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IpecTaj regulations affecting OT pay146. List of Pay AdditionsThe actual pay received by OT employees is affected by a numberof special regulations concerning compensations, extra pay, allowancesand deductions. Aside from taxes and penalties for work of inferiorquality (Minderleistung) or for work not performed (I^hnausfall),most of the regulations affecting the basic pay are additions.The most frequent factors of this kind are the following and will bediscussed in brief below:147* OT Sold For BnployeesOT-Sold or WehrsoldFrontzulage (Front line allowance}Leistungslohn (Pay for output)Mehrarbeit (overtime)Erschwerniszulage (Allowance for dangerous work)Lohnausfallentsch&digung (compensation for time lostother than through worker's fault)Leistungszulage (special premiums)Lotanebenkosten (allowances)Sold, whether in the Armed Forces or in the OT, must not be confused,with basic pay. YHhile basic pay represents the equivalent to the so-calledFriedensgebtthrnisse (peace-time pay), Sold is strictly a war-time additionto compensate for various hardships and sacrifices. At the same timeSold is designed to serve the soldier or, in the case of the OT, theworker, as his personal allowarce in the field.All German Firmenangehdrige who are classified as Frontarbeiterreceive OT Sold. The Soldgruppe (Sold group) to which a Frontarbeiterbelongs is determined by his respective rank or assignment. Originallythere were seven OT Soldgruppen, but later, the Wehrsoldgruppen (ArmySold Groups) were applied. The OT Sold is payable in advance for each1/3 of the month on the 1st, 11th, and 21st and is paid in the currencyof the country in which the worker is employed. The rate of Sold foran OT Arbeiter is RM 1.44 per day whiGh corresponds to the Sold of aGefreiter (American: FFC, British: Lance Corporal) in the Army. If aworker absents himself without permission, his Sold is withheld.OT Sold is not paid to foreign workers who receive Einsatzgeld(pay for front line duty) for the defrayal of their personal expensesin foreign countries.In discussing OT pay in general and Sold in particular, it isimportant to know that the ranks and rank insignia of OT-eigenes Personalalso apply to the Firmenangestellten. There are three rank scales foreach pay scale. New employees are placed into the lowest rank scaleand into the corresponding Sold group. While no increase of wages isconnected with promotions, the OT Sold group changes.OT-Firmenangestellte are divided into the following Sola-gruppenas of May 1944*(for explanation of wage groups consult the proceedingtables):Wage Groupunder OTFirmenangestell­ Rank OT Sold Grouptentarif ' ~JlJ2OT-Mann bisO.T. Vbrarbeiter 16-15-1 40T-3tammarbeiterup to Meister 15-14-13