APPRENTICES TO TRADES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 232, 25 June 1920, Page 7

APPRENTICES TO TRADES

THE DUTIES OP EMPLOYEES. It is beliovod that employers generally are not fully aware of the obligations placed upon them by tlio Arbitration Court in regard to apprentices, and it is thought a Bhoi't explanation of the duties devolving upon them will bo appro* ciatnJ. ~ Some 13 .or 14 Years ago the Court reviewed the question of tho legal binding of apprentices and adopted and incorporated in awards a series of clauses settine out the conditions under which apprentices might be employed. These provisions take the place of • tho deeds of apprenticeship that wero formerly used for the. binding of youths to trades. The awards becow® the contraots between the employers and apprentices* and there is no necessity for tho signing of deeds. The usual conditions of awards aro as follow:— ' • (a) Tho obligation is plaoed upon the employer of retaining an apprentice for the full term of years fixed by tho award, of teaching him or her the trade as carried on by tlio employer, of paying the wagoß fixed by tho award for each year of service and of giving the apprentice a certificate on completion or termination of service. An apprentice may bo transferred from one employer to another, but an apprentice caunot bo discharged for 'any reason- other than An apprenticeship may be dissolved by mutual consent. (b)'An apprentice is bound by the award to serve tho employer for the full period of apprenticeship. (c) A probationary period of three months is provided for during' or at tho termination of which' tho employer and tho worker both hav<i the option of deciding to continue or to terminate tho apprenticeship. If it is intended to continue, then It is incumbent upon the employer to givo notice in writing to tne Labour Department within a week after the completion of the period of probation that ho has takon on tho worker as an apprentice. A similar notice has to be given when an apprentice is transferred to another employer. Neglect of any of these provisions means liability for breach of/'award.