RIGHTS OF WORKERS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 July 1941, Page 6

RIGHTS OF WORKERS

REINSTATEMENT AFTER MILITARY SERVICE

REPORT BY THE MINISTER OF LABOUR. NUMBER OF CASES DEALT WITH. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. The Minister of Labour (Mr Webb) in a statement today, says employers generally have complied with the provisions of the occupational re-cstab-lishment Emergency Regulations which impose obligations oij employers to reinstate workers on the completion of their military service, whether Territorial or overseas.

Sixty-seven cases of failure to reinstate workers have been dealt with by the Department of Labour under the regulations. Court proceedings were taken in 14 cases and in eight of these convictions were recorded, while six were dismissed or withdrawn for various reasons. Fifty-three cases were dealt with by the Department without recourse to Court proceedings, 22 by the reinstatement of the 'worker and seven by other action, while in the remaining 24 cases no action was taken, for various reasons, such as no breach being disclosed.

Of six cases in which employees were dismissed within six months of their reinstatement in civil employment, the worker was reinstated in two. while it was considered that there had been no breach in the remaining four. Fourteen complaints of workers being dismissed before commencing military service, for the reason of employers attempting to evade their obligations, had been dealt with in various ways.

In addition to all the above cases, 31 more were now under action. The Department has carefully investigated any complaint of non-observance of the'regulations and has endeavoured to remove any grievance without recourse to Court action.