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employees may be made immediately. Each employee signs his name 

 opposite the amount due him and receives his pay either in cash or by 

 check. Some park systems use the wasteful method of requiring each 

 employee to call at the office to receive his pay. In others, payment is made 

 by the superintendent, or the secretary, or the paymaster, in the field where- 

 ever the employees happen to be. This is the better and more economical 

 method. From the standpoint of possible loss through robbery of the pay- 

 car, payment by check is the much safer method; but where persons are 

 employed who are ignorant of banking methods, payment in cash is a greater 

 convenience to them. 



Efficiency rating reports. In those park systems operating under civil 

 service, reports of the rating of each employee is required from time to time, 

 usually monthly. In the maintenance and repair division of the South 

 Park Department, Chicago, the efficiency factors considered include: quantity 

 of work, quality of work, deportment, time and punctuality and subordi- 

 nation. For the different types of workers maximum values are given each 

 factor, the whole totalling 100. Perfection is rated at 100; unusual excellence, 

 90; excellent, 88; very good, 85; good, 83; average efficiency, 80; unsatis- 

 factory, 75 (pay should be reduced if below 75); incompetent, 70 (should 

 be removed if below 70). These reports are made by the foremen or man- 

 agers on monthly report forms provided for this purpose. These efficiency 

 ratings are important from the standpoint of wage or salary increases or 

 decreases, transfers, promotions or discharges and no doubt tend to tone 

 up the morale of the employees. 



Accident reports. In those states where industrial compensation laws 

 are in force and where public employees are included within the provisions 

 of the laws, it becomes necessary for the park departments to keep careful 

 records of each and every injury to an employee. The Minneapolis Park 

 Department uses an accident report form, which includes the following items: 

 name of person injured, address, date and hour of injury, place of accident, 

 how long was injured at work on this crew, nature of injury, where taken 

 after the accident, how did the accident occur. The report is signed by two 

 or more witnesses and by the person making the report. This report is 

 required to be made immediately after the accident. The park department 

 also uses a form prepared by the Industrial Commission of Minnesota. 

 This form comprises twenty-eight different questions and must be returned 

 completely filled out within forty-eight hours in the case of a fatal or serious 

 accident, otherwise on the seventh day after injury or disability occurs. 

 Other forms prepared by the Industrial Commission and used by the 

 department include partial payment receipt form, and final receipt for 

 compensation paid under compensation agreement and award. 



