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Departments - Employee Relations - Employee Compensation

Description

Approx. 45 items. Materials include: copy of Among Ourselves article, 11/1928, "Looking Backward," by Claude Luce, in which he reports that as a 16-year-old, he "drew down" $4 per week: various Employee and Management Bulletins on subjects such as company (pay) rate increases, tax issues, sick days, 4 copies of "Job Evaluation Plan - Technical and Office Occupations," (T-M Co.) 1953; ditto, 1945; 15-pp. booklet (green), "Your rate of pay," (T-M Co.); LAT National Survey of Management and Supervisory Compensation, Newspaper Industry, 9/1989; 10-pp. report, "Guide and Procedures for the Administration of Executive Base Salaries - The Times-Mirror Company, August 1958; chart, ca. 1989, "Los Angeles Times Company Rate Increase vs. Consumer Price Index.

Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
1928 - 1990
Call number
mssLAT
Creator
Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
The Los Angeles Times,
Restrictions
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
Associated people
Bassett, James E., (1912-1978.)
Chandler, Norman, (1899-1973.)
Chandler, Otis, (1927-2006.)
Conrad, Paul, (1924-2010.)
Johnson, W. Thomas, (1941-)
Owens, Charles H.
Associated organizations
Los Angeles Times (Firm).
Los Angeles Times History Center.
Times Mirror Company.
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