(a) An establishment which is engaged in printing and engraving is
not recognized as a retail establishment for purposes of section
13(a)(4). Therefore, employees of a stationery establishment engaged in
printing and/or engraving do not come within the exemption. This fact
will not affect the exemption under section 13(a)(2) of employees of
stationery establishments who are not engaged in printing or engraving.
(b) In a combined stationery and printing or engraving establishment
there are employees who operate the machines in the printing or
engraving department and there may be other employees who also perform
work primarily or exclusively for that department. There are in addition
various employees in such combined establishments whose work relates to
the stationery portion of the business but who also perform some work
for the printing department. For example, office workers may keep
records of both the printing plant and stationery department,
maintenance workers may clean up in both departments; and warehousemen,
messengers and stock clerks may handle material for both departments. In
some establishments these workers spend relatively little time in the
work of the printing department. As an enforcement policy an auxiliary
employee will not be considered to be engaged in the making or
processing of goods for purposes of the exemption under section 13(a)(2)
in any workweek in which an insubstantial amount of his time (20 percent
or less) is allocable to the clerical, messenger, or custodial work of
the printing department.
