Report of the Royal Commission on Labour in India

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Identifikator:: 1850495947

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-233603

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Report of the Royal Commission on Labour in India

Place of publication:: London

Publisher:: His Majesty's Stationery Off.

Year of publication:: 1931

Scope:: xviii, 580 S.; graph. Darst., Kt.

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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TR APPENDIX 1. PAGES. (b) Thereafter continuous discharge certificates should be issued only to persons for whom posts are available and unnecessary recruiting should be discouraged ; (¢) If necessary, after a suitable break there should be a further period of 12 months in which recruitment is again restricted .. 155. Shipping Masters should be authorised forthwith to exclude from the register all seamen who have not been in employment for a period of three years and, to begin with, a seaman should be struck off the register automatically on the expiry of three years from his last dis- charge. The period of three years should be steadily reduced to 18 months, but the latter period may be altered, if necessary, in consul- tation with representatives of shipowners and seamen we 156. Shipping companies should have liberty of choice from men who have been in their employment within a specified period. To begin with, this period should be 2 years, but it should be steadily reduced $0 9 months. This latter period may also be altered, if necessary, in zonsultation with representatives of both sides .e 23 157. If a shipowner is unable to fill his crew from those of whom he is entitled to make free choice, he should be required to take men select- ad from the register by the Shipping Office .. op ve ws 158. The licenses granted under section 24 of the Indian Merchant Shipping Act should not be renewed vu “se vr “ 159. (a) Shipping Masters should encourage seamen to use the pro- visions of the Indian Merchant Shipping Act relating to the allotment of wages ; (5) The shipping office should remit the amount of the allot- ment by money order ; (¢) The maximum limit of allotment should be raised to two- shirds of the seamen’s wages .s - - ve ve 160. Government should enquire into the alleged delays between signing on and actual engagement and between discharge and final pay- ment. The possibility of reducing the maximum period for the payment of wages on discharge and also of signing on taking place in the Shipping Office should be considered .. .. .e . 161. Consideration should be given to the provision in ports of welfare institutions for Indian seamen _— va wa ve 162. The Governments of Bengal and Burma should undertake an enquiry into the conditions of employment on inland steam vessels .e Docks. 163. The practice of nominating a representative of labour on Port Trusts should be extended to all the major ports fon w. oe 164. With a view to decasualisation and to secure more equitable distribution of employment, a system of registration of dock labour should be introduced in each of the main ports, supervised and con- trolled by the port authority assisted by representatives of shipowners, stevedores and labourers op i% th . 5 165. (a) Local Governments should be empowered by law to frame safety regulations for docks ; (b) Chief Inspectors of Factories should be consulted and should be responsible for enforcement ; (¢) Regulations should provide for the reporting of serious accidents 179 179-80 180 180 18% 181 181-2 182 183 1 84 | 8A 1R7

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