Eight hours of labor shall be and constitute a day's work for all employees performing manual labor for the city. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to apply to or govern the police or fire departments, or any department or workshop where constant operation is necessary. Provided, however, that in all cases of necessity or emergency, superintendents, foremen or others in authority are hereby authorized to work their employees such number of hours as such necessity or emergency may require, but for all labor performed in excess of eight hours in any one day such laborer or employee shall be entitled to and shall receive pay at the rate of time and one-half for all such labor performed, except in those employments where there is an established scale of wages and hours which is usually and customarily paid for such excess time by employers generally within the city for like services, in which event such labor in excess of eight hours in one day shall be paid for according to the wage scale, hours and conditions so established.
Provided, however, that all mechanics and skilled and unskilled laborers employed by the several departments or other agencies of the city government, excepting those employed in the pumping stations shall be required to work only until 12:00 noon every Saturday.
(Prior code § 25-9)