented
and justified and submitted-to the ministry through the central
administration. The-establishments could use the fund to pay for
the overtime work of their own personnel or to hire special addi-
tional personnel from. the outside. The non-personal fund was much
more convenient and flexible for the establishments than the over-
time fund; but in the last years it became more and 50X1
more restricted until no funds were granted without the direct
approval of the minister concerned. Source stated that the non-
personal funds granted to the Central Agricultural Equipment Supply
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Office by the-Ministry of Agriculture in the years 1950-1953 were
higher than the :overtime funds. the following
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sums were
granted from non-persona un s
From 19,50-1953, for work in connection with the transfer
of warehouses: in different wholesale agencies, from '30,000
to 90,000 zlotys yearly.
In 1952., for reorganization and.the elimination of arrears
in bookkeeping in all the subordinate agencies, about
250,000 zlotys.
In 1952-1953, for working.out price catalogues for agri
cultural nmaehines.and spare parts, about 120,000 zlotys.
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