BUILDING TRADE

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 563, 21 June 1933, Page 6

BUILDING TRADE

«no. 10 scheme UNEMPLOYMENT BOARD LAYS DOWN REGULATIONS FOR USE CONDITIONS OF WORK The regulatioris governing the subsidy- upon building works offered by the Unemployment Board, generally kriown as Scheme No. 10 have now eome to hand and the Rotorua Unemployment officer is rieady to deal with applications for work. The rules are as follow. — ■1. No specific restriction will now be.made as to the class of new buildings, alterations, additions to, or renovations of buildings, upon which a subsidy may be supplied for; but all applications will be individually considered by the Unemployment Board. AppMcations must be accompanied by a statexnent of the class of work to be undertaken and of the reasons (if any) which would prevent the work proposed from being proceeded with this year without the assistance of a subsidy. The decieion of the -Unemployment 'Board as to approvial or otherwise in every case must be accepted as final, and it will be a condition of approval, .in every case, that New Zealand miaterials shall be used wherever practicable. Up to 50 Per Cent Subsidy 2. On approved works a wages subsidy will be paid from the Unemployinent Fund at the rate of 33 1-3 per cent. up to award rates on this total wiaiges paid in respect of the labour actually performed on the prem-ses, exeept that in the case of the erection of new dwelling housles not exceed■ing £650 total building cost, the wages subsidy will be at the rate of 50 per cent. on wages up to award rates on the total wages paid in respect of all labour actuially performed on the premises. No subsidy will bb payable in respect of wages for work performed away from the premises, notwithstanding that such work may be part of the! approved job, and whether or not earried out by the contractor for the approved job. , If any question larises as to what shall constltute "labour actually perform|sd on the premises" in respect of which subsidy is claimed, it sh'all, be referred to the Unemployment Board, \vhose decis.ion shall be final.

In order «to calculate tn6 anxoant oi subsidy payable, a wages-book showing only wages paid for work actually performed on the prf&mises must be lcept, and a certificate as to its accuracy must be given by the builder concerned. Position of Working Builder In the case of small jobs where the building contractor is himself actually engaged doing the work, or where he is working with the men, it shall be in order for him to book wages to himself for the actual time •so worked, based on the rate for tradesmen operating in the current award for carpsnters and joiners. The wages of subcontractors or men engaged by subcontractors may be entered in the wages-book on the jcb, but only >;h respect of time actually worked on the premises, and such wages must be certified to as being correct by the builder in charge of the work. 3. Subsidy willmot be payable it the work m commenced prior to the approval of the Unemployment Board being notified to the owner, and approval of thle subsidy will be cancehed if the contract is not let and work actually commenced within three calendar months of the date of notification of approval, unless by arnangement with the Unemployment Board in the case.of large buildings whers the time necessary for the preparation of plans and specifications would exceed that period of time. If the work on an approved 30b is commenced in accordancie with the foregoing, and the rules of the scheme tare otherwise complied with, the suj■sidy will continue to be paid until the completdon of of the joib unless otherwise specified by the board. No su >- sidy will, however, without reference to the Commissioner of Unemployment, be paid on wages which are m excess by more than 5 per cent. of the lestimate given in the apphcat.jn. No Restriction on Labour 4. No restriction will be imposed -*eigarding the source from which lat.ar may be recruited — that is to v.vj, wages for labour other than thiat -.ngaged through a Government Lal-Air Bureau will be eligible for suos.Jy. Employers, however, are asked to recognize that, as a general rule, the necessity for relief is greater in the ca'se of married men, and that l.'iey will miaterially assist the Unemp oyment Board in dealing with this problem, if they will, other things be i-g jequal, give preference to married men. 5. The subsidy basis will involve a cost to the board greatly in excess of that granted la&t year, and is based on the principle of rati'oning the wcrk on approved jobs to a limit of forty hours per week, with a further condition that no overtime may be work ed. It may be that in pavticular cases there will be strong e mnomic reasons why the hours of work sfiould not be rationed to a forty-hou * week basis, and on representa:ii.n C oueh cases to the Unemployment I oard an adjusfment on the basis t ".ub.-flo'1

may be arnanged, exeept that in no case will a subsidy be paid when the weekly hours of work exceed fortyfour, other than in accordance with the riext paragraph. 6. The restrictive conditions in panagraph 5, in so far as) they relate to weekly hours of work shall not apply to any work coming within the scope of "country work" outlined1 lin clause 6 of the New Zealand Carpenters' and Joiners' awards — Book of Awards, Yol. 32 — but the hours worked must not exceed forty-eight per week. Award Rates of Pay 7. Nothing in these rules shall be taken to interfere with, or alter in any way, the wages and conditions provided for in any award or agreement for 'the classes of workers concerned. 8. Builders is any class of the trade operating this scheme tare required to protect their workers under the pro- : visions of the Workers' Compensati'on Act. The Unemployment Board will not accept any resp'onsilbility in this connection. This ruie applies also to local body authorities and to Government Departments which may be operating under this scheme, whether they insurej or not, and they must accept the responsibiLties of the Workers' Compensation Act. 9. A breaeh of any of the rules of the scheme will render the payment of subsidy liable to cancellation, and a refund of subsidy paid (if any) may be required. Definition of Parties In the above rules — "Owner" means the owner or lessee cf the premises on -which the work is proposed to be done — i.e, the person ■or firm paying for the work — and the subsidy shall be payable to no other person than the owner as hereiri defined: "Builder" means the person who undertakes to perform the work for the owrier and who engages- the labour necessary to carry out the work. 1 "Premises" means the land on which a building is to be erected, or on which stands a building to be added to, altered, or renovated The terms "ownier" and "builder" will of course, be synonymous in cases where the person at wh'o&e instigation the work is being done himself directly employs the labour.