Report on an enquiry into wages and hours of labour in the cotton mill industry, 1926

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Identifikator:: 1827868163

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-221455

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Report on an enquiry into wages and hours of labour in the cotton mill industry, 1926

Place of publication:: Bombay

Publisher:: Government Central Press

Year of publication:: 1930

Scope:: III, 172 S.; zahlr. Tab

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Chapter VIII. Bonus and fines

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By Yarn Bundling and Baling, and the Maintenance and Watch and Ward Departments. Male winders and reelers were included in bonus schemes wherever men were employed in the seven mills which covered women winders and the five mills which covered women reelers in the schemes. Female sweepers and coolies were paid a good attendance bonus in twelve mills. ‘Unlike Bombay where no bonus whatever is given to weavers, these operatives were universally covered by bonus schemes in all the fourteen mills which had weaving sections. In the cemaining departments bonuses were paid in some mills and not in others and in a few cases to some workers in particular occupations and not to others. Again, unlike Bombay, where piece workers were aot generally covered, both time and piece rate workers are included in sonus schemes in the Ahmedabad mills. (3) Sholapur 142, In Sholapur, no bonus was given in the Mixing, Blow, Card, Drawing, Warping, Doubling, Sizirg, Calerderirg, Clcth Folding and Maintenance Departments. In the Slubbing, Intermediate and Roving Frame Department only doffers were covered in one mill. In the Ring Spirrirg Department, one mill granted bonus to workers in all occupations except Jobbers and the other mill gave it only to Siders. Both mills granted bonus to one-loom weavers but one mill did not grart it to two loom weavers. Women winders and reelers were universally covered ard the scheme was also extended to child doffers in the Slubbirg ard Rirg £pirrirg Departments in one mill. Head Jobbers and Jobbers only received bonus in the Dyeing Department in one mill, otherwise they were not covered in any other lepartments. MANNER OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE RESULTS 143. The data given in the returns for the 1926 Enquiry regardirg Bonus have been tabulated separately for men, women and all adult operatives at each of the three centres studied and for children in addition in Ahmedabad and Sholapur. Information for each group is ziven on the following points for those departments in which bonus 1s paid :— (1) Total number of employees returned ; (7) Number of workers covered by bonus schemes ; (- + Total number of workers who earned the bonus ; (4) Percentage of the number of workers getting bonus to those sovered in the schemes ; (6) Aggregate amount of bonus paid ; and (6) Average amount of bonug er operative getting the bonus. I'he results are presented in RSS ables, Tables Nos. XXIV to XEVI (pages 153 to 155) are for Bombay, Tables Nos. XXVII 0 © 7 (pages 156 to 159) are for Ahmedabad, and Tables Nos, XXXI £0 Zaisa.atV (pages 159 to 161) are for Sholapur. MersODS OF CALCULATING THE Bonus {44, The manner in which bonus is calculated varies widely as between unit and unit and even in the same department in particular

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