NEW RELIEF SCHEME

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21297, 26 September 1932, Page 8

NEW RELIEF SCHEME

WORK IJJ PRIVATE GARDEN^ ARRANGEMENT FOR WAGES EMPLOYER TO PAY HALF |9 An extension of the operations of No< S? 5 scheme to permit of unemployed labour being diverted to certain work on property and subsidised on a 50-50 basis'lfP from the unemployment fund has been f approved by the Unemployment Board. The new scheme, states a circular fronvjll the board, proposes to blend the prin- , ciples of scheme No. 2 into scheme No. 5 with the object of increasing the. possibilitics of work and the weekly earnings of ,§! registered unemployed. The eft'ecfc of the -f? conditions approved for the scheme will S bo that the • contributions of private em-lf! ployers toward the wages of workers will be available for re-expendituijj through local official relief funds in tljc shape of"' ■ additional work or rations. $ Gardening. wood-chopping, section p clearing, subsoil drainage and trenching !|| aro tho forms of work which may be' ft carried out under the new scheme. All" % labour employed on private property will be engaged through local bodies from among the eligible scheme No. 5 workers' employed by these bodies. The local bodies 1 will be responsible for the -insurance, tf transport and supeivision of the workers placed on private work. The wages paid to workers employed' under the scheme will be at the same*H rate as under ,No. 5 scheme and the work |§ shall be rationed, states the board, on the same lines as under No. 5 scheme, <H except that the assistance given by the private employer shall be used to aug- ■*! ment the allocation arid so increase the money available for relief in any district. Workers will be given work additional to their ration of work under No. 5 ;| scheme only when all eligible unemployed* have had their ordinary ration of work., | Private employers shall be required to pay half the amount of wages earned and the' local body shall pay the remaining half.. Local bodies shall be reimbursed the total wages by the certifying officer. The amount refunded in respect of the private employers' payments will be credited to the Mayor's relief fund, or other official relief fund in the district which is subject to Government audit. The amounts credited to such fund may be applied to provide work in excess of the board's scale under No. 5 scheme, or to purchase goods for- distribution to necessitous cases. Property owners desiring to take ad-, vantage of the scheme should make appli- .ideation to the Jocal body for their district or the certifying officer under thg Unemployment Board. The necessary form® 1 for use in connection with the scheme are < now being prepared.