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RankHourlyWagemiReiohsmark)Wehrsold(Monthly)MonthlyClothingAllowanceHaupttruppffthrer) 500.— 123.40 30.00BaufUhrev )BauleitorFrontftlhrer580.­- 128.40 50.00(c)FirmenangehBrige (OT-Fim Personnel)140. Pay Claasif lcationaOriginally the relation between most firms ana the OT wereregulated by the Selbstkostenerstattungsvertrag (Cost reimbursementContract), see HDb63-64. Under this contract, each firm wasallowed a fair amount of latitude in determining its own labourpolicies. This resulted in a number of discrepancies in labourconditions between various firms in the same area. Consequently, theOberbauleitungen was swamped with inquiries by firms, and circularsand decrees had to be published rendering decisions on labour policyin an attempt to create some workable system out of the generalconfusion. In May 1942 Dr. SCHMELTER was appointed Sender treuhanderder Arbeit fttr die Organisation TCDT (Special Labour Commissioner forthe OT). He established a number of tariffs creating more uniformwage conditions for all workers*Eventually most pay for FirmenangehBrige (or Firmenangestellte)came to be regulated by the following tariffs (Tarifordnungen)issued by the Reichstreuhander der Arbeit (Reich Commissioner ofLabour) and the Sondertreuhander der Arbeit der Organisation TODT(Special Labour Commissioner for the OT) for Reichsdeutsche (Germans)or by the Militarbefehlshaber (Military Commander) for workers ofoccupied countries:(i)(ii )(iii )(iv)Reichstarifordnung ftlr den Leistungslohn im Baugewerbecovers German construction workers inside the Reich.It is modified by a number of Bezirkstarifordnungen(District Tariffs), each making allowances for regionallabour conditions. There are altogether some 600occupations in the building and construction industries,each of which is covered under the different tariffsissued by the Reichstreuhander der Arbeit (ReichCommissioner of Labour).The Tarifordnung fttr die reichsdeutschen Gefolgschaftsmitgliederder OT.- OT Frontarbeitertarif, effective20 Jan 1943, covers German workers employed outsidethe Reich.The Anordnung zur Regelung der Arbeitsverhaltnisse derbei derOT eingesetzten Betriebe des Baugewerbes undder Baunebengewerbe - OT Pirmenangestelljbentarif of20 Jan 1943 originally dealt with commercial andtechnical employees of the OT serving outside Germanyand classified all such personnel as Frontarbeiter.Among the most important tariffs is the OT Finnenanges tell tentarifof 26 February 1943* While some pay regulationsof the OT were revised in the provisions of the Front-OTTarif (no. (v) below), the important outlines have remained-144­