The Labour Commission.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XII, Issue 2458, 11 September 1891, Page 2

The Labour Commission.

The following is what the British Parliament Labor Commission adopted " as a convenient summary of the subjects to be inquired into " :— Trade Differences Betwef.n Employer and Employe,d. (1) Their causes (2) Their develop? ment, organisation, and cjnduct. (3) j Their c»st. (4) Their prevention or settlement. I—Their Causes—A. Wages :—(l)How fixed. (2) Hnw calculated : (a) By piecework, (b) by day work, (c) by task work. (3) How paid : (a) Direct, bf employer, or by sub-contractor; (b) weekly, fortnightly, or at other periods ; (c) increased by bonus OV reduced by sLoppages ; (d) truck or payment in kind ; (c) house, land, or other allowances. (4) Fluctuations of wages; (a) How brought about; (b) How adjusted. (5) Difference of wages in different establishments and 1 jcalities. (6) Existence and effect of : (a) Pensions ; (b) Deferred pay: (c) Sick insurance; (d) Accident insurance. (7) Notice required f«.p the termination of wage contracts. B.— Hours of labour and continuity ot em ploymsnt j-(l) $orma} hours of work. (2) Overtime, and how remunerated- (3) Niaht shifts, and how remunerated. (4) Short lime, season work, or other irregularity of employment. (5) Sunday and holiday labour, how arranged and paid for. (6) Duration of day's work, and week's work, and how regulated. Subdivision, distribution, and classification of work as between different trades, individuals, men, women, or children, whether half timers or not, factories, workshops, or homes. D. Apprenticetthipy. E. Introduction of machinery. F. Supply and quality of the machinery and materials of production or transport. ! G. Safety of employment, provisioning ,pf ships, lighting, sanitation, and inspection of workplaces. H. Discharge for j ; bojoriging to a trade union. I. Befusal to work with nonunionjsts. J. Discharge I fof representative delegates and use of black list, K. Employment of foreigners. li, Obnoxious officials. M. Sympathetic (strikes. N. Other causes of dispute. 2. —Their Development, Organisation ! ,%ud Ooniuct —A. Trade associations or combinations of employers or of employed I whether'permanent in character or temporary, occasional, qv fqv special dispute purposes, thpiv trade rules, benefits ir.nd policy. 15. Strikes and lockouts. Picket: : ipg, Wapfe Hstiiig, f.pd pthpr methods pf influencing persons eonpenrec} or rpf, directly concerned in t]\9 dispute, jj. Importation of new ov foi'eigir la.bo.ur, whether under contract or otherwise. I 3—Their Cost.—A. Economic results of strike and lock outs to workers, to oroployers, aud to jbh@ community at large. *.--Their Prevention op .Settlement.— A. Conciliation by joint tsommitfcegs pr i otherwise, B. Mediation, 0. Arbitra= turn, voluntary or compulsory. D. Sliding scales. E. Profit sharing. F. Indus- ! ty\4 paffsßrel»ips, Q* Coroperatiw?