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K fO D ^ h VoL. LL—No. 2.j FEBRUARY, 1943. [Price Sixpence N et con- termina- np PRINCIPAL CONTENTS. ^edtob? PAGE PAGE Employment, Wages, Cost of Living, and Trade Employment in January .. 24 ^^t^alioKs 19 Secr^' Disputes in January Unemployment Fund 25 9 9 25 ^'•ide. inifT Special Articles, Reviews, etc. • Employment Overseas \6 0^ pay of Catering Wages Bill 20 Fatal Industrial Accidents 25 lithe third Control of Movement of Labour:—Employment of Industrial Diseases .. 25 R ^. Women (Control of Engagement) Order, 1943 ; Under Changes in Rates of Wages and Hours of Labour n takings (Restriction on Engagement) (Exemption) Jan u ary 26 Directions, 1943 ; Essential Work (Shipbuilding and ^"undmenf) Ship-Repairing) (Exemption) Directions, 1943 20 Trade Disputes in January 30 lade by the Essential Work (Coalmining Industry) (Amendment) Changes in Retail Prices and Cost of Living 31 under the Order, 1943 • 9 21 4 9 4 ♦ 32 [2d.).—[The Workmen’s Compensation Act. 1943 21 Retail Prices Overseas • pro\'mons Legal Cases Affecting Labour 32 pm-ention Training and Resettlement of Disabled Persons : Report of Inter-departmental Committee 21 Conditions of Employment and National Arbitration of persons Unemployment Statistics : Publication at Quarterly his Gazette Orders, 1940-42: National Arbitration Tribunal Awards 32 iltbongh for Intervals Industrial Courts Act, 1919, and Conciliation Act, ed up under Recruitment and Distribution of Nurses and Midwives 1896 •e roistered Women Students at Universities : Arrangements for Industrial Court Awards Act. 1942. Entry in October, 1943 .. 22 Single Arbitrators and ad hoc Boards of Arbitration .. Labour and Production in Royal. Ordnance Factories : Trade Boards Acts : Notices of Proposal; Confirming Reply by the Ministry of Supply to Report by Select 33 Committee on National Expenditure .. Women's Technical Service Register Factories Act (Northern Ireland), 1938 :—Factories (Operations at Unfenced Machinery, Amended Schedule) Expenditure on Public Social Services .. Regulations (Northern Ireland), 1942; Factories (Hours of Electricity Supply (Hours, Safety and Welfare) Order, of Employment of Women and Young Persons) (Northern 23 Ireland) Order, 1942 Safety in Mines : Report of the Safety in Mines Research Board for 1941 Statutory Rules and Orders I^ood ^^ontrol •• •• •• •• •• *■ Factories Acts : Factory Forms .. Establishment of Labour Advisory Boards in the Colonies Official Publications Received in • \ EMPLOYMENT, WAGES, COST OF LIVING, AND TRADE DISPUTES IN JANUARY.
E m p l o y m e n t a n d U nemployment . increase estimated at over £140,000 in the weekly full-time The number of men and boys registered at Employment wages of about 820,000 workpeople, and in a decrease estimated Exchanges in Great Britain as wholly unemployed at 18th at about £50 in those of 3,000 workpeople. ■ January (exclusive of 21,982 men who had been classified by The industries and services in which wage rates were increased interviewing panels as unsuitable for ordinary industrial employ included shipbuilding and ship-repairing; cotton spinning and ment) was 58,334 ; those registered as on short time or otherwise manufacturing; textile bleaching, dyeing and finishing; the flax temporarily suspended from work on the understanding that and hemp industry in Great Britain; the cast stone and cast they were shortly to return to their former employment num concrete products industry; paint, colour and varnish manu facture ; soap and candle making; tinplate manufacture ; vehicle bered 1,291 ; and those registered as unemployed casual workers -ft-/. (being persons who normally seek their livelihood by jobs of building; leather, etc., goods manufacture; and the non-trading short duration) numbered 2,084. As compared with I4th services of local authorities. There were slight decreases, December, the numbers wholly unemployed showed an increase affecting mainly workpeople in the iron-ore mining industry of 5,128, those temporarily suspended from work showed an in certain districts, under cost-of-living sliding-scale arrange increase of 143, and unemployed casual workers showed a ments. Further particulars regarding the changes in rates decrease of 615. of wages in January are given on pages 26 to 29.
The corresponding figures for women and girls at 18th C o s t o f L i v i n g . January were 35,374 wholly unemployed (exclusive of those, At 1st February, the official cost-of-living index figure was numbering 833, who had been classified by interviewing panels 99 per cent, above the level of July, 1914, showing no change as unsuitable for normal full-time employment), 1,823 tem as compared with 1st January. The index figure of food prices porarily stopped, and 111 unemployed casual workers. Of the also remained unchanged, at 64 per cent, above the level of 35,374 wholly unemployed, 1,608 had been classified as unable July, 1914. for good cause to transfer to another area. As compared with Further particulars with regard to retail prices at 1st February 14th December, the numbers wholly unemployed showed an are given on page 31. increase of 6,637, those temporarily stopped showed an increase of 948, and unemployed casual workers showed a decrease of 48. ksefl^' T r a d e D i s p u t e s . There were increases in the numbers of boys and girls recorded The number of trade disputes involving stoppages of work, I ^ unemployed, largely owing to the registration of school reported to the Department as beginning in January, was 73. leavers, m many areas, at the end of the Christmas term. In addition, 6 disputes which began before January were still W a g e s . in progress at the beginning of that month. The approximate number of workpeople involved in these 79 disputes (including In the industries for which statistics are regularly compiled workpeople thrown out of work at the establishments where the by the Department, the changes in rates of wages reported to disputes occurred) was 19,000, and the aggregate duration of have come into operation in January resulted in an aggregate the disputes in January was about 37,000 working days. • V ♦
s •' 2 0 THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR GAZETTE: February, 1943. 1‘ \\. CATERING WAGES BILL. CONTROL OF MOVEMENT OF LABOUR. h A Bill “to make provision for regulating the remuneration In the House of Commons on 28th January the Minister of and conditions of employment of catering and other workers Labour and National Service announced that, in view of the and, in connection therewith, for their health and welfare and necessity of ensuring that all persons are employed where most ^ the efficiency and development of the industries in which they needed in the national interest, he had decided to take immediate f are employed" was presented to the House of Commons by the steps for the further control of the movement of labour by Minister of Labour and National Service on 28th January and (i) the amendment of the Employment of Women (Control of Engagement) Order,* so as to include women up to the age of 31 was read a second time on 9th February.* ^ - 5 of The Bill proposes to establish a statutory Commission, to be 40 ; (ii) the making of an Order requiring employers to notify til called the “Catering Wages Commission," which will be em the Ministry of Labour and National Service, where this is not already done, of termination of employment of certain classes ( powered to examine the arrangements for regulating the remuneration and conditions of employment in the catering of their employees, in order to prevent the loss of their services ESS? I. trades, to report where they are adequate, or can be made to essential war work ; and (iii) the wider use, where necessary, •»• 0>‘- • of the powers of direction under Defence Regulation 59A to r ••v'' adequate, and to make proposals for the establishment of sVn Wages Boards where the arrangements are inadequate and non-scheduled work, including part-time work, and the making cannot be made adequate or do not exist. The Commission of an Order safeguarding the conditions of employment of may also make recommendations to any Government Depart persons who are directed to such work. The if ment on any matters affecting the remuneration, conditions of Effect has been given to the first of these decisions by the employment, health or welfare of the workers. The Commission Employment of Women (Control of Engagement) Order, 1943, particulars of which are given below. Particulars are also given rtspf'p will consist of not more than seven persons in all, and will of include independent persons and persons qualified to represent of Directions issued by the Minister effecting certain incidental the views of employers and workpeople who are not themselves changes in other provisions which control the engagement of By ♦^ ^ • directly connected with the hotel and catering trades. women. jgfjoOs ® incases ol The workers covered by the Bill are all those employed in an EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN (CONTROL OF % * s undertaking or part of an undertaking which consists wholly already^ or mainly in the carrying on (whether for profit or not) of one or ENGAGEMENT) ORDER, 1943. (No. 2) 0^ more of the following activities:—the supply of food or drink for This OrderJ, which was made by the Minister of Labour and ofaP^ immediate consumption, the provision of living accommodation National Service on 28th January, 1943, with effect as from for guests or lodgers, or for persons employed in the under 22nd February, supersedes the earlier Orders whereby control taking and any other activity so far as it is incidental or ancillary was exercised by the Minister over the employment of women foor to any of these activities of the undertaking. An undertaking aged 18-30 in accordance with the arrangements of which Appeal B includes any business whether carried on by way of trade or not. particulars were given in the issues of this G a z e t t e for February While the Bill thus describes in general terms the field which and May, 1942. By the new Order, which consolidates and bavin? ^ the Commission are to review, it will be for the Commission, in amends the earlier Orders, these arrangements a e extended so so far as they recommend Wages Boards, to define appropriately as to cover, with specified exceptions, all women aged between be -.bmi' the workers and employers to be covered by a Wages Board. 18 and 40 inclusive. Women subject to the Order are required .\ppol& If the Commission find that the machinery for regulating the to obtain their employment through a local office of the Ministry OficerBO remuneration and conditions of employment in relation to any of Labour and National Service or an agency approved under that be d workers is adequate or can be made adequate by improvements the Order, and employers may not engage or seek to engage ij to be • they may so report to the Minister. The Minister is required such women except through a local office or an approved Vibert I to take steps to secure any improvements suggested. If the employment agency. Certain classes of women, e.g., women ineStetiv improvements are not secured, he may refer the report back to with children of their own aged under 14 living with them, and in rt-' ■ certain t3q>es of employment, e.g., in agriculture, as a nurse or the Commission. ^ is 3' as a teacher, are, as heretofore, specifically excepted from the . U r - CL' C k I ^ If the Commission find that machineiy for regulating remunera scope of the Order. In the case of building, civil engineering, other cm f tion and conditions of employment either does not exist, or is electrical installation and general engineering undertakings, the of. and < inadequate and cannot be made adequate, they may recommend engagement of women was hitherto controlled by the Under jcniccs • the appointment of a Wages Board, and the Minister may make takings (Restriction on Engagement) Order, 1941, but is now an Order establishing a Wages Board accordingly. Before to be controlled as regards women aged 18 to 40 by the new recommending the establishment of a Wages Board the Com Order {see below). mission must make any investigations they think necessary The new Order continues the provision made in the earlier and publish notice of their intention. They must consider any Orders whereby permits may be issued to individual women representations made to them by interested parties and make enabling them to obtain specified employment without reference I- such further enquiries as they consider necessary. to a local office, but the Minister is now empowered to issue If the Minister decides to establish a Wages Board he will do “Exemption Certificates” to individual employers in respect of » ) so by means of a Wages Board Order in accordance with the specified employments (or vacancies). Employers to whom Commission's recommendation (subject only to unimportant such certificates are issued will be free to engage or seek to variations) ; the Order must be laid before Parliament, and if engage {e.g., advertise for) women for such employments, subject either House of Parliament resolves within 40 days that the to such conditions as may be set out in the certificate, and pftr. c 1 women will .be correspondingly free to accept engagements. Order be annulled it will thenceforth be void. Alternatively I the Minister may refer a recommendation back to the Com It is intended to issue such certificates in respect of a small I mission for reconsideration. number of vacancies which require special qualifications and WOR A Wages Board will consist of not more than three independent can more conveniently be filled in this way. persons together with representatives in equal numbers of the UNDERTAKINGS (RESTRICTION ON ENG.\GEMENT) employers and workers in relation to whom the Board is to (EXEMPTION) DIRECTIONS, 1943. }/ operate. A Wages Board may submit to the Minister proposals : Hitherto the engagement of women in building, civil engineer (a) for fixing the remuneration to be paid (including holiday ing, electrical installation and general engineering undertakings remuneration) either generally or for any particular work, by has been subject to control in accordance with the UndertaHngs their employers to all or any of the workers in relation to whom (Restriction on Engagement) Order 1941 J and Directions§ the Board operates ; (6) for fixing the intervals for meals or issued thereunder; but in order to secure uniformity of adminis rest; and (c) for requiring workers to be allowed holidays. tration this control, as stated above, is now to be exercised as regards women aged from 18 to 40 years, inclusive, through the Any wages regulation proposals must be advertised and the Employment of Women (Control of Engagement) Order. 1943. Board must consider any written representations made within Accordingly, the Minister of Labour and National Service has a specified period. The Minister is required to make a Wages made the Undertakings (Restriction on Engagement) (Exemp Regulation Order as submitted to him, subject to his right to tion) Directions 1943|f which, with effect as from 22nd February, refer it back to the Board for re-consideration, and an Order 1943 supersede the' earlier Directions and provide for the when made becomes effective without further formality. exemption of women over the age of 18 from the provisions of A Wages Board may also make recommendations for the the Undertakings (Restriction on Engagement> Order. The consideration of any Government Department with respect to engagement of men and of boys and girls aged under 18 in the any matter affecting the remuneration, conditions of employ four industries concerned continues, however, to be subject to ment, health or welfare of workers covered by the Board, or the latter Order. ani'^ matter affecting the efficiency or development of that part of the industry in relation to which the Board operates. Any ESSENTIAL WORK (SHIPBUILDING AND such recommendation must be transmitted to the Commission SjjIp.REPAIRING) (EXEMPTION) DIRECTIONS, 1943. who will consult, as they think necessary, any other Wages The above DirectionsU were made on 28th January. 1943, and Board, or any joint industrial council or other body which the as from 22nd February. 1943. they supersede the eaxher Commission have recognised. The Commission must in due Directions made on 7th October. 1942, particulars of which course transmit the recommendations to the Government were given in the issue of this G a z e t t e for October, 1942 Department' with their observations. Wages Boards will be free to deal with tips in any way they • See the iaues of this Gazeite for February, 1942, pages 32 and 52, and May. consider necessary and practicable having regard to the varied Rules and Orders, 1943, No. 142. conditions of the industry. t tbTissue of this Gazette for January, 194^ 8 a n ^ I Set the issue of this Gazette for April, 94^ pa«es 82 and 100. II SM\dory Rules and Orders, 19^ No. 14L See p ^ e * H o u s 6 of Commons Bill \3. H.M. Stalioaery Office; price 4d. uot. (5d. post % SUziuiory RuUs and Ord€fs, 1943, No. 145. ^ S ft page 34. free). » ••• *
p * February, 1943. THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR GAZETTE.
The new Directions provide that the restrictions imposed by TRAINING AND RESETTLEMENT the Essential Work {Shipbuilding and Ship-repairing) (No. 2) OF DISABLED PERSONS. . * ifce Order 1942 * on the engagement of women for work in ship- hnildine and ship-repairing shall not apply as regards tvomen REPORT OF INTER-DEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE, Cf who have attained the age of 41. Under the earlier Directions exeniotion from the restrictions ^vas granted as regards women The final Report* has recently been published of the Intcr- |P « lired 31 and over, so that the effect of the new Directions is to dej>artmental Committee on the Rehabilitation and Resettlement 0{ extend the restrictions, as from 22nd Febru^y. 1943. to vromeii of Disabled Persons. This Committee, under, the chairmanship 4. to affed 31 to 40 inclusive, correspondingly with the extension of of Mr. G. Tomlinson, Parliamentaiy Secretary to the Ministry Se field of application of the Employment of Women (Control of Labour and National Service, was set up in December, 1941, tb^ M of Engagement) Order. 1943. on the joint recommendation of the Minister of Labour and '^•ert ne^ces National Service and the Minister Without Portfolio, with responsibility for (i) making proposals for the introduction at ESSENTIAL WORK (COALMINING the earliest possible date of a scheme for the rehabilitation and INDUSTRY) (AMENDMENT) training for employment of disabled persons not provided for by the Interim Schemet ; (ii) considering and making recom *Tv<. ORDER, 1943- mendations for the introduction as soon as possible after the T. .' b the The above Order.f made by the Ministry of Labour and war of a comprehensive scheme for (a) the rehabilitation and XI National Service on 5th February. 1943. amends in certain training of, and (b) securing satisfactory employment for, respects, with effect as from I5th February. 1943, the provisions disabled persons of all categories; (iii) considering and making recommendations as to the manner in which the scheme proposed 5 ^S of the Essential Work (Coalmining IndusUy) (No. 3) Order, ®“^geoieBt^ 1941 for introduction after the war should be financed. In an I By* the new Order the provisions relating to dismissal for Interim Report submitted on 10th March, 1942, the Committee serious misconduct and the payment of the guaranteed wage made certain recommendations, to which effect has since been OL OF in cases of such dismissal have been brought into line wath those given, for an extension of the existing Interim Scheme, J and already embodied in the Essential Work (General Provisions) in the present Report the Committee set out their observations ^^bour and (No. 2) Order, 1942. Thus, the dismissal for serious misconduct and recommendations concerning arrangements to be adopted of a person employed in a scheduled undertaking in the coal- after the war for a comprehensive scheme for the rehabilitation as from and resettlement of disabled persons generally. hereby control mining industry is, in the first instance, to be provisional only, I and if the worker requires the National Service Officer within of women four days of such dismissal to submit the matter to a Local The Report points out that the successful rehabilitation of a “ 5^ of which Appeal Board and the National Service Officer directs the person disabled by injury or sickness is not solely a medical ^ f>r Febman- re-instatement of the worker, the dismissal is to be treated as problem but calls for the services of the social and industrial ^■'lidates and having been ineffective. If, on the other hand, a person expert. There must be the fullest co-operation between the extended dismissed for serious misconduct fails to require the matter to medical and industrial service, and in order to complete the aged between be submitted by the National Service Officer to the Local process of rehabilitation the employment in which disabled -r are required Appeal Board in the stipulated time, or the National Service persons are placed must be suited to individual capacity and jf the Ministn- Officer notifies him and the person capying on the undertaldng make the best use of individual skill. The Committee discuss pproved under that he does not intend to direct re-instatement, the dismissal various aspects of both medical and post-hospital rehabilitation eek to engage and they make a number of recommendations on these matters, is to be treated as having been effective. an approved Where the dismissal of a worker is regarded as having been including proposals regarding a reconditioning and vocational i. ( g; women ineffective, the worker is entitled to claim the guaranteed wage training service to be. established under the general respon fith them, and in respect of the period between dismissal and re-instatement, sibility of the Minister of Labour and Np-tional Service, except . as a muse or and is not, by reason of his attendance at the hearing of his in so far as juveniles are concerned, in whose case it is proposed pted from the case by a Local Appeal Board or by reason of his having taken that the provision made should be related to the education i] engineering, other employment, to be treated as not having been (i) capable services. iertatogs. the of, and available for, work and (ii) willing to perform any On the subject of resettlement, the Committee emphasise )v the Under- services which he could reasonably be asked to perform ; but that the only satisfactory form of resettlement for a disabled ;, but JS noir if the worker has taken up other employment, any sums earned person is employment which he can take and keep on his merits 1 bv# vhe Xi&'r. by him are to be deduct^ from any sum to which he may be as a worker in normal competition with his fellows. With entitled in respect of the period between dismissal and re careful assessment of individual capacity and selection of in the earlier instatement. employment a large proportion of disabled persons are capable \idual women In the case of a prosecution of a person for a contravention of taking their places in industry on normal terms. In order thout reference of, or failure to comply \vith, a direction given by a National to secure the resettlement of such persons in employment the •,«red to issue Service Officer to re-instate a person who has been dismissed Committee consider that some measure of statutory obligation s in respect of for serious misconduct, a certificate sig^ned by or on behalf will be required, and they accordingly recommend that pro •efs to whom of the Chairman of the Local Appeal Board that the Board vision should be made by legislation for (a) a restriction upon ge or seek to was of opinion that the dismissal \vas not justified on that ground the engagement of non-disabled persons by an employer who is m ent', subject is to be sufficient evidence of the facts, unless the contrary is employing less than a prescribed percentage quota of registered ertificate. and proved. disabled persons, the prescribed quota being permitted to be engagements- varied for different industries, and to be relaxed for individual t of a small employers in special circumstances ; (6) the scheduling of certain ihcations and WORKMEN’S COMPENSATION ACT, occupations for the benefit of disabled persons and the prohibi tion of the engagement of non-disabled persons in such 1943- occupations without a special licence ; {c) the setting up of a ,AGEMENT| The Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1925, as amended, has register of persons handicapped by disablement, tMs being been further amended in certain respects by the Workmen’s confined to those whose disablement is likely to last more than Compensation Act, 1943, to which the Royal Assent was given six months and substantially handicaps them in obtaining or on 4th February, 1943. The principal amendments effected keeping employment of a kind generally suited to their age, by the new Act are reviewed below. previous experience, and qualifications. Tlie Act provides that the earlier provisions which empowered the Secretary of State to provide, by means of a scheme, for The scheme established by the proposed legislation should, the payment of compensation to workmen suffering from the Committee consider, be administered by the Ministry of fibrosis of the lungs due to silica dust or asbestos dust, shall be Labour and National Service through local committees set up t * extended to cover workmen suffering from any form of “pneu in association with the Employment Exchanges. Disabled moconiosis," i.e., fibrosis of the lungs due to silica dust, asbestos ex-Service men (1914-18) still in receipt of a disability pension dust, or other dust, and also the condition of the lungs known should be entitled to .registration under the scheme, and the as dust-reticulation. Provision is also made for the making King's Roll Scheme should be terminated. of a scheme for the payment of benefit to workmen employed For the. more severely disabled it is proposed that employment in coal-mining between 22nd October, 1934. and such date as under sheltered conditions should be provided through voluntary may be specified in the scheme, in cases where they are totally undertakings, as at present, and through special centres estab disabled by pneumoconiosis and are not entitled to benefit lished and administered by a public corporation. under any other scheme made under the Workmen’s Comoen- sation Acts. 1925-1943. On the subject of the financing of the scheme the Committee As regards the calculation of compensation under the Acts, are of the opinion that the scheme should be regarded as a provision is now. made whereby if, after an accident to a social service and that its cost should be met and recognised as a workman, the rate of remuneration for the work on which he public obligation. was employed is increased, the average weekly earnings ac cording to which weekly payments of compensation for total In their concluding remarks the Committee refer to the or partial incapacity are assessed are to be computed on the Report§ by Sir William Beveridge on the problem of social if an injury to a workman insurance, and point out that their own proposals do not conflict results m his death and his widow is in work which she entered in aim or principle with those advocated in that Report; accept dunng the war and would not have entered but for the war ance of the Committee’s proposals therefore, would, not pre the earnings of the widow may be disregarded in the assessment judice action on the lines advocated by Sir William Beveridge. of her claim for compensation as a widow. • Report of the Inter-departmental Committee on the Rehabilitation and Resettlement of Disabled Persons. Cmd. 6415. H.M. Stationery Office, price 9d. net (lOd. post • See the issue of this Gazettb for August, 1942, page 147. free). t SUUutory Rules and Orders, 1943, No. 180. page 34 t See the issue of this Gazette for November, 1941, page 212. 1942^paS®lW^ Gazette for January, 1942. pages 6 and 26. and September. t See the issue of this Gazette for November, 1942, page 192. § See tbe issue of this Gazette for December, 1942, page 208. THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR GAZETTE. February, 1943.
*,*vs . f , UNEMPLOYMENT STATISTICS. WOMEN STUDENTS AT PUBLICATION AT QUARTERLY INTERVALS. UNIVERSITIES. ARRANGEMENTS FOR ENTRY IN OCTOBER, 1943. In reply to a question in the House of Commons on 4th it February, the Minister of Labour and National Service made Subject to the continuance of the existing arrangements with regard to women who are taking courses in medicine, dentistry, ti the following announcement:— veterinary surgery, pharmacy, scientific and technical subjects, "The relatively small numbers now registering as unemployed the Ministry of Labour and National Service have made the consist mainly of persons who are changing from one job to following arrangements for the admission of women to another or are unsuitable, owing to age or physical disability Universities in October, 1943. or for other reasons, for ordinary industrial employment. In Only those women may be admitted to Universities w’ho . ' . * S ■• view of the pressure of work in niy Department, and of the ' N necessity for all possible economies in the use of staff, I have satisfy the University authorities that they intend after leaving decided that the unemployment statistics shall in future be the University to undertake work of national importance, such Vslsjv^ X ^ V •^ compiled and published only at quarterly intervals. Under as teaching and approved forms of social service. Such women, .sSV•»N * >-'''' this arrangement the next figures to be published after those if they have not exceeded the age of 18 on 1st October, 1943, beco relating to 18th January* will be those for 12th April.” will be permitted to take a three years’ course, and if they are over the age of 18 but have not exceeded the age of 19 on 1st October, 1943, they will be permitted to take a two-years’ • *>- RECRUITMENT AND DISTRIBUTION course, provided in either case that the course of study they are taking will qualify them for a degree or diploma within the OF NURSES AND MIDWIVES. stated period of three years or two years respectively. Women S" X ♦ As announced in the House of Commons on 11th February, who intend to become teachers will be allowed a further year the Minister of Labour and National Service, after consultation of professional training after they have completed their courses
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expenditure o n p u b l i c s o c ia l SAFETY IN MINES. SERVICES. REPORT OF THE SAFETY IN MINES RESEARCH BOARD FOR 1941. Tn reolv to a question in the House of Commons on 26 th The Safety in Mines Research Board, who are responsible for Tanuarv 1943. the Financial Secretary to the Treasury furnished directing research into the causes of mining dangers and the a statement, which is printed in the Official Report* showing means for preventing such dangers, have recently published their tv the total expenditure (other than expenditure out of loans for Twentieth Annual Report,* covering the year 1941. caoital purposes or out of capital receipts) on specified public The Report, which was submitted to the Minister of Fuel and social se^ices during the financial year commencing 1st April, Power, points out that the work of the Board has been con 1940 (or the latest available year), and estimates, where avail centrated on those programmes of safety research which are able of the expenditure for the financial year 1941. The state most important or are likely to lead most speedily to practical ment also gives figures relating to the numbere of persons results, and the progress made in this work is reviewed under directly benefiting from the several services. The following the follo\ving headings;—Coal-dust explosions; firedamp particulars relating to expenditure on the services specified have explosions; electrical researches; mining explosives; mine bc6D extracted from tho statement t D/ I? ^ ^ lighting ; falls of ground ; haulage ; wire ropes. ti.’ The work of the Board is financed mainly by grants from the England and Wales. Scotland. Miners' Welfare Fund, and a statement of accounts for the year > 2?J Financial Year Financial Year ended 31st March, 1942, is given as an appendix to the Report. co:MIMencing 1st April. commencing 1st April. Other appendices give lists of (i) reports published during 1941 Service. 1940 (or 1941 1940 (or 1941 on the researches carried out under the Board and the Health latest (esti latest (esti Advisory Committee and (ii) safety instruction films and lantern couj5es available mated) available mated) >’ear). year). slides which are available for loan free of charge to teachers, (1) (2) (3) (4) mining officials or other responsible persons interested in safety instruction in mines or in the general dissemination of safety Unemployment Insurance and £000 £000 £000 £000 principles and the results of research. Unemployment Assistance Acts: I IN (i) Unemplo>Tnent Benefit, etc., General Scheme 22,503 7,270 3,113 1,425 JES. (ii) UnemplovTilent Benefit, etc.. Agricultural Scheme 558 327 70 42 EPORT by (iii) Unemployment AUow^ces 10,927 3,207 2,398 904 FOOD CONTROL. •''DlTtRE. (iv) Prevention and Relief of Distress 1,940 1,453 124 93 MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES. °«mttee on National Health Insurance Acts .. 34,168t 40,750t 3,919 t 4,765t ‘«nt Depart. Widon-s’, Orphans’ and Old Age The Minister of Food has made an Order increasing the Contributory Pensions Acts 50,128 53,592 5,876 6.231 maximum retail prices of tea, other than China tea. Prior to bv the Old Age Pensions Acts 44,590 45 598 5,141 5,255 this Order, the maximum prices for such tea were those being dndini the Old Age and Widow’s' Pensions Act J Ordnance 1940 (Supplementary Pensions) 15,321 26,676 1,687 2,820 charged on 1st July, 1940, but these prices may now be increased War Pensions Acts and the Ministry by 4d. per lb. as from 24th January. The maximum prices of I' Damber of of Pensions Act War of China tea, which were increased in June, 1941, are unaltered. ficiency in 1914-18)...... 31,994 31,000 3,502 3,416 Pensions (Navy, Army, Air Force An Order has also been made by the Minister of Food con th e issne and Mercantile Marine) Act, 1939; solidating all existing Orders, Directions and General Licences, . and the Personal Injuries (Emergency under the Defence (General) Regulations, relating to the pro de b v the Provisions) Act, 1939; Military Training Act, 1939; Reserve and duction and.sale of bread. The new Order makes certain minor Auxiliary Forces Act, 1939 5,379 12,782 576 1,419 alterations to the former regulations concerning the shapes and Education Acts 107,450 112,686 15,376 16,370 sizes of bread and the permitted ingredients, but does not Phv’sical Training and Recreation Act ...... 126 41 7 7 amend the existing maximum prices except in respect of one 11 Acts relating to Approved Schools 1,068 1,173 177 201 town. Public Health Acts so far as they The maximum prices of canned fruit and canned rhubarb relate t o : (i) Hospitals and Treatment of were amended, as from 7th February, from which date canned •« «. • • 18,771 1,933 rhubarb was brought under the points rationing system. (ii) Maternity and Child* Welfare Other Orders or amendments to Orders, since the issue of those W ork 4,328 660 Midwives Acts 1,661 not } not referred to in last month's issue of this G a z e t t e , relate to the Housing Acts 45,600 • avail* • 8.617 available maximum prices of swedes, soft drinks, pearl barley, pepper and Acts relating to the Relief of the able Poor ...... «. 43,691 5,450 certain flavouring essences. Limacy and Mental Treatment Acts 3,166 1,686 Mental Deficiency Acts 4,075 } Totals 447,444 60,312 ESTABLISHMENT OF LABOUR A statement giving particulars of comparable expenditure in ADVISORY BOARDS IN THE the years 1939 and 1940 was contained in the Official Report for 24th March, 1942. On the basis of this statement a Table, COLONIES. similar to that above, was given in the issue of this G a z e t t e Considerable progress in the establishment of Labour Advisory P> for April, 1942 (page 86), and similar Tables in respect of earlier Boards in the Colonies has recently been made. Boards are now years have also been published from time to time. operating in Antigua, Barbados, Bermuda, the Falkland Islands, For information as to the basis on which the returns are the Gambia, Grenada, Jamaica, Northern Rhodesia, Nyasaland, compiled, reference should be made to the Return for 1937 and St. Kitts-Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Sierra Leone, Tanganyika certain earlier years (Cmd. 5906).J Territory, and the Uganda Protector3.te, and others will shortly be established in the Gold Coast, Nigeria and the Zanzibar Protectorate. Under recommendations which have been made by the Labour Adviser to the Secretary of State for the Colonies each Colonial •ELECTRICITY SUPPLY (HOURS, Government should have a Labour Advisory Board consisting SAFETY AND WELFARE) ORDER, 1943. of representatives of the Government, including the officer in charge of the Labour Department, and of representatives of In consultation with the National Joint Industrial Council employers and workpeople in equal numbers, and these for the Electricity Supply Industry, the Minister of Labour and Board should have power to co-opt members with specialist National Service has made an Order, the Electricity Supply knowledge of individual problems. In the less advanced Terri I. (Hours, Safety and Welfare) Order, 1943,§ under Regulation 59 tories, the interests of the 'native workpeople are safeguarded of the Defence (General) Regulations, 1939,11 as to the hours of through suitable representatives appointed by the Government, women employed in electrical stations, and authorizing women The Boards have dealt with a wide field of labour questions, ICE in stations to which Section 103(1) of the Factories Act, 1937, such as wage rates, cost of living, unemployment and relief applies to clean parts of prime movers subject to certain limita works, recruitment, employment of women and children, and tions and safeguards. The Order does not apply to young persons, the abolition of penal sanctions for breaches of contracts of E Of i.e., persons under 18. Under the Order, permission may be employment. Of obtained from the District Inspector of Factories to employ U women on systems of hours which accord with various schemes set out in a Schedule to the Order, and employers are not entitled WAR DAMAGE COMMISSION : PRACTICE NOTES. I'sXecbo“^ to avail themselves of these special provisions as to hours [First Series). to without such permission. rfff ‘i: In this publication, the War Damage Commission has made • '"’tfoo'f” available to Architects, Engineers, Surveyors, Solicitors, Agents, * Parliamenlary pebates. House of Commons : Official Report, Vol. 386. No. 21, Builders, and others concerned with war damage to land and 26tk January, 1943; H.M. Stationery Office, price 6d. net (8d. post free). buildings, concise information with regard to its practice and t The figures given in coluuuxs 1 and 3 and columns 2 and 4 relate to the calendar procedure and to the manner in which it proposes to exercise po’ltaio*^ years 1941 and 1942 respectively. many of its discretionary powers. Copies may be obtained, be oj fjofli . .1 .7 ^ Command Paper was reviewed in the issue of this Gazette for February price 6d. (7d. including postage) from H.M. Stationery Office ug® ir at"* 1939, page 45. ^ at any of the addresses on page 34, or through any bookseller. Ul>o“vC^ \Siatutory Rules and Orders, 1943, No. 187. See page 34. • Twentieth Annual Report of the Safety in Mines Research Board, 1941. H.M. J1S« the issue of this Gazette for December, 1941, page 248. Stationery Office, price Is. net (Is. 2d. post free). THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR GAZETTE. February, 1943. I I EMPLOYMENT IN JANUARY. The following Table shows the numbers on the registers at t • GENERAL SUMMARY. The number of men and boys registered at Employment G. Britain t Exchanges in Great Britain as wholly unemployed at 18th G reat Britain* &N. \ . January (exclusive of 21,982 men who had been classified by Date. Ireland. interviewng panels as unsuitable for ordinary industrial em Men Boys Women Girls ployment) was 58,334 ; those registered as on short time or 18 years 14-17 16 years 14-17 Total. Total. otherwise temporarily suspended from work on the under and o v er. years. and over. years. standing that they were shortly to return to their former Wholly Unemployed. employment numbered 1,291 ; and those registered as unemployed casual workers (being persons who normally seek 1942. 12 January 87,943 12,272 56,101 14,546 170,862 195,558 their livelihood by jobs of short duration) numbered 2,084. As 16 February 89,443 10,485 50,728 11,519 162,175 184,370 >:;v compared with 14th December, the numbers wholly unemployed 84,326 45.863 16 March* jjj 9,084 10,055 /149,328 169,569 . ;s**! * I. showed an increase of 5,128, those temporarily suspended from 58,353 } { 44,154 } \121,646 141,887 *V . 13 AprilA p i 55,365 14,178 34,509 12,996 117.048 % I .133,475 work showed an increase of 143, and unemployed casual workers 11 Ma M!ay 'XS * 55,060 10,711 32,902 10,290 108,963 124,265 • . S^* showed a decrease of 615. 15 June 54.097 e;669 28.758 • .* . N 7,716 99,240 113,679 The corresponding figures for women and girls at 18th January 13 July .. 55,953 10,163 26,767 8,553 101/136 115,820 17 August 55,693 15,615 23,793 12,433 107,534 122,850 were 35,374 wholly unemployed (exclusive of those, numbering 14 September 51,546 12,157 23,996 10,963 98.662 113,523 833, who had been classified by interviewing panels as unsuitable 12 October 50.661 10,108 25,273 9,975 96,017 110,712 for normal full-time employment), 1,823 temporarily stopped, 16 November 50,803 8,348 23,488 8,023 90.662 106.412 14 December 46,078 7,128 22,337 6,400 81,943 99,392 and 111 unemployed casual workers. Of the 35,374 wholly 1943. unemployed, 1,608 had been classified as unable for good cause 18 January 9 4 48,055 10,279 25,935 9,439 93,708 112,671 Total®® •S'.:s to transfer to another area. As compared with 14th December, Temporarily Stopped and Unemployed Casual Workers. CSS the numbers wholly unemployed showed an increase of 6,637, 1942. those temporarily stopped showed an increase of 948, and 12 January 16,160 79 7,346 401 23,986 29,172 \>v: 16 Februasy 19,080 247 6,566 349 26,242 30,801 ' I'wV unemployed casual workers showed a decrease of 48. VV ♦* 16 March 9,731 63 4.179 143 14,116 18,675 There were increases in the number of boys and girls recorded 13 April .. 6,942 64 3,245 200 10,451 15,230 as unemployed, largely owing to the registration of school 11 May ,. 5,524 26 3,365 106 9,021 12,655 leavers, in many areas, at the end of the Christmas terra. 15 June .. 4,840 23 1,970 97 6,930 10,534 13 July .. 3,883 25 1,555 106 5,569 8,708 Total’ The number of applicants for unemployment benefit or 17 August 4,285 29 1,880 97 6,291 9,344 allowances included in the foregoing totals for 18th January was 14 September 4,115 14 1,278 39 5,446 8,604 67,859, as compared with 61,362 at 14th December, and 107,975 12 October 4,097 6 926 34 5,063 8,090 16 November 3,935 16 799 30 4,780 7,835 at 12th January, 1942. 14 December 3.642 5 976 58 4,881 7,682 I The numbers registered as unemployed* at 18th January, 1943. 18 January 3,366 9 1 • 1,784 1 150 5,309 8,340 1943, are analysed below :— PVBI U nem plo^^ WhoUy Temporarily Casual Tk .Vi’ Unemployed, Stopped. Workers. HtuitojC Great Britain. {sum^ Men «. «• «» e * 48,055 1,283 2,083 jipafiio Boys .. • • • • 10,279 8 1 UNEMPLOYMENT CHART. W o m e n ...... 25,935 1,674 no NUMBERS ON THE REGISTERS IN GREAT BRITAIN Girls • • •. I • «. 9,439 149 . 1 AND NORTHERN IRELAND. Total «• 93,708 3,114 2,195 Increase (+ ) or Decrease (—) as Ifl thd i compaiW with : JAN FEB MAR APL MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC meat Fni 14th December, 1942 -M1.765 + 1,091 l;: — 663 Statulon- 12th January, 1942 .. —47,518 — 11,622 —7,055 the DDcer Great Britain and Northern Ireland. 2 4 Men 61,367 1,709 3,328 and pta i i Boys 11,165 21 2 Minister Women 30,161 2,973 134 (The Ur t Girls • • • • 9,958 172 1 2 2 ment) 9 Total «• »• • • »« 112,671 4.875 3.465 the obli PJ befirecn !• Increase (4-) or Dccrease(—) as ii compared with: empiovni 14th December, 1942 + 13,279 + 1,238 — 780 2 0
r4 12th January, 1942 .. —53,251 — 13,973 —6,859 / % • # dealin?« \ \ l8th January, 1943, in each administrative region are shown I -8 V ■ below :—
Men Boys Women Girls Region. 18 years 14-17 18 years 14-17 Total. I 6 It i s . , and over. years. and over. years. \ that the \ ! Wholly UnemphDyed. indostries 1 onHrtn dnH \ I -4 T SepUmi>; Eastern 10.978 1,946 5,389 1,853 20,166 M-8 per Eastern 1,437 305 3,404 334 5,480 Southern 990 319 663 429 2,401 \ South-Western 1,500 491 784 395 3,170 Midlands 791 367 321 312 1,791 I -2 North-Midlands 1,028 223 3,198 237 4,686 Accord North-Eastern 3,370 569 611 498 5,248 Statistic* North-Western 5,860 1,455 1,994 1,018 10,327 the total Northern 4,693 1,783 2,188 1,712 . 10,376 Scotland 10,815 • 1,694 5,910 1,370 19,789 I ilperr W a le s ...... 6,593 1,127 1,273 1,281 10,274 cent. hi,i afwve the Great Britain 48,055 10,279 25,935 9,439 93.708 Retunis □ • 8 Northern Ireland 13,312 906 4.226 519 18,963 ^ it February, 1943. THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR GAZETTE. COMPOSITION OF UNEMPLOYMENT FATAL INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS. STATISTICS : GREAT BRITAIN. The number of workpeople, other than seamen,* whose deaths from accidents in the^ course of their employment A n a l y s i s f o r 1 8 t h J a n u a r y , 1 9 4 3 . occurred • or were reported in* Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Jahuaryf was 236 as compared with 217} in the Girls •oty. Men Boys Women previous month and with 239J in January, 1942. Details for — 18 years under 18 years under Total. and over. 18 years. and over. 16 years. separate industries are given below :— M i n e s a n d Q u a r r i e s . F a c t o r i e s — continued.# In su re d on Register- Paper, Printing, etc. .. : 1. Qaimants to Benefit Under Coal Mines Acts : and applicants for Underground ♦ ft Gas Works ...... : Unemployment 43,949 1,383 19,547 1,115 65,994 Surface Electrical Stations .. Allowances* .. ••^( 6) 18,336 415 18,751 Metalliferous Mines • # Other Industries 3,876 4,885 4,064 4,595 17,420 2. Non-daimanU* 1,874 150 2,024 Q u a rrie s...... 9 TOTAL, ,1 W o r k s a n d P l a c e s u n d e r Others on Register :— MINES AND QUARRIES 3. Applicants for 80 ss. 105, 107, 108, F a c t o r i e s Unemployment 1,035 15 806t 9 1,865 A c t , 1937. Allowances* .. • 1,016 F.\ c t o r i e s . 817 1 9 ^ s Docks. Wharves, Quays 4. Persons without 2,561 4,005 3,302 3,870 13,738 clay, Stone, Cement, Pot and S h i p s ...... ' applications* .. • • • (j) 1.024 955 69 tery and Glass Building Operations • • Chemicals, Oils, Soap, etc. _ 112*71 51.421 10,288 27,719 9.589 99,017 Works of Construction Total on Register* 21,982 833 22,815 Metal Extracting and Refining ...... t o t a l , f a c t o r i e s a c t 1 2 0 Insured Unemployed;— Metal Conversion and 5. NumberonRegister* ^ 47,825 6,268 23,611 5,710 83,414 (items I and 2) .. ^ Founding (including ^■*11 20,210 565 20,775 Rolling Mills and Tube 16^75 6. Two months filej .. 14,225 2,899 25,332 3,311 45,767 R a i l w a y S e r v i c e . 1S2» 7. Special Schemes—Claim Making) ...... 17 UiSS ants to Benefit 119 7 n o 2 236 Engineering, Locomotive Brakesmen, Goods Guards 1 lost Engine Drivers, Motor- 8,706 62.169 9.174S 49,053 9,02311 129,419 Building, Boilermaking, 9J44 T o W ...... {('?} 20,210 565 20,775 etc...... 12 men ...... 8Si F ire m e n ...... 8,090 Railway and Tramway 7335 Carriages, Motor and Guards (Passenger).. % % other Vehicles and Air Labourers ...... UNEMPLOYMENT STATISTICS. craft Manufacture Mechanics ...... • Shipbuilding ...... Permanent Way Men PUBLICATION AT QUARTERLY INTERVALS. Other Metal Trades Porters ...... The Minister of Labour and National Service announced in the Cotton ...... S h u n te rs...... House of Commons on Ath February that statistics of Unemployment Wool, Worsted, Shoddy Other G ra d e s...... will in future be compiled and published only at quarterly intervals Other Textile Manu Contractors’ Servants .. {see page 22 of this Gazette). Under this arrangement the next facture ...... r figures to be published will relate to I2th April. Tanning, Currying, etc. . t o t a l , r a i l w a y s e r v i c e 36 BRITAIN Food and Drink General Woodwork and Total (excluding Seamen) 236 UNEMPLOYMENT FUND. Furniture In their Report on the Financial Condition of the Unemploy OaNOVKC ment Fund at the end of 1941^ the Unemplo5rment Insurance INDUSTRIAL DISEASES. Statutory Committee came to the conclusion that, in view of The Table below shows the number of cases^ and deaths^ in the uncertainty of the future, it was not possible for them to Great Britain and Northern Ireland 'reported during January make the normal (peace-time) comparison between the resources under the Factories Act, 1937, or under the Lead Paint (Pro and prospective liabilities of the Fund. Accordingly the tection against Poisoning) Act, 1926 :— Minister of Labour and National Service has made Regulations I. Cases. I. Cases —continued. (The Unemployment Insurance (Emergency Powers) (Amend L e a d P o i s o n i n g . E pitheliomatous U l c e r a t i o n ment) Regulations, 1943**), the effect of which is to suspend Among Operatives (S k i n C a n c e r ). the obligation on the Committee to make the comparison engaged in : between the resources and prospective liabilities of the Un Smelting of Metals Pitch ...... 3 employment Fund which is necessary before a surplus or Plumbing and Soldering T a r ...... 4 deficiency can be reported, and to make recommendations for Shipbreaking P a r a f f i n ...... dealing with any surplus or deficiency. Printing ...... Oil ...... 5 Other Contact with Molten Lead .. TOTAL . . 12 EMPLOYMENT OVERSEAS. White, and Red Lead f e UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Works ...... C h r o m e U l c e r a t i o n . Pottery ...... 1 It is estimated by the United States Department of Labour Manufacture of Bichrom Vitreous Enamelling .. ates ...... that the number of wage earners employed in manufacturing Electric Accumulator industries in October, 1942, was 0-4 per cent, higher than in Dyeing and Finishing .. /— Works ...... Chrome Tanning September, 11-4 per cent, higher than in October, 1941, and Paint and Colour Works 54-8 per cent, higher than in 1939. Chromium Plating .. Coach and Car Painting • % Other Industries 0 0 CANADA. Shipbuilding Paint used in Other According to returns received by the Dominion Bureau of Industries...... TOTAL II Statistics from 13,200 firms employing at least fifteen persons, Other Industries .. • « 41 the total number of workpeople employed at 1st October was Painting of Buildings.. Total, Oases ... M per cent, higher than at 1st September. 1942. and 9-3 per II. Deaths. cent, higher than at 1st October, 1941 ; it was 81-3 per cent, t o t a l ...... above the average number for the year 1926. L e a d P o i s o n i n g . Returns rendered by. trade unions with a total membership of O t h e r P o i s o n i n g . over 380,000 showed that the percentage rate of unemployment Aniline ...... Pottery ...... among their members at the beginning of October was 0*8. Toxic Jaundice Other Industries The corresponding figures for the beginning of September, 1942 Toxic Anaemia Painting of Buildings 1 and the beginning of October. 1941, were 0-9 and 2-7 respec tively. ^ TOTAL t o t a l ...... 10 ^IR E . The number of persons on the live registers of the Employment A n t h r a x . Exchang^ at 30th January was 88,435, compared with 83,963 Wool ...... O t h e r P o i s o n i n g . ^ 2 6 th December, 1942. and 103,882 at 31st January, 1942. Handling of Horsehair .. Toxic Jaundice 0 0 1 Handling and Sorting of Toxic Anaemia 0 # # 0 1 A j ' ^ womaaawm e» uiiauxvauic foF ordinafv uiuudinai ^ clarified as unsuitable for normal full-time employment: Hides and Skins • 0 0 ft 11 numbers of men and women in these categories. Other Industries 1 t o t a l . T Including a small number of women who had ceased to be insurable under the bnemplo)TOent Acts on reaching the age of 60, but were still applying Section 3{4) of the Old Age and Widows’ Pension t o t a l . . 3 I Total, Deaths • Statistics of fatal accidents to seamen are not available. months file of lodged books consists of books of persons who had t For mines and quarries, weekly returns are furnished and the figures cover imemployed at some date within the previous two months and were the 4 weeks ended 30th January, 1043, in comparison with the 5 weeks ended 2nd ment liave found work, but were not maintaining registration for employ- January, 1943, and the 4 weeks ended 31st January, 1942. t Revised figures. i Including 4,112 boys aged 14 and 15. § Cases include all attacks reported during the month, and not previously 11 Including 4,164 girls aged 14 and 15, reported, so far as is known, during the preceding 12 months. Deaths include VSae the issue of this G a* e t t e for May, 1942, page 109. all fatal cases reported during the month, whether or not included (as cases) iit •* Statutory Rules and Orders, 1943, iVo. 167. ir ? page 34. the same or previous returns. • . !f. .'vSXL-.-. oN**." THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR GAZETTE. February, 1943. *A • HOURS OF LABOUR Rates of Wages. in Great Britain were raised by amounts ranging from 2s. 2d to 7s. 7d. a week, according to age and occupation, for men In the industries covered by the Department’s statistics,* and from 2s. to 4s. 7d. a week for women. In the cast stone the changes in rates of wages reported to have come into operation and cast concrete products industry in England and Wales in Great Britain and Northern Ireland during January resulted there were increases of ^d. an hour for adult workers and of in an aggregate increase estimated at over £140,000 in the Jd. an hour for juvenile workers. Minimum rates in paint, stt «:• > weekly full-time wages of about 820,000 workpeople, and in a colour and varnish manufacture were raised by 3s. 6d. a week decrease estimated at about £50 in those of 3,000 workpeople. for men and women and by smaller amounts for juveniles. vvv-:? The industries and services in which wage rates were increased In so^p and candle manufacture, the war allowance was increased during January included shipbuilding and ship-repairing; cotton by 2s. a week for all workers, the increase being made retro spinning and manufacturing; textile bleaching, dyeing and spective to November. A revision of the basis of the cost-of- finishing; the flax and hemp industry; the cast stone and cast living sliding scale in the tinplate industry resulted in increases concrete products industry; paint, colour and varnish manu of l l ‘2d. a shift for men and of 5*6d. a shift for other workers. facture ; soap and candle making; tinplate manufacture; vehicle .u-5^: For men and women employed in vehicle building there was building; leather, etc., goods manufacture; and the non-trading an increase of approximately Id. an hour, with increases of : ;->: services of local authorities. There were slight decreases under proportional amounts for juveniles. Skilled workers engaged cost-of-living sliding scale arrangements, affecting mainly work in the manufacture of goods in fancy and solid leather and i people in the iron-ore mining industry in certain districts. • -S. ■ leather substitutes were granted increases in basis rates of '• s:.V.' In the shipbuilding and ship-repairing industry the bonus IJd. an hour for men and 2d. an hour for women ; piece for men employed on timework and piecework was increased “-V V' workers and juveniles also received increases. Manual workers H'oijKO % ' ♦ > by 6s. a week, and there were increases of Is. to 3s. a week for employed in the non-trading services of various local authorities % > younger workers. Workpeople in the spinning section of the in Great Britaiq were granted increases of Is. 6d. a week (or cotton industry received flat-rate increases of 5s. and 3s. a week fd. an hour for a 47-hour week) for men and of smaller amounts r®pu' • * for adult and junior occupations, respectively. These increases for women and young workers. Increases also occurred in the jjjjj'jfacl superseded advances of 3s. for adults and 2s. for juniors, Siemens steel industry in South-West Wales and for shift granted to card and ring room workers in November, and workers in cocoa and chocolate manufacture. advances of similar amounts granted to workers in the mule and twiner spinning rooms in January with retrospective effect Of the total increase of £140,000, about £29,000 was due to from November. In the manufacturing section there was an arrangements made by joint standing bodies of employers and increase of 5s. a week of 48 hours for weavers and most other workers, and nearly all the remainder was the result of direct classes of operatives, with rather greater increases for enginemen, negotiations between employers and workpeople or their firemen, and some other classes. For weavers, minimum rates representatives. The whole of the estimated decrease of £50 were also adopted, of 48s. or 55s. a week according to was due to the operation of sliding scales based on fluctuations the system of weaving. Special payments previously granted in the cost of living. to workpeople employed in textile bleaching, dyeing and finishing were increased by 5s. a week for men and by smaller [Output Bonus in Coal Mining.— The amount of increase in Skipbei! amounts for women and juvenile workers. Subsequently, the rates of wages quoted above, and the details in the Table below, Ud operation of cost-of-living sliding-scale arrangements in this do not in c ite the bonuses on output in the coal mining industry industry resulted in decreases of -about one-half of 1 per cent, referred to on page 29]. in Yorkshire and 4d. a week for men and 2d. a week for women in Lancashire and Scotland. The general minimum time rates Hoars of Lahoor. fixed under the Trade Boards Acts in the flax and hemp industry No important changes were reported during January. PRINCIPAL CHANGES IN RATES OF WAGES REPORTED DURING JANUARY. .1 K 9 D ate from •. which Particulars of Cha^e. lodustry. District. Change Classes of Workpeople, took {Decreases in Italics.) effect. A Coal Mining Warwickshire .. Workpeople employed in and about Increase of 5 per cent on basis rates, making wages 98 per cent, mines. above the b^is rates.! War bonus decreasedX by a shift {2s. to Is. llirf. for those 18 years Cumberland .. Iron ore miners % » and over and Is. to \\\d . for those ttnder 18). War bonus decreasedX by 2d. a shift (2s. \d .to \sA \d .) for those X^years Furness district 4 4 Iron ore miners Other Mining and over and by Id. (Is. OJii. to lll Increase of Id, an hour In certain minimum rates of wages in the Cast Stone North-Western and 9 Jan. Do. West Midlands North-Western and West Midland Areas, resulting from the merging and Cast Concrete. of Zone C in Zone B. _ ,,, , Co ■ • The particulars of numbers affected and amount of change in the .T^ii ^ on^S nS <»ndiUons of employment and do not take into account the effect of overtime worlang, ^c. ^t^^t-?atct Flat-rate dadvances, a n c e s; previously grantedgrjmted in addiUon to basis rates andana percentages, remam«iremained unchanged. t Under cost-of-Uving sUding-s^o Mrangemente. h »h Tannorv 104.3 and was made retrospective to the date shown above. The Award applied adnlt nnnie .n, „.es am contained in tne Confirming of Minister \ Of l i l S m a n d Ntuonal Service, obtainable from H . M . Stationery Office. \ • ©4 February, 1943. THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR GAZETTE. p r in c ip a l c h a n g e s in r a t e s o f w a g e s r e p o r t e d d u r in g JANVAKY—continued. f V cast and D ate from which ^ e rs .V ^ Industry. District. Change Classes of Workpeople, Particulars of Change, took effect. Siemens Steel South-West Wales .. 3 Jan. Workpeople employed in Siemens Special bonus of 10 per cent, granted, with certain adjustments in Manufacture. steel manufacture. ex gralia bonuses (previously granted), resulting in increases of 6s. to 8s. 5d. a week for workers 21 years and over with base rates of 30s. a week and over, of 3s. to 4s. 4d. f6r those with base rates under 30s. and of 3s. a week for younger workers.* England and Wales .. Beginning Dental mechanics and apprentices Minimum basic rates adopted, for a normal working week of 44 hours, of 1st employed in the dental laboratories of 70s. for dental mechanics who have completed 5 years of appren pay week section of surgical instrument ticeship (or 5 consecutive years of training) and of 60s. for adult in Jan. manufacture. workers who have not served an apprenticeship; apprentices to receive not less than 10s. a week in 1st year, rising to 35s. in 5th Surgical and year. Wages in operation at 1st October, 1940, to be augmented Dental Instrument • by war bonuses ranging from 7s. 6d. at under 18 years to 20s. at Manufacture. 30 years and over, and current wages not to be less than the minimum ■asis basic rate plus the appropriate war bonus-t •menfates of Sheffield 1st pay Workpeople paid at time rates and Further increase of 5 per cent. (25 to 30) on pre-war wage rates. piece. day piece rates. Weekly allowance granted to workers required to provide their folloning own tools of 2s. for forgers, 2s. 6d. for filers and fitters and 3s. 6d. “I'^'nnteR 11 Jan. for grinders. ^,*“S>''rities Wool-comb, Bradford, Leeds, Hali Pay day Wool-comb, hackle and gill makers Increase of Id. an hour. Rates after change include : circle repairers, Hackle and fax, Keighley and in week drillers and finishers 2s. Id .; faller drillers and fallermen in shops Gill ilaking. district. ending Is. lid., pin setters in mills Is. lljd. amoDnts 9 Jan. ^ in the Tin Plate South Wales, Mon 31 Jan. Men, women and ju\’eniles (excluding Cost-of-living sliding scale revised resulting in the flat-rate addition for shift Manufacture. mouthshire and those engaged on maintenance to wages (previously granted) being increased by 11-2d. a shift Gloucestershire. work). (Is. 7*2d. to 2s. 6‘4d.) for men and for women employed on men’s work and by 5‘6d. (9’6d. to Is. 3‘2d.) for other women and juveniles. All federated ship Beginning Workpeople employed in tbe ship building and ship of 1st building and ship-repairing indus repairing centres in full pay try (except those whose wages Great Britain and week in are regulated by movements in Northern Ireland.^ Jan. other industries) »• Bonus increased by 6s. a week for both timeworkers and pieceworkers. National uniform rates after change (inclusive of bonus) for principal classes of timeworkers engaged on new w ork: skilled men 89s. 6d., xmskilled men 70s. 6d. The rates in the West of England are Is. a week less.§ Women (21 years and over) .. Bonus increased by 6s. a week for both timeworkers and pieceworkers ^ncrtoit in in the case of women (after 8 months’ service) who are able fully to ra i/f btUtw, Shipbuilding carry out men’s work without extra assistance or supervision; and by 4s. lOd. (skilled classes) and 5s. 5d. (unskilled and semi-skilled) i»g ittdusl^’ Ship-repairing. in the case of those (after 8 months’ service) who are unable fully to carry out men’s work without extra- assistance or supervision; and by 3s. in all cases during 1st 8 months’ service. Apprentices Bonus increased by Is. a week in 1st year of apprenticeship, Is. 6d. in 2nd year, 2s. in 3rd year, 2s. 6d. in 4th year, and 3s. in 5th year. naary. Other youths, boys, women Bonus increased by Is. a week at 15 (boys only) and 16 years, by and ^ Is (under 21 years). Is. 6d. at 17, by 2s. at 18, by 2s, 6d. at 19 and by 3s. at 20 years. Port of London Beginning Barge builders and repairers.. War bonus of IJd. an hour granted. Rates after change: barge of 1st builders 2s. l^d., helpers Is. 7id. plus l^d. an hour bonus in each full pay case. week in Jan. Upper Thames (certain Beginning Small craft and barge builders and firms). of 1st repairers:— full pay Men Bonus increased by 6s. a week for both timeworkers and pieceworkers. week in Jan. Apprentices, youths and boys Bonuses increased by Is. to 3s. a week. I. Workpeople employed in cotton spinning establishments:— Pay day Card and ring room workers War bonus increased by 2s. a week (3s. to 5s.) for adult occupations in week (including also ring doublers and by Is. (2s. to 3s.) for juvenile occupations.il commencing and gassers, winders, beamers, 11 Jan. reelers, bobbin carriers and es 93 per cent. labourers in ring mills, roller coverers and packers, doffers rAatMytan and back tenters). Pay day Workers employed in mule and War bonus granted of 3s. for adult occupations and of 2s. for juvenile in week twiner spinning rooms. occup3tions.il ftflioitlSytvi CO tOMencing f\B. 9 Nov. II fry \i- « Pay day Do. :tf, tktfui-rif* • » War bonus increased by 2s. a week (3s. to 5s.) for adult occupations in week and Is. (2s. to 3s.) for juvenile occupations.il commencing ; yiolts and if II Jan. Pay day Boiler firemen, under en^neers^ W ar bonus granted of 3s. a week.H in week ashwheelers, oilers and I commencing greasers. 9 Nov.^ Pay day Do. • $ War bonus Increased by 2s. a week.l Cotton Lancashire, Cheshire, in week Industry. Yorkshire and- commencing tbe Derbyshire. 11 Jan. Pay day Workpeople employed in the cotton in week manufacturing industry:— co: encing W e a v e rs ...... («) Flat-rate increase of 5s. a week of 48 hours granted to those 4 Jan. running a full complement of looms, with proportional increases for those not on a full complement of looms or working less than 48 hours in any week. {b) Minimum rates adopted (inclusive of the cost-of-living bonus of 35 per cent, and of the flat-rate increase of 5s. a week referred to above) of 48s. a week of 48 hours for weavers on a full complement of looms on the ordinary system of 4 looms and of 55s. for weavers working on tbe 6-loom system.** For new entrants and young persons not on a full complement of looms, the minimum rates adopted range from 20s. a week at 14 years to 35s. at 18 years. Winders, warpers, beamers, Flat-rate increase of 5s. a week of 48 hours granted to workers reelers and doublers. employed on a full complement of machinery, with proportional increases for those not engaged on a full complement or working more or less than 48 hours; minimum rates adopted for new entrants and young persons not on a full complement of machinery of 20s. a weekk at 14 years increasing to 35s. at 18 years (inclusive of cost-of-living bonus of 35 per cent.). Reachers assisting twisters and Flat-rate increases of Ss. a week of 48 hourstt at 21 years and over drawers. and of 3s. to 4s. 6d. a week, according to age, for those under for paJ** 21 years. rat« S hHh?AblrdSn work^ple employed in boatbuilding and boat-repairing. II The war bonus is^Sd^’on ?4JhSi!”SS^d^s*not the national uniform rates, as from 24th November, 1942. Per^tage advances on basis rates, previSisryp^aid^rema5ilS^cha5i?e^ \j4SeoSf.?a^fL'\®®"fi?‘^‘"^^“‘®^^ operatives performing the work of absentees. as back tenters, rijg doffers^ faiters, Uttle L d extra pfecere aSl tS “ ^ include I U u a ry ,litj.„ a d e retrospective to the date stated above. iwe^; Makes it customary for less than four to be reg^ded as aTtd/wmolemem oHonm^^ P* normally runnmg 4 looms or less than 4 looms where the type of cloth and looms tlmn the full complement of looms, the minimum rate if il.! ♦ v weavers on the ordinary system or the 6-loom system who are running Jess rft adoptionoftUe new minluum rates, stipulates that th'w i5AVArcchaii employers association and the trade unions, providing for the n With proportional increases WhT the ^ whichever ^higher. •/' •••..s'. • > % V'* * s ^ .> •' V » THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR GAZETTE. February, 1943. «•* * X' PRINCIPAL CHANGES IN RATES OF WAGES REPORTED DURING JANUARY— >ate from which Industry. District. Change Classes of Workpeople, Particulars of Change. took {Decreases in Italics,) effect. Cotton Industry Lancashire, Cheshire, Pay day Workpeople employed in the cotton :‘s . • * 'c N 'T ^ under engineers Is. boiler firemen 1$. l^d., ashwheelers, oilers and greasers Is., plus cost-of-living bonus of ^ per cent, in each case. Other classes of workers (c.g., Flat-rate increase of a week for adults. tape sizers, twisters and drawers, chain beamers, warp dressers, loom over ••y. ■ lookers, etc.) Men, youths and boys Increases of 2s. 2d. to 7s. 7d a week, according to age and occupation, in general minimum time rates, of 7s. a week in piecework b a ^ time rates for hose-pipe weavers, and of 7 * With proportional increases where the hours worked are more or ^ hours. rvsnfciined in the Confirming Order of the Minister of Labour and t These increases took effect under an Order issued under the Trade Boards Acts. Details are contained in tne ^xmntmins National &rvicc, obtainable from H.M. Stationery Office. t ^ bUg. Master Dvers’ Committee, The Bradford Dyers' Association Ltd., t These changes applied mainly to workers employed by firms which are . ■ r„.y the Bradford area, the change did not apply m the and the Employe^’ Fe^eraUon of Cotton Yam Bleachers. Dyers and Suers (cert.^n firms). Except m a lew^^ dyeing and Wishing departments of those woollen and worsted manufacturers who do their own dyeing and nmsiuiig. § In respect of the preceding pay period, II Under cost-of-living sliding-scale arrangements. j * ic nrp made in addition, to certain timeworkers engaged in producUve process H Temporary payments, ranging up to 3s. a week for men, and up to If. for women, are made, in aaoiuon, work• •on 'TUic whach a system ^nnfinH of Collectivefn il/nrknrc piecework i^mnlnveH has m dveWoHcSnot yet been COntTOllcd introducea by t GckmIs} h. I February, 1943. THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR GAZETTE. 29 PRINCIPAL CHANGES IN RATES OF WAGES REPORTED DURING JANUARY— D ate from which I n d u s t r y . District. Change Gasses of Workpeople. Particulars of Change. took (Decreases in Italics.) effect. Workpeople paid at time rates General minimum time rates, for a normal working week of 48 hours, adopted. Rates include : male workers—measure cutters Is. lOJd. an hour (London district 2s. Oid.), cutters, knife cutters and Overall knifemen Is. 8Jd. (London district Is. lOJd.); female workers— hfanufacture. Great Britain 1st pay , conveyor belt machinists H id. a-21^aad o»^»ai day after Workpeople paid at piece rates Piecework basis time rates, for a normal working week of 48 hours, i y«ais.« I Jan. adopted. Rates include: male workers—measure cutters 2s. an hour (London district 2s. IJd.), cutters, knife cutters and knifemen ”0^ Is. lOd. (London district Is. 11 jd.); female workers Iljd. Men, youths and boys % » ofifIncreases U d. an hour in general minimum time rates for males *a 20 years and over, and of Id. for younger workers.* Laundering. Northern Ireland 8 Jan. < Women and girls Increases of |d. an hour in general minimum time rates for women saaAtr. 18 years and over, of ^d. for girls and increase of Jd. an hour in 1 piecework basis time rate.* Baking. » Northern Ireland 1 Jan. Transport workers, stablemen, etc., Increase of 3s. a week.* employed in baking establishments other than home bakeries.! M e n ...... DecreaseX o f U . a week in cost-of-living bonus, increase of Is. in war bonus, and emergency war bonus granted of 4s. (not to be included in overtime calculations) making a net increase of 4s. a week. Pay day Rates after change (inclusive of bonuses): maltmen 81s., brewery Brewing. Edinburgh district and in week * labourers 75s. '«*i««ipatk- Falkirk. ending Youths and boy^ employed in Increases of 2s. a week for workpeople 14 and under 17 years and 4s. 9 Jan. breweries and women and girls for those 17 years and over. Rates after change: youths and pfic* n employed in bottling stores. boys 24s. at 14 years increasing to 58$. at 20, women and girls 22$. at 14 years increasing to 47$. at 20 and over. Cocoa and Great Britain 1st full Shiftworkers:— Chocolate pay week Men .. Special weekly allowance increased on three-shift system from 6s. to *^®P»!ce»S Manufacture. in Jan. 7s for the 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. shifts and to 10s. *k ot 48 boon). for the 10 p.m. to 6 am. shift.§ Youths and women.. Special weekly aUowances granted of 6s. on two-shift system and of :’^(2s.6d. 7s. on three-shift system for the 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 2 p.m. to I^W.to4i64) 10 p.m. shifts and of 10s. for the 10 p.m . to 6 a.m. shift.§ ‘«B 18 aad owr, Flour MOling. Great Britain 1st full Mechanics • » Increase of 3s. a week. Rates after change : 90s., 88s., 86s. according pay period to location of mill. t. Oil itnt fajji following *** «• fiorrcrl 1 Jan . h lllo Us Men (and women 21 years and over War bonus increased by approximately Id. an hour (from 13s. 6d. a .•xdbrUtr • 1st pay fully qualified to c a ^ out men’s week of 47 hours to 4id. _ an hour) for adults and by proportional i/itr dumge, fat week work, without additional super amounts for younger workers (20 per cent, of adult bonus at 16 Vehicle Great Britain and beginning^ vision or assistance), apprentices and under 17 years increasing to 60 per cent, at 20 and under 21). » 9) p a ttat, Building. Northern Ireland- on or and other youths and boys. ' «w, 2Di, >’w after Women and girls ...... War bonus increased by approximately Id. an hour (from I Os. a week, 1 Jan . of 47 hours to 3|d, an hour) for workers 21 years and over and by ■coal additimal smaller amounts for younger workers. A those covered ) be iododed in England and Wales Pay day Manual workers (non-trading ser Increases of Is. 6d. a week, or jd. an hour for a 47-hour week for men* (except London, ]Q week vices), except those whose wages of Is. lid. or Ad- for a 47-hour week for women (or the hourly Glamorgan and endiDg are regulated by movements in rates corresponding to a week of 44 hours in each case) and of Monmouttehire). .. 2 Jan. other industries. proportional amounts for younger workers.il a m k 6d London Pay day Do. Increases of Is. 6d. a week for men, of Is. 3d. a week for women (21 .6±toii. bij Local in week years and over), of Is. a week for workers of 18 and imder 21 years, n \% «^ irm Authority J in which and of 9d. for those under 18 years. Rates after change for and by ^ 111 Services. I Jan. fails labourers, or equivalent classes of workpeople, 63s. and 66s., accord ing to class of work, plus in each case a bonus oL15s. 6d. Scotland Pay day Do. Increases of Is. 6d. a week for men. Is. IJd. for women, and of pro- in week tional amounts for younger workers. W* M ending 19ito • 2 Jan. /(< of Details of minimum rales are contained in the Confirming Orders of the Ministry on occupations«S'aton^“^tto within ttethe scope of the Trade Board not exceed six. ” "Wch the number of workers engaged X Under cost-of-living sliding-scale arrangement. [S S y ^ ^ ^ a m TnSries!*^" Chocolate Section of the Interim Industrial ReconstrucUon Committee of the Cocoa, Chocolate, Sugar areas concerned. ^uncils for ^cal Authorities’ Non-Trading Services (Manual workers) in the indicated below (except where“ therwis^stMed^ th?J^s^e thoi equivalent classes of workpeople) in these areas, are, l s . 8d.andls.?d.anhour(fora 44^Tur wrek) areas): Nor/Awwiirriand, Durham and North Riding of Yorkshire, a w eek; East Midlands Is 6id Is i« ^/T^^*^**"* 1®. 5jd., I s. 4Jd., and Is. 4jd.; LdncasAir^ ««8s. hid., 65s. 8d., 62^9*1 s t 4^.' 6ls.2d. and58s.9d. plusineachcaseabon^of iS m ’- 3d., 63s. 6d. and 59s. 6d . ; Middlesex Dorsetshire and Cornwall, 55s., 52s. 6d 50s 48s Ld^.;' t ^]ltshtre, 70s. 6d., 67s. 6d., 65s. 6d., 62s. 6d. and 60s. 6d . ; Devonshire, North Wales, 67s. 6d., f^ s^ . Sd 6^. M.' ^ ^ ^ ^ 72s. 6d.. 68s. 6d., 64s. 6d. and 60s. 6d . ; Society of Caterers to Industry. The rates quoted are minima while on duty) valued at 10s. a week7 The rates are subiect^to an increL^^f ^ h supplied and laundered free of charge and free meals supplied in any one week, or pro rata for any night S wor^d ^ * increase of 7s. 6d. a week for adult males and of 5s. a week for adult females for five nights worked OUTPUT BONUS IN THE COAL MINING INDUSTRY. odof'^ »p(i i tOMagT(s« the1SL^ortWs°GlzE^TE fo7 N ovem L“r '’°942 w n " 8 ^"dustry for output in excess of a specified DJ^ S i; ,t ; rFfvl? "ss 1^- THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR GAZETTE. February, 1943. %> . » TRADE DISPUTES IN JANUARY* V Number and Magnitude.—^The number of disputes involving workpeople, was in support of workers involved in another stoppages of work, reported to the Department as beginning in dispute. 0 - Great Britain and Northern Ireland during January, was 73, Results.—Final settlements of disputes which terminated as compared with 87 in the previous month and 57 in January, during January have been effected in the case of 60 disputes, 1942. In these 73 new disputes about 14,100 workpeople were directly involving 12,200 workpeople. Of these disputes, 12, ;a0i directly involved, and 3,100 workpeople indirectly involved directly involving 2,800 workpeople, were settled in favour of {i.e., thrown out of work at the establishments where the disputes the workpeople ; 33, directly involving 5,500 workpeople, were occurred, though not themselves parties to the disputes). In settled in favour of the employers ; and 15, directly involving addition, about 1,500 workpeople were involved, either directly 3,900 workpeople, resulted in a compromise. In the case of -:! **%*s s>.' > . •- *o. • or indirectly, in 6 disputes which began before January and 12 other disputes, directly involving 2,300 workpeople, work were still in progress at the beginning of that month. The was resumed pending negotiations. number of disputes in progress in January was thus 79, involving about 18,700 workpeople; the aggregate number of working In the following Table an analysis is given, by groups of days lost in these disputes during January is estimated at industries, of all disputes in progress in January :— 37,000. Number of Disputes in Number Aggregate Duration.—Of 72 stoppages which ended in January, 25, progress in Month. of Work Duration 1 people in in Worl^g directly involving 5,400 workpeople,-lasted not more than one Started — volved in Days day ; 28, directly involving 4,200 workpeople, lasted two days ; Industry Group. before Started all Dis of all Dis -■^- -. V 5, directly involving 1,000 workpeople, lasted three days; begin in Total. putes in putes in ning of Month. progress in progress in 9, directly involving 2,800 workpeople, lasted four to six days, Month. Month. Month. ^ ^ ^ % and 5, directly involving 1,100 workpeople, lasted over six days. 1 Vtv.--.V-l'' Mining and Quarrying.. 1 20 21 6,200 7,000 *♦ • Causes.—Of the 73 disputes beginning in January, 18, Metal Engineering and 1 Shipbuilding .. 3 38 i 41 8,300 22,000 directly involving 2,100 workpeople, arose out of demands for Food, etc. .. A ^ 2 2 200 advances in wages and 19, directly involving 4,000 workpeople, Building, etc. .. 2 3 5 2,100 3,000 Article Transport 5 5 1,600 3,000 on other wage questions; 2, directly involving 100 work 1,000 people, on questions as to working hours ; 7, directly involving Other Industries p $ 5 5 300 2,700 workpeople, on questions respecting the employment of Total, January, 1943 .. 6 73 79 18,700 37,000 Berf.Briffifr- particular classes or persons; 20, directly involving 3,900 Total, December^ 1942 .. 7 87 \ 94 25,300 9om workpe pie, on other questions respecting working arrange This Fltt ments ; and 6, directly involving 1,000 workpeople, on questions Total, January, 1942 .. 5 57 62 17,100 59,m B^,ChiDedft of trade union principle. One stoppage, directly involving 300 *** ,-u' Httta. BdW I/P Bwst Mtileo. Fra* PRINCIPAL DISPUTES INVOLVING STOPPAGES OF WORK DURING JANUARY. Lep Bitast Baecc* Fish Approximate Floor r Number of Work Date when Stoppage Bread Occupationst and Locality. . people involved. Cause or Object. Result. Tea Sgcarlincn In- ua .. #: Directly. directly.t Began. Ended. Bntter- Froh E moiheering ;— Slit Work resumed on terms in operation Machine setters and other skilled 339 1 » 1 Jan. 2 Jan. Alleged inadequacy of production 1 j Qe«!.. operatives—^Worcestershire. bonus received in respect of prior to stoppage. Mitpiiief- s Ct^stmas week. SU&dari . Work resumed pending negotiations Engineering operatives—^Yorkshire 387 • 1 14 Jan. 16 Jan. Dissatisfaction with bonus scheme (one firm). which resulted in an increase in ESP ttrah.5 guaranteed minimum bonus rate. Potatoea Machinists, labourers and setters-up 97 i 18 Jan. 21 Jan. Objection of workpeople to the Work resumed, on advice of trade replacement of a certain foreman union officials, pending negotiations. —Yorkshire (one firm). The foli * by a former employee. T inplate Manufacture :— prices at Annealers and other tinplate workers 12 326 5 Jan. 16 Jan. Refusal to continue to operate a Work resumed and setUeznent subse^ Febrnary, 1 s>'stem of two 12-hour shifts, stated quently effected providing for the —South Wales (one hnn). | ' I by employers to be customary when adoption, for a trial period of fix 9 1 I {1 number of rolling mills working weeks, of a two shift system ; shifts 1 i1 was less than six; workpeople to be confined, as far as possible, to 11 desiring to revert to the basis of eight hours, additional men to be three 8-bour shifts. employed, and an extra 2s. 4d. to y be paid for each 100 “boxes.** N on-ferrous Metal Manufacture:— Workpeople employed in non-ferrous 11 Jan. 18 Jan. For reinstatement of convener of* Work resumed unconditionally. metal manufacture—Lanarkshire shop stewards who had been dimissed for alleged misconduct. (one firm). TWfIjj Malleable Ironfoundinc Workpeople employed in malleable 239 100 14 Jan. 16 Jan. Refusal to work with non-unionists. Work resumed. ironfoundiog, etc.—Sheffield dis S?* •• trict (five finns), s 1 F ood P reparation :— ^ •• Slaughtermen—Northern Ireland. 180 4 Jan. 9 Jan. Claim for extra payment for tying U Bnast •- sheep prior to slaughter, this National Arbitration T ribunal > work having formerly been done (Northern Ireland) issued an award - \ providing for payment of 2d. a bead ^ 1 by labourers. f Baceo*p forc tying sheep. Fai B uilding :— Payment made for time lost Floor 1,270 6 Jan . 7 Jan. For payment in respect of time lost Building trade operatives, etc.— • 480 Bttid •• Lancashire (one finn). when work was stopped by bad weather Tej T ransport:— „ 2 Jan. 3 Jan. Against employers* action in applying Employers agreed to pay wages for Omnibus drivers and conductors— 800 a 40 hours guarantee, under the 48 hours in respect of Christmas South Yorkshire (one firm). provisions of the Essential Work week. (General Provisions) Order, instead of the usual 48 hours, in respect of Christmas week. li H b*.- Dissatisfaction wtb the discon Practice of calling-up trainmen reintro I 1 # 11 Jan. 11 Jan. Locomotive drivers and firemen, and 600 tinuance by the railway company, duced, and agreement reached on goods guards—Nottingham. owing to the shortage of staff, of the question of refund of deductions AD the practice of calling-up trainmen from pay which had been made as on early morning duties, men a res^t of late arrivals during the reporting late having been sent period of di^ntlnuance. V home with consequent loss of pay. I ^1 le! • Disputes involving less than 10 workpeople, and those which lastea less tnan one aay, d , exceeded 100 da^-s. duration (i.e., number of workpeople multipUed by number of worlang days, /V T h ri^ Ju t o/^work'at the establishments where the disputes occurred, bat not t The occupations printed in italics arc those of workpeople indirectly mvolred. *.e., thrown out of worK ax me esiaoiisnmriua y : '• ) themselves parties to the dispute. .1"| ! I 'M'- i'k: M- i" , . x - w . * February, 1943. THE MINrSTRY OF LABOUR GAZETTE 31 CHANGES IN RETAIL PRICES AND COST OF LIVING. Ul Summary of Index Figures for 1st February. 1943. ITEMS OTHER THAN FOOD. "Mother ' The average level of working-class rents (including rates) at Food All Ite: 1st Februarj^ showed no appreciable change as compared with 99% 1st January, being about 1 per cent, above the level of 1st Increase since July, 1914.. .. 64% September, 1939, and about 64 per cent, above that in Tulv, Change since 1st /index Points nil nil 1914. January, 1943 \ Per cent. .. • # nil nil As regards clothing, information collected from representative retailers in a number of the principal towns indicates that at 1st February the retail prices of clothing of the kinds generally >« • 1 FOOD. bought by working-class families averaged between I and 2 per 'H k X r cent, below the level of a month earlier, and about 75 per cent, Under an Order made by the Minister of Food, increases of higher than at 1st September, 1939. The average decrease in prices br 4d per lb became permissible, from 24th January, in the retail ^®ps of since 1st January, 1943, was between 1 and 2 per cent, for men’s pric& of tea {other than China tea), but many retailers suits and overcoats, about 2 per cent, for woollen materials, had not raised their prices by 1st February, and the average underclothing and hosiery, between I and 2 per cent, for cotton price at that date was approximately Ifd. per lb. higher than materials and hosiery, and about I per cent, for boots and shoes. at 1st January. There was little change, during the month, in The decline in the average level of clothing prices during the average level of the retail prices of any of the other articles January was the result of the larger proportions of utility cloth of food included \nthin the scope of these statistics. and apparel on sale at prices below those of non-utility goods The following Table compares the average retail prices in of corresponding quality. Owing to the wide range of quotations, the United Kingdom at 1st February. 1943, with the corres to changes in qualities, and to the variations in the extent to ponding prices at 1st January, 1943, and 1st September, 1939. which different articles have been affected by price changes, it is not possible to make an exact comparison over a long Percentage Increase Average Price (per lb. unless or Decrease (—) period of years, but such information as is available indicates otherwise indicated) at 1st Feb., 1943, that at 1st February the average rise over the level of July, to the nearest Jd., at— compared with 1914, was about 265 per cent. Article. 1st 1st 1st 1st 1s t In the fuel and light group, the average levels of prices of coal Feb., Ja n ., Sept., Tan., Sept., and of gas were about the same at 1st February as at 1st January. 1943. 1943. 1939. 1943. 19^. Prices of coal averaged about 30 per cent, higher than at 1st Beef, British— s. d. s. d. s. d. Per cent. Per cent, September, 1939, and about 153 per cent, above the level of Ribs • « 1 3f 1 3 i 1 2f 11 July, 1914: prices of gas averaged about 30 per cent, higher Thin Flank 0 9i 0 9 i 0 7 i 27 than at 1st September, 1939, and about 100 per cent, higher Beef, Chilled or Frozen Ribs I 1 1 1 0 9 f 35 than in July, 1914. The prices of lamp oil rose during January Thin Flank 0 6 0 6 0 4 f 22 by about 5 per cent., but there was practically no change during Mutton, British— the month in the prices of candles and matches. In the fuel Legs 1 5i 1 5f I 3f 13 Breast 0 8 0 8 0 7* 8 and light group as a whole the average level of prices at 1st Mutton, Frozen— February was about the same as at 1st January, about 34 per X^s 1 0 1 0 0 lOf 16 cent, higher than at 1st September, 1939, and about 144 per Breast 0 4 0 4 0 4 Bacon* 1 lOf 1 lOf 1 3 50 cent, higher than in July. 1914. Fish 32 As regards other items’* included in these statistics, there were Flour pet 7 lb 1 5 1 5 1 li 26 relatively few changes in prices during January. In the group Bread per 4 lb 0 9 0 9 0 8f 9 Tea 2 7 | 2 6 2 4 13 as a whole the average level of prices at 1st February was about Sugar (granulated) 0 3 0 3 0 3 —1 the same as at 1st January, about 50 per cent, higher than Milk .. per quart 0 9 0 9 0 6 f — 3 32 B utter— at 1st September, 1939, and about 168 per cent, above the level of July, 1914. Fresh 1 8 1 4 f 21 r05 ifi op(T2iM Salt { 1 3i } { 31 ALL ITEMS. Cheese .. » • I 1 0 10 30 If the average increases in the cost of all the foregoing items Maigarlnef— s f are combined in accordance with their relative importance in Special 0 9 0 9 0 61 12 Standard 0 5 0 5 working-class family expenditure prior to August, 1914, the tmg iK fotiatiotf 0 2 0 2 , an iDotase ia Eggs (fresh)t .. each X 1 resultant general average increase at 1st February, 1943, is { 0 I f 0 u c s bonis Tate. Potatoes per 7 lb. 0 6f 0 6f 0 61 6 approximately 99 per cent, over the level of July, 1914, the tthxe oi trade same figure as at 1st January, 1943. as compared with 55 per nggntjatioBS. The following Table shows the average percentage changes in cent, at 1st September, 1939. The result of this calculation’ prices at 1st September, 1939, 1st January, 1943, and 1st (in which the same quantities and, as far as possible, the same February, 1943, respectively, as compared with July, 1914 :— qualities of each item are taken at each date) is to show the average percentage increase in the cost of maintaining un changed the standard of living prevailing in working-class ,:*UU Average Percentage Increase or Decrease f—) families prior to August, 1914, no allowance being made for any since July, 1914, at— Article. changes in thg standard of living since that date, or for any economies 1st Sept., 1st Jan., 1 st Feb., or readjustments in consumption and expenditure since the outbreak 1939. 1943. 1943. of the war. iditioiuilT. Beef, British—> Per cent. P er cent. P er cent. The rise of 44 points since the beginning of September, 1939, Ribs .. 44 59 59 is equivalent to about 28 per cent. Of these 44 points, about Thin Flank 15 46 46 4 points represent the effect of the increases, since that date, Beef,Chilled or Frozen— Ribs .. 32 79 in the taxes on sugar, tobacco and cigarettes, and matches ; Thin Flank 1 24 and between 2 \ and 2 | points are due to increases resulting from Mutton, British— the Purphase Tax. Legs . 48 67 Breast 14 24 Mutton, Frozen— SUMMARY TABLE : ALL ITEMS. Legs 51 74 Breast —3 —3 Bacon* 35 102 Fish 116 185 Year. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May J u n e J u l y Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. D e c . Flour 26 59 isel3St Bread • » 42 55 1920 .. 125 130 130 132 141 150 152 155 161 164 176 169 Tea 52 63 1921 .. 165 151 141 133 128 119 119 122 120 110 103 99 Sugar (granulated 46 45 1922 .. 92 68 86 82 81 80 84 81 79 78 80 80 Milk 92 156 f o r 1923 .. 78 77 76 74 70 69 69 71 73 75 75 77 Butter— 1924 .. 77 79 78 73 71 69 70 71 72 76 80 81 r: :,Pi5 Fresh 13 37 1925 .. 80 79 79 75 73 72 73 73 74 76 76 77 Salt .. 7 41 Cheese 1926 .. 75 73 72 68 67 68 70 70 72 74 79 79 16 . 51 1927 .. 75 72 71 65 64 63 66 64 65 67 69 69 Margarinef 3 1928 .. 68 66 64 64 64 65 65 65 65 66 67 68 Eggs (fresh)t 58 59 62 61 60 61 63 64 65 67 Potatoes ., 1929 .. 67 65 66 67 33 40 1930 .. 66 64 61 57 55 54 55 57 57 56 57 55 1931 .. 53 52 50 47 47 45 47 45 45 45 46 48 All above articles (Weighted 44 42 43 41 41 43 43 43 Average on July, 1914, basis) 1932 .. 47 47 46 43 38 64 64 1933 .. 42 41 39 37 36 36 38 39 41 41 43 43 1934 .. 42 41 40 39 37 36 41 42 43 43 44 44 me uguics given in xne loregomg laoies tne 1935 .. 43 42 41 39 39 40 43 43 43 45 47 47 average level of retail food prices at 1st February. 1943. was 1936 .. 47 47 46 44 44 44 46 46 47 48 51 51 1937 .. 51 51 51 51 52 52 55 55 55 58 60 60 abemt the same as at 1st January, 1943, about 19 per cent, 1938 .. 59 57 56 54 56 55 59 56 56 55 56 56 higher than at the beginning of September, 1939, and about 1939 .. 55 55 53 53 53 53 56 55 65 65 69 73 64 per cent, higher than in July, 1914,______1940 .. 74 77 79 78 80 81 87 85 87 89 92 95 1941 .. 96 97 97 98 100 100 99 99 99 99 100 101 • • The desOTption of bacon specified for quotation is streaky, but where this kind 1942 .. 100 100 100 99 100 99 100 101 100 100 100 100 was Kldom bemg sold the returns relate to another kind, locally representative. 1943 .. 99 99 u j . February, 1943, two brands of margarine, Standard , were on sale at 9d. and 5d. per lb., respectively. The ^ures for 1st September, 1939, and July, 1914, are averages calculated from the statistics, “The Cost of Living Index Number : Method of pnees of vanous brands on sale at those dates Compilation,” is obtainable, price 3d. net, from H.M. Stationery shown for eggs at 1st January, 1943, and 1st February, l'^ » 2d. was for large eggs (in Ministry of Food category I) and l#d. for small Office, at the addresses shown on page 34 of this G a z e t t e . eggs (m category II). At 1st September, 1939, the average price for eggs, as shown * Soap, soda, domestic iromnoogery, brushes, pottery, tobacco and cigarettes, by the returns received, was between Ifd. and 2d. fares and newspapers. r.77* THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR GAZETTE. February, 1943. I ' F a c t o r i e s A c t , 1937—S e c t i o n 14—D a n g e r o u s M a c h i n e r y . RETAIL PRICES OVERSEAS. In Hoyles v. H. Bates and Son, the Divisional Court over-ruled , In the foUowng paragraphs a summary is given of the latest the decision of the Magistrate who had dismissed the prosecution for failure to fence dangerous machinery. 'The Magistrate had <.. IV- information contained in official publications received since found as a fact that the machinery in question was not dangerous last month's issue of this G a z e t t e was prepared, relating to and that it was therefore unnecessary to consider whether it was changes in retail prices and the cost of living in oversea countries. securely fenced. The machine was a heavy metal-cutting UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. apparatus containing a long blade eight feet long which moved At the middle of October, 1942, the official cost of living up and down and was operated by manual power. A boy of 'index figure was 1.0 per cent, higher than the figure for the seventeen was working with an older workman and in his absence previous month and 20.7 per cent, above the figure for June. the boy caused the blade to move downwards and lost two oi 1939. For food alone the official index figure at the middle of joints of the third and fourth fingers and one joint of the middle October, 1942, showed increases of 2*4 and 38*6 per cent, over finger. The Lord Chief Justice in his Judgment said that the 1 k the figures for the previous month and for August, 1939, evidence pointed all one way. The long blade was sharp and respectively. had the effect of cutting very seriously the hand of the boy CANADA. who was causing it to move up and down. 'Therefore he could 'At 2nd November, 1942, the official cost-of-living index figure not arrive at any other decision than that such a blade was showed a rise of 0*7 per cent, over the figure for 1st October, dangerous. 'There was no question of the machine doing some 1942, and of 17*7 per cent, over that for 1st September, 1939. thing occasionally which it ought not to do or was not designed OOC . J to do. The point was that it was doing what it was designed For food alone the corresponding percentage increases were Copi*^' 2*0 and 33-2, respectively. to do but at the wrong time. Obviously a machine which cut metal when in motion was dangerous. 'The fact that the boy H M- EIRE. had no right to tamper with the machine and should have I In mid-November, 1942, the official cost-of-living index was obeyed the orders of the older man was not material. He 9-2 per cent, higher than the figure for mid-August, 1942, and t therefore came to the conclusion that there was no evidence at 57-8 per cent, above the figure for mid-August, 1939. For food all on which the learned Magistrate could hold that the blade alone the corresponding percentage increases were 12*1 and was not dangerous. Therefore the case should be remitted -to paring 58*2, respectively. the Magistrate with the expression of the opinion of the Divi (yorthem SOUTHERN RHODESIA. sional (^urt that the offence charged was proved. Tucker J., these In November, 1942, the official cost-of-living index number in his Judgment, said that if a machine which was ordinarily of the hi showed increases of 0*9 and 14*5 per cent, over the figures for safe only became dangerous as a result of its having been pro October. 1942, and August. 1939, respectively. For food alone altered by some deliberate act of mischief, so as to become nients. the corresponding percentage increases were 2*1 and 15-7, something different from what it was intended to be, that respectively. would not be an offence. In this case the ‘‘tampering’’ only PORTUGAL. meant that the boy was handUng or using the machine in a of the L In September, 1942, the official (weighted) index figure of the way contrary to his instructions.—Divisional Court, 6th Novem Section) -• cost of food, fuel and light and certain other household articles ber, 1942, Aniocrea in Lisbon was 0-6 per cent, above the figure for August, 1942, veh'. V-- and 43-8 per cent, higher than that for August, 1939. The (xelj-ard- figure for 15th September, 1942, in the separate official series fircij- 11 ONS OF EMPLOYMENT AND 1 • of (unweighted) index figures relating to the whole of Portugal Q te sd ' showed increases of 0’4 and 47-8 per cent, over the figures for AL ARBITRATION ORDERS, efeim:' 15th August, 1942, and 15th August, 1939, respectively. 1940-1942. . j t ♦ * I; of .Ignu • t. • SWITZERLAND. ARBITRATION TRIBUNAL AWARDS At the end of August, 1942, the official cost-of-living index pbyi?'l h; figure was 0*2 per cent, below that for the previous month. During January, 1943, the National Arbitration Tribunal rate • f i- Since the end of August, 1939, the index figures have shown, issued fifteen awards. Nos. 292 to 306. In five cases the awards men ‘h?!! with occasional minor irregularities, a steady upward trend r-date to the whole of an industry in a particular area or are aod prep from month to month, so that the figure for the end of August, otherwise of special interest and the following is a summary of sfiughteni 1942, was 42-3 per cent, above that for August. 1939. For these awards. The other ten awards relate to cases affecting the rate <. li' food alone the index figure for August, 1942, showed a decline individual firms or other employing bodies. ol sheep of 0*4 per cent, below that for the previous month, but an Award No. 294 (6th January).—Parties : G. A. Wood & Co. increase of 54-2 per cent, over the figure for August, 1939. Ltd., of Uxbridge, and the National Union of Packing Case Makers (Wood and Tin), Box Makers Sawyers and Mill Workers. INDL Question raised : Whether there are recognised terms and conditions of employment which the Company are under an LEGAL CASES AFFECTING LABOUR obligation to observe in respect of the sawyers, wood-working machinists, male and female box and packing case makers (hand W o r k m e n ' s C ompensation —L u m p S u m a n d C h i l d r e n ' s and machine) and labourers employed by them, and if so, what A l l o w a n c e . are these recognised terms and conditions. Award : The .V In London Brick Co. Ltd. v. Robinson, the House of Lords Tribunal found that the Company were engaged in the ihdustiy part .jf ai dismissed this appeal by London Brick Co. Ltd. from the to which the terms of the agreement dated 15th October, 1942, summaris judgment of the Court of Appeal, holding that T. A. Neville made between the Metropolitan Box and Packing Case M ^u- nndertaki Robinson, the infant child of Mr. W. A. Robinson (who had facturers' Federation of London and the Export Packing Case Manufacturers’ Association on the one part, and the National been employed by the appellants and who was killed as the 'I Side and result of an accident which arose out of and in the course of Union of Packing Case Makers (Wood and Tin), Box Makers, Industrial his employment), was entitled to recover the children's allo^vance Sawyers and MiU Workers of London, and the Amalgamated k-r provided for by section 8 of the Workmen’s Compensation Society of Wood-Cutting Machinists of London, on the other - { -Act, 1925, in addition to the lump sum payable as compensation, part (being organisations of employers and trade unions repre award-' * i: when his mother, the widow of the deceased, was not herself sentative respectively of substantial proportions of the employers 'V a claimant for compensation under the Act. The deceased and workers engaged in the industry in the district) W'orkman met with an accident and died as the result. He that the Company’s works were established in a distnct in left a widow and an infant son, who were both wholly dependent which the terms of such agreement were in fact m force, Uie Hmpk-- on him. The -widow did not elect to claim compensation under Tribunal found that the recognised terms and conditions which the Workmen’s Compensation Act, but took proceedings for (or conditions not less favourable than which) the Company are damages under Lord Campbell’s Act and the Law Remrm under an obligation to observe are the terms and conditions ol (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1934, and accepted £1,750 in the above-mentioned agreement. settlement of her claim. The infant, through his next friend, Award No. 297 (14th January).— ; Messrs Gordon claim. then made a claim under the Workmen’s Compensation Act & Co., and the Glen Glove and Hosiery Co. (Amalgamated). The for compensation to the extent of £300 plus children’s allowance, Aberdeen Glove and Hosiery Co., Kilgour * u ^of giving credit for £9 8s. 6d. which had been paid to the deceased Hairott & Co. Ltd., and members of the National Union of man before his death. The County Court Judge gave judgment Dyers, Bleachers and TextUe Workers employed by them a: for tlie infant for £300, and £228 12s. children’s allowance, Claim • For the modification of a scheme of minimum rates ol 'A'-- less the amount paid to the workman before his death. Tl^ \ wages estabUshed by the employers concerned m pn^nance of for ' Court of Appeal affirmed the decision of the County Court the Tribunal's Awards Nos. 250 and 251. [N o t e . In Awar^ C ^ Judge. The company appealed. Nos 250 and 251 the Tribunal awarded that the firms concern^ Judgment.—The Lord Chancellor, in giving judgment, said should within a period of tivo months from the date of the that in the present case it was admitted that the infant w^ awards (2Ist September. 1942), establish a scheme of minimum entitled to be awarded the £300, and the dispute was whether time rates piece-work basis time rates and overtime rates, if the additional sum of £228 I2s. also fell to be paid to possibk by agreement with the Union, and that, m the absen^ His Lordship referred to section 8 and said that, reading the S em rnt.^he matter might if deshed be « t ^ words literally, the condition which they prescribed was satisfied. But the appellants contended that the reference to a widow scheme of fates established by the firms was settled without v.^ute in the conditional phrase was to a widow who was making a agreement by or consultation with the Umon and m the absence claim under the Act. He agreed with the Court of Appeal of s^h agreement the Union brought the matter before^ that the words to be interpreted were not in themselves obscure Tribunal Igain 1 Award: The Tribunal awarded a modffi^ or ambiguous, and that there was no justification for construing Jeheme of Minimum rate^ particulars of 'Zliod the phrase "if the workman leaves a vndo\v“ as though it ran full in the award, with effect as from the first full pay pen "if the workman leaves a widow who is claiming compensation following the date of the award. under the Act.’’—House of Lords. 15th December, 1942. •r*' ■7t: February, 1943. THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR GAZETTE. ir. Nos. 298, 299 and 300 (I4th January).—PaWic5 ; Parties : Sheffield Cutlery Manufacturers’ Association and The Burnley Corporation and members of (a) the National the Spring Knife Workers’ Amalgamation. Claim : Increase Association of Local Government Officers. (6) the National in piece rates for three-piece Army clasp knife, shadow pattern. Union of General and Municipal Workers and [c) the National Award : The Arbitrator decided that the claim of the Union Union of Teachers, employed by the Corporation. Claim : For had not been established. the making-up to the level of the remuneration they would have Parties : National Union of General and Municipal Workers. received-if they had continued to serve in their civil capacities, National Union of Blastfurnacemen, Ore Miners. Coke Workers of the war-service pay of persons who cease to serve in order to and Kindred Trades on the one hand and the Northamptonshire undertake war service. Award : The Tribunal awarded that and District Mine Owners’ Association and the Nottingham and the persons concerned should have their war-scrvice pay sup District Conciliation Board on tlie other hand. Question raised : plemented retrospectively as from 3rd January, 1940, on the The parties requested an interpretation of certain sections of basis of the terms of an agreement relating to the same matter the Arbitrator’s award issued in December.* Award : The ‘ which w’as negotiated between the Bolton Corporation and the Arbitrator defined the meaning of the terms used in the original National Association of Local Government Officers and which award. provides broadly for the making-up of 100 per cent, of the difference in the case of married employees with dependent child or children, of 85 per cent, in the case of married employees j' without dependent children and of unmarried employees with TRADE BOARDS ACTS AND HOLIDAYS one or more dependants, and of 60 per cent, in the case of WITH PAY ACT. unmarried employees without dependants. Copies of all awards may be obtained price Id. net each, from NOTICES OF PROPOSALS. H.M. Stationery Office at any of the addresses shown on the back page of this G a z e t t e . During January, 1943, proposals to vary minimum rates of wages were issued as shown below. Further information m ay NATIONAL ARBITRATION TRIBUNAL be obtained, by persons engaged in the respective trades, on (NORTHERN IRELAND) AWARDS. application to the Secretary of the Board concerned at Sunnyside Mansions Hotel. Knowsley Road. Southport, Lancashire, in During January, 1943. the National Arbitration Tribunal the case of Boards in Great Britain, or at 31. Eglantine Avenue (Northern Ireland) issued four awards. Nos. 168-171. Two of Belfast, in the case of Boards in Northern Ireland :__ these awards, which relate to the whole or a substantial part of the trades concerned, are summarised below. The other Cotton Waste Reclamation Trade Board {Great Britain).__ two awards relate only to individual undertakings or establish Proposal C.W. (34), dated 8th January, 1943, to vary minimum ments. rates of wages for male and female workers. Award No. 168 (12th January, 1943).—Parties : The Members Tobacco Trade Board {Great Britain).—Proposal N. (25), dated of the Londonderry Employers’ Federation Ltd. (Carriers' 22nd January 1943, to vary minimum rates of wages for male . I Section) and certain employees of the member firms. Claim : and female workers. An increase of 3s. per week in the wages of drivers of motor Baking Trade Board {Northern I reland).-rPro^ossA N.I.Bk. vehicles, yardmen, carters, loaders and stablemen employed in (N. 15). dated 4th January. 1943, relating to holidays with pay -rj coal yards, and of drivers of motor vehicles employed by private firms. Award : “An increase of Is. 6d. per week on the current General Waste Materials Reclamation Trade Board {Northern rates of wages of the several classes of workpeople named in the I f eland).~VTo^os^.\ N.I.W.R. (N. 17), dated 5th January. 1943, claim set out above." to vary minimum rates of wages for male and female workers’. Award No. 171 (22nd January, 1943).—Parties : The Ministry Baking Trad,e Board {Northern Ireland).—Proposal N.I.Bk. AWARDS. of Agriculture for Northern Ireland and certain workers em (N. 16), dated 8th January, 1943, to vary minimum rates of ployed by the Ministry. Claim : That, in addition to the basic wages for certain classes of male and female workers employed f ion Tribunal rate of Is. per head for slaughtering and dressing sheep, slaughter in establishments other than home bakeries. 5 the awards men shall be paid a rate of 4d. per head in respect of the tying area or are and preparation of sheep for slaughter. Award : That the CONFIRMING ORDERS. sufflaarv of slaughtermen employed in the Belfast abattoir shall be paid at iea During January. 1943. the Minister of Labour and National the rate of 2d. per head in respect of the tying and preparation Service in Great Britain and the Ministry of Labour in Northern of sheep for slaughter. Ireland, made Orders, in pursuance of the powers conferred i:i:i by the Trade Boards Acts, confirming minimum rates of wages as varied by the Trade Boards indicated below. Copies of the INDUSTRIAL COURTS ACT, 1919 AND Orders may be purchased from H.M. Stationery Office, either ll^ CONCILIATION ACT, 1896. directly or through any bocl.seller ;— Boot and Floor Polish Trade Board {Great Britain).—Order INDUSTRIAL COURT AWARDS. B.P. (19), dated 9th January, 1943, confirming a variation of During January, 1943, the Industrial Court issued six awards, minimum rates of wages and specifying 22nd January. 1943, A os. 1891-96. three of which relate to tlie whole or a substantial as the date from whicli such rates became effective. t part of an industry, or are otheiAvise of special interest, and are Rape Twine and Net Trade Board {Great BnVam).—Order summarised below. The remaining awards relate only to single R. (73) and (74), dated 20th January 1943, confirming a variation undertakmgs. of minimum rates of wages and specifying 3rd February. 1943, Award No. 1891 (11th January).—Parries ; Workpeople's as the date from which such rates became effective. lia® Employers’ Side, Soap and Candle .Trades Joint Laundry Trade Board {Northern Ireland).—Order N.I.L. (20), Industrial Council. Claim : For an increase in pay of 5s. a dated 29th December, 1942, confirming the variation of general \\eek for all adults, male and female, and a proportionate minimum time rates, piecework basis time rates and general incre^e for all ]umors male and female. Award : The Court overtime rates for male and female workers, and specifying awarded an increase m the war allowance of 2s. a week to all 8th January, 1943, as the date from which these rates became j^ffiorr^^’ female, and a proportionate increase to effective. Unuary) .—Parties ; Staff Side and Employers Side, National Joint Board of Employers and •I ' Members of Staff (Electricity Supply Industry). ClaiJn - That FACTORIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND), 1938. or22nd 1 column which they attained in Grade 8 the clahn •' in favour of FACTORIES (OPERATIONS AT UNFENCED ^ Corf‘S MACHINERY, AMENDED SCHEDULE) uDatefl).^ , British KoU REGULATIONS ^NORTHERN IRELAND), 1942. ker nf ^ Lancashire Steel Corporation ,i l'nio“ ® Ltd ^yoTks). the Lancashire Steel CorSorSon Regulations under the above title were made on 22nd Decem { ■ Ltd., W a7r^X ber, 1942, by the Ministry of Labour for Northern Ireland I.J OIOIB of for the annual hf!i:7 ® wage as holiday with pay payment under Section 16 of the Factories Act (Northern Ireland), 1938 fixed sum for ; The Court aN^arded a amending the Schedule to the “Principal Regulations”—the < i 5 ! certain calculatio/s!7or the Factories (Operations at Unfenced Machinery) Regulations (Northern Ireland), 1939, S.R. & O. of Northern Ireland, 1939, < FACTORIES (HOURS OF EMPLOYMENT OF S.R.&O. 1943, No. Title and Price. WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS) 186 The Essential Work {Boot and Shoe Industry) Order. 1943, dated February 4, 1943, made by the Minister of Labour (NORTHERN and National Service under Regulation 5BA of the An Order under the above title was made on 7th December, Defence (General) Regulations, 1939. Id. (2d.).— 'A 1942, by the Ministry of Labour for Northern Ireland under [With effect from the date of the Order, this Order Regulation 59 of the Defence (General) Regulations, 1939. provides that in the application of the Essential Work The Order prescribes that every factory, the occupier of which (General Provisions) (No. 2) Order, 1942, to undertakings holds the written permission of the Chief Inspector to avail engaged in the boot and shoe industry, Article 4 (1) {d) himself of the provisions of the Order, is exempted from the of the principal Order shall have effect subject to the provisions of the Factories Act (Northern Ireland), 1938, with definitions of "prescribed period” and "normal wage” respect to the hours of employment and holidays of women and being modified to conform with the relevant provisions young persons to the extent and subject to the conditions of an Agreement dated 1st September, 1942, made specified in the Order. between the Federated Associations of Boot and Shoe .*• *. Manufacturers and the National Union of Boot and Shoe Applications for permission to take advantage of the Order Operatives. Provision is also made for the scheduling should be addressed to the Chief Inspector of Factories, Ministry of undertakings wh ich observe other agreements, approved of Labour, Stormont, Belfast. by the Minister, defining "prescribed period” and "normal Copies of the Order, S.R. & O. of Northern Ireland, 1942, wage.”] No. 190, may be obtained through any bookseller or direct from 187 The Electricity Supply {Hours, Safety and Welfare) Order, H.M. Stationery Office, 80 Chichester Street, Belfast. 1943, dated February 4, 1943, made by the Minister of Labour and National Service under Regulation 59 of the S • . ' Defence (General) Regulations, 1939. Id. (2d.).—[See summary on page 23.] . s • Spcd^l - STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS. FACTORIES ACTS. Trainifl! Particulars are given below of Orders made by the Minister posal^ of Labour and National Service which have been published in FACTORY FORMS. byCe the series of Statutory Rules and Orders since the last issue of From time to time the Ministry of Labour and National intht this G a z e t t e was prepared, as well as of other Orders, so Service issue Factory Forms regarding Regulations and Orders I ; Holiday published, relating to matters with which the Ministry is con made under the Factories Acts. The under-mentioned Forms Jndustr cerned, either directly or indirectly. have been issued or reprinted since the previous list was pub m ittf lished in the October, 1942, issue of this G a z e t t e . Copies of Statutory Rules and Orders may be purchased j: Safety ■ directly from H.M. Stationery Office at the addresses shown at Copies of Factory Forms may be purchased directly from of Ca the foot of this page. The prices quoted are all net, those in H.M. 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Schedule specifying certain modifications, in relation to 330 Memorandum on the Prevention of Industrial Dermatitis sea-going home-trade ships of 200 tons or more gross with Special Reference to the Use of Barrier Substances. tonnage, of the provisions of Part II of the Merchant December, 1942, Id. (2d.) Shipping Act, 1894 (as extended to the Isle of Man by 939 Asbestos Industry Regulations, 1931. Reprinted March, ^ e Merchant Shipping Act, 1935), which relate to the 1942, revised price 2d. (3d.) T? engagement and discharge of crews.] 1892 Guide for the provision of Welfare Amenities for all, (Annex) Building Sites other than Camp Hostels. November, 75 Order in Council approving Proclamation directing that certain British Subjects shall become liable to he called up 1942. Id. (2d) GO' for Service. Id. (2d).—[This Order, made on 13th January, 1943, approves the Proclamation of which OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. particulars were given on page 6 of the issue of this [N o t e .—The prices are net, and do not include postage.] G a z e t t e for January 1943.] N a t i o n a l S e r v i c e .— Selected Decisions given by the Umpire 141 The Undertakings {Restriction on Engagement) {Exemption) during the period July to October, 1942, inclusive, in respect of Directions, 1943, dated January 28, 1943, issued by the Applications for Postponement of Liability to be called up for Minister of Labour and National Service under the Service under the National Service Acts, 1939-1941. N.S. Code2. Undertakings (Restriction on Engagement) Order, 1941. Pamphlet No. 4/1942. Ministry of Labour and National Service. Id. (2d).—{See summary on page 20.] (H.M. Stationery Office, price 2d.) 142 The Employment of Women {Control of Engagement) P a y m e n t b y R e s u l t s .—(i) Trade Operations for which Bonus Order, 1943, dated January 28, 1943, made by the Rates have been fixed up to and including Decetnber, 1942. Minister of Labour and National Service under Regula Memorandum on Essential Work (Building and Civil Engineer tion 58A of the Defence (General) Regulations, 1939. ing) Order, 1941. 2nd Edition, (ii) Notes for Guidance on the Id. (2d).—[5^^ summary on page 20.] Application of the System of Payment by Results. Ministry of Works and Planning. (H.M. Stationery Office, price 6>d. and 145 The Essential Work {Shipbuilding and Ship-repairing {Exemption) Directions, 1943, dated January 28, 1943, Id., respectively.) made by the Minister of Labour and National Service R ehabilitation a n d R esettlement o f D i s a b l e d P e r under the Essential Work (Shipbuilding and Ship s o n s .—Report of Inter-departmental Committee. 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