INCAPACITATED SOLDIERS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 246, 5 July 1918, Page 6

INCAPACITATED SOLDIERS

1 QUESTION OP UNDERRATE Ell- ■ PLOYMENT. Tho annual, conference of the United federation of Labour liad before it yesterday the question of the employment of incapacitated soldiers at under the Tilling rates. It was decided to instruct the executive to submit the following proposals, originating from tho Executive Committee of tho Otago Labour CoUiicil, to tlie various district'councils ior their consideration:— ' 1. The present: Order-in-C'ouncil to be revoked and to bo substituted by an "pemrat between the' Government and . the federation of Labour for the purpose of providing the best facilities for the employing of incapacitated soldiers cither as under-rate workers or learners; such agreement to be then made into an Urdor-in-Council under Clause 35 of the 1914 0n ■'' ra< ' o an( l Commei'co Act, Wages shall be fixed bv the employer, discharged soldier, Government i epicsentativc, and a trade union representative in the industry in which such' soldier is to be employed. (Hereinafter termed the Soldiers Employment Board), J. Wages to bo further regulated by tho above parties. i. The total wages, inclusive of the I'Overnment subsidy paid to the returned soldier, shall not be loss than the miniM Jf"]i iv-nges operating in tho industry. J. the difference between the sum paid by the employer as wages'and the miniiniim rate of wages obtaining in the industry, shall bo borne by the State. Such expenditure by the Stato to be met by a Dom ,taX 0n va '" cs '' la C. The minimum wage shall be exclusive of any . pension the returned soldier may receive. During the currency of an under-rate permit, or tho period of apprenticeship of a returned soldier, the .Pension Board shall not review the pennon paid tosucli returned soldier. 7. The period of apprenticeship m tho currency of a permit shall be estimated as from the time they were first granted, and until the returned soldier is declared a competent worker. 8. All pensions shall be fixed prior to the granting of an under-rate permit, or the commencement of apprenticeship ol •a returned soldier. 9. Should a* returned soldier be em- " ployed as an worker or a learner in an indmlrv which is not governed by aD award, his total wages shall not fall below i' 3 par week, including the State subsidy. 10. A returned soldier who is either learning a trade or working under an under-rate permit, shall be under the direct supervision of the Tfeturned Soldiers' Department and the aforesaid soldiers Employment Board. 11. Where there is no trade union in an industry in which a returned sol flier may bo employed either as an underTjito worker or learner, the local Tradet Council shall act in place of the aforesaid trade uriion. 12. All other conditions operating ii an award shall equally apply to a discharged soldier whether working as ai nndor-rato ivorkor or learner who maj from time to time be working under suci award.