AvErAGE MoNTHLY EARNINGS oF Furi TiMe WORKERS
106. It is necessary to emphasise that the meaning of the term * full
time worker ” is not the same as that of a * full-timer.” * Full time
worker ”’ means an operative who has worked throughout the month
without any absence, whereas a full-timer ”* means an adult worker
who puts in full time during the working day as distinguished from a
* half-timer ” or a child whose hours are limited by law to less than those
of an adult. Full time worker ”* or * full time *’ will, throughout this
Report, relate to an operative who has attended a mill throughout the
wage period without any absence. The following table shows, by
centres, for each sex and age group, the average monthly earnings
of all operatives who worked full time. The figures for Ahmedabad
have been arrived at by multiplying the average daily earnings
by 27 in all cases, while those for Sholapur relate to a month
of 26-7 days.
Average Monthly Earnings of Full Time Workers
Centres
Sex and Age Groups
Vien .
Women
Children
Al Adulte
Bombav
Rs. a. p.
e
6
Ahmedabad
Rs. a. p.
38 4 0
21 1 6
9 4 6
34 14 0
Sholapur
Rs. a. p
26 10 2
11 6 7
613 10
924 6 1
RACES SUCRE Li
EARNINGS IN THE MAIN Evrrovyments
(1) Head Jobbers and Other Jobbere
107. Almost every Process Department in a cotton mill has one or
more Head Jobbers and Assistant Jobbers under them. In the case of
the smaller mills where a department has only one or two jobbers, a
Head Jobber is not employed. The earnings of Head Jobbers and
Jobbers vary widely as between departments and, speaking generally,
are lowest in the Mixing and Waste Room where Jobbers are sometimes
called “ Mukadams * and are highest in the Weaving Department. For
she earnings of Head and Assistant Jobbers in each department reference
may be made to Tables Nos. X, XT and XII (pages 90 to 110). The two
following tables give, for Head Jobbers and Other Jobbers respectively,
the averages for daily, monthly and full time earnings in the selected
mills at each centre, separately for Time and Piece workers.