THE UNEMPLOYED
CLASSIFICATION BEING MADE CENSUS TAKEN IN MARCH (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. The analysis undertaken by the Labour Department to ascertain the potential employability of relief recipients is discussed in the annual report of the Employment Division of the Department which was presented in the House of Representatives yesterday by the Minister of Labour, the Hon H. T. Armstrong. The final classification of the unemployed, the report states, would be as follows, unless experience derived from the course of the analysis justified a different subdivision: (1) Those 65 years of age and over; (2) those qualified both by reason of personal conditions and adequate industrial experience for full-time employment; (3) those personally qualified by reason of physique and mentality, but lacking adequate industrial experience; (4). those qualified by industrial experience but disqualified by some personal condition either mental or physical; (5) those disqualified on both grounds —industrially and personally. Independently of the personal analysis, states the report, the department made a census in March in respect oi persons on the register at that date. The census was designed to show the conjugal status, age, industrial classification, employment and unemployment history of each person. To be of full value such a census should be taken at least half-yearly so that the trend of employment in industry may be accurately determined.
“The present year has seen ’perhaps the most marked reduction in the registered number since before the depression,” states another section of the report. “If relative figures were available it would possibly be found that the number of genuinely unemployed today is less than at any period for many years.
“Although there is still a good number of men receiving sustenance relief out of the fund, by far the majority are men who are totally unfit for employment. On account of their disability, these persons should not be regarded as unemployed, but until such time as the social security legislation is passed and the necessary administrative machinery established, assistance is being granted to them from the Employment Promotion Fund."
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 July 1938, Page 5
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341THE UNEMPLOYED Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 July 1938, Page 5
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