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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APPENDIX I. 501 PAGES. 91. On land away from the collieries new tenancies with colliery ser- vice as a condition should be made illegal and existing tenancies examined by Government to see whether they can be equitably converted to rent holdings in . . .e 2 92. The raising contractor in coal mines should be gradually super- seded by direct or sarkari working we + e ‘e 93. A Labour Officer should be appointed in each important mine .. 94. Managements should arrange for wages not to be paid on a rest day : failing such arrangement Government should prohibit the practice 95. Underground pieceworkers should be credited for purposes of payment with a minimum output for each shift worked, not exceeding the normal daily output of a man of average skill and industry. This standard output should be fixed by Mining Boards with rules to prevent abuse 5 .. ,e vt ws .e 96. Mining Boards should examine the question of securing greater uniformity in size of tubs and of ensuring that remuneration bears a closer relation to output: the possibility of check-weighing in larger mines should be explored .. .. .. .. - 97. Registers for metalliferous mines should be improved “¥ 98. As recommended by the Select Committee on the Amending Act of 1928, the hours of work underground should be reconsidered when that Act bas been in operation for 3 years .s 33 iw 99, Weekly hours above ground should be limited to 54 .. -~ 100. Employers should experiment with 10, 9 and 8 hour shifts dur- ing the period before the Act is re-examined oe . . 101. Permissible loads for women should be prescribed in quarries where depth and lead exceed a certain standard. Both load and stan- dard of depth and lead should be fixed by the Mining Board -.. -~ we 102. (a) Employers should reserve vacancies occurring among sur- face workers for women excluded or about to be excluded from under- ground workings we a “ . 5 ‘a (b) The system of selecting women for exclusion from under- gound workings should be considered by employers, workers and the inspectorate jointly oe >. . we - ce 103. No child under the age of 14 years should be permitted to work in or about the mines .. ws . o3 3 ¥ yp 104. Minor accidents should be reported weekly to Chief Inspector through District Magistrate .. . .s . . 105. The ordinary miner should be encouraged to qualify in first aid 106. Workers should have the same number of nominees on the Mining Boards as employers, and they should be chosen after consultation with the workers’ organisations where these exist .n i . 107. In section 22 of the Mines Act the word ‘shall’ should be sub- stituted for ‘ may’ .. ws yr oe . .e 108. The Chief Inspector should confer with representatives of employers and workers when the law is substantially changed a . 109. The needs of the inspectorate in consequence of new legis- {ation should receive early and sympathetic consideration .. ve 110. The Jharia and Asansol Boards of Health should be called Boards of Health and Welfare and each should be enlarged so as to give increased representation to employers and to include representatives of the workers chosen where possible in consultation with their or- ganisations, and at least one woman member ve ve we 119 120 120 121 122 123 125 126 126 126 129 128 129 129 130-1 131 131 132 132 129 133

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