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 59 STAT.] COSTA RICA-AGRICULTURAL WORKERS-MAY 22, 29, 1944 Department of Justice and the Visa Division of the Department of State. III. Conditions Under Which Workers Shall be Contracted A. TRANSPORTATION 1. Transportation of the worker (including adequate subsistance during travel and emergency medical care enroute) and of his personal effects (limited to 75 pounds) shall be provided at no expense to the worker. The Government of the United States shall make every effort to assure safe passage for the workers travelling to and from the United States. B. WAGES AND EMPLOYMENT 1. Wages, normal or overtime, paid to Costa Rican workers under this agreement shall be the same as, and in no case less than, those paid by the employer for similar work to domestic workers in the same occupation at the same place of employment. Wages, whether paid on an hourly, piece work, or other basis, shall be not less than forty cents per hour. 2. Each worker shall be employed exclusively in industries and services essential to the preservation, marketing, or distribution of agricultural products, including the timber and lumber industries, but if at the termination of the employment transportation for the return of the worker to Costa Rica should not be available and it would then be impossible to con- tinue the workers' employment in industries con- templated by this agreement, the worker may be temporarily employed during such period as he may have to wait for return transportation in such other industries or services as the Chairman of the War Manpower Commission or his authorized representa- tive may determine. 3. Wages shall be paid in full with no deductions except (a) those required by law of domestic workers engaged in the same occupations at the same place of employ- ment by the same employer, or (b) those for which provision may be made in the written contract required by Clause II A-1 of this agreement; provided that the withholding under the income tax law in anticipation of the worker's liability thereunder and not as an extinguishment thereof shall be limited to 10% of the worker's gross earnings. 4. No workers under 18 years of age shall be employed under this agreement. 5. Workers shall not be required to purchase goods or services for their personal consumption or use at any source not of their choice; provided that the workers 1285 Temporary employ- rient. Deductions from wages. Minimum age. Purchase of goods, etc.

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