1.   New union contracts guarantee that hourly employees will receive most of their pay even if laid off.

2.   And Ford says three hourly employees have indeed been disciplined recently.

3.   All hourly employees from the plant will be transferred to other facilities, the company said.

4.   All Sign also awards monthly bonuses to hourly employees when they meet sales, production and safety goals.

5.   Charlie Tichy, an hourly employee with a tattoo left over from his military service days, takes a seat at the head of the table.

6.   Chris Gidez, a Texaco spokesman, said that the EEOC agreement applies only to salaried employees and hourly employees not represented by the union.

7.   Digital also rehired some former employees as independent contractors, a move that pushed them off the salaried payroll and into the ranks of hourly employees.

8.   Federal and state laws bar employers from making their hourly employees work unpaid hours.

9.   He has been seen on company grounds, hanging up birdhouses with hourly employees.

10.   He acknowledged that Pizza Hut does not contribute to health insurance for hourly employees in their first six months on the job.