WHARF LABOUR.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 718, 18 January 1910, Page 9

WHARF LABOUR.

■■■.';■,HABBOUK-BOAB-D'S EMPLOYEES. • ACCIDENT VND SICK P-\Y ; ,I'ho. .aiiiouiit paid for.' to .the .'caSual employees Wellington Harbour,.B.oard during:;'the year ended September J'J, 19UU, was .£3lO Ss. 8d.,. to thf);permau'ent is'(:aft'.;iilsß 9s. lid., .and .fiir.. sick' pay; to tho. perniarieiit' stnit j;178 11a.. Jtl.j:in all,; -£bol 13s. 10(1.; as coinpared. 'with .1:9)2 . and cCSIS iii . the two previous yenr's,; The accident . pay - Shows ii..Tqry. ,welcpuio dccr#so . (says the.board's, lii.r-.his;.annual. : report), 'being with-'and . i659..;iin ' the . two . previous years. Towards (ho sum of .£4,'2 paid by the. hoard ;in .wages .as .accident,.pay,: ; .tlie simi of Ji2Bl. was recovered , from tlie. Ocean Accident. and Guarantee : Corporation, Ltd., ill. addition; to which tliat institution lias keen liable . for.. death risks,'. aiid.Vfor. suins,: paid: directly, to employees, which' sums, lipe, not passed through,; the' board's books. . . lU' July,. last the-boai'd renewed »s. arrangement::'with:'.the- Ocean /'Acciueut ..aiidy; Guarantee; Cdrpqration, ; ''Ltd.i to insura the men whose iiames appear bn'.tho^'pay : books .ofJ:tlie casual staff' .under. ..:tne'i:Workers'.vCompensation ' for ; Accidents ;Act, Employers' .Inability. Acts, : . at Common Luw ; iip; to' <£500 * in re- j :sppct toi' any; - one, : claim -at .a premiuni I of : 38s. Gd. .per cont. ou tho'total, amount nt tho. wages for the .year. As in tho threeprevious years f tho board itself ; in-. '■ ■ surcd - its /permanent : staff;, and 'set 'asido 1111 araouut based 'on' the preiiiia that : jvouldi'.liaye : beeii.. charged , niid •: the- insurance been pyen to an: insurance company, namely, . SGs. !pnr. ccnt. on offie'e" :pu;r ; (Mmiiiisb»iiTeSst9ffirfanH.-V27i;'--periice'rit; :dii-all' other branches; as. iVell M;. thb. annuar 6uni. of and-debited. lll6account wi.tji ' .tlio ;: Claims .paid • in . tho ;board's, legal liabilities.. lhe amdjirit qu'. fixed' deposit 011 Stfltenw 1 oer. 30,111)03,. amounted to iC4176 os. 2d. The board: cpntihiles its.'.cUstpm : tif ; priying.'its ®™Pldyees,.both,iiormanent ' and rjcasual, il^'r;i ,a y' f ro accident;' ai- , though; not .legally -: obliged' to "make the first, weeks incitpititymi longer, thau afortnight.' : ? ''i.te ; '®9.™^/-^'.'-^ m «oeht.viemployees g|j the board at .:SeptembeiV: : B(),- ilflOO," wiis J-.1, ot-whom 273 had ,their : lives :insiired, towards;..the prenila'■ of :,whieli.Uhdboard' p: l ul.vjloo2 Gs.: 7d.; .tlie iotai.suin assured 1 being ;-£55,640, .orcein 'average: of . ; per employee . assured^,.,-,'The j bbard's contribuI \"-^uiilsri,8',pje3f.'coht.'.'.bf. , '.tlie'"'.t6tiil'i sain assured., ; : .'l!lib ..matured i policies; "of nine »men l b ? rs I pf,th e : staff,■ amounting to. JCIOBO/ :i!)s. ,Sd,,;: are iheld by the Retiring 'Allow- , ance;: Trustees;.onri',fixed'.deposit;the September. :od.., : 'pr. ai total : of J12098 195:.2 d; . • ' . ■ Keviowing y the ' conditions■•'Vofcasual labour; . tho secretary- says: ,'*ln.May .and ■ Junevlastr tho.;import, trndo.:was lit its Jowest.'.loyel, I and :the, consequent .distress , tnrough. lack,'. of 1 employment ■ hmbng i tho icasuab waterside workers (was : very; acute; A' deputation from'.tHe'iWellihgton Wharf Labourers... 'on; the: bdard at a .specials meeting on:. June' 2, < asking for; limitationvi 11. respect to :the::employ°- , mont qfpermanent;, hands!, .:so' : that .-thev n"S h p .uot : c?nipete;;witbi the casual- staff, : ? U(I J°i': of casual 1 labour, , so t hat the. extreme .casualness of' the avoided; Tho board, uitei, fqllj . .hearing the members .?*: S ,e - noP'^otion,■-■■referred; the question to -thp AVharves.. and' Accounts '.■ C'ommit--1?" the.'/Whaffingor: to report ;va m" s ' by.;the : ;de;' .putation. .rhe 'Committee reported .to the boitol.: at:; a ,-;spcciar : ; 'on .-July: s ' i^board ; :.after fiirtHer evii iPassell' resolutions, ■; Mr"FlefS ■ dissenting;;:: affirming.. :: that rafter; ■a '■ full'. statements .opinion t .that; tne allegations ;'made - were P 0^n ; :; .:: ,considered (hat ' . the' "Wrhnge.r.s: report.,was .satisfactory: and approvedofVthe methods,.outlined,.thore.the 1 .conduct. .of a the' business 1 g&-. ;erally."^f;■ vi';■;■;M;;'■ .sr.VvS!"