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Conciliation Committees. 



[Oct., 



5. The rates for boys to he as follows : — 



n eehly Rat'' WreU-day Sundaii 



(for a week uf hours) Ocei tin.e, W urk. 



or d. per hour. 



Workers aged 20 to 21 

 5, J, 19 20 



„ 18 „ 19 

 )) 11 17 ,, 18 



„ 16 , 17 

 11 11 15 „ 16 



6. In the case of a worker boarded and lo<lged by the employer, the latter 

 ■shall be entitled to make a deduction from the weekly cash wage on that 

 -account. The deduction in the case of adult male workers provided with full 

 board and lodging to be per week, and proportionate .-ums in cases where 

 only part board or board only without lodging is providt-d. The deduction in 

 the case of male workers under 21 and of female workers to be less in propor- 

 tion to their wages. 



7. The above rates shall not apply to those who are not able-bodied or who 

 are mentally deficient. 



8. This agreement is to operate from the 1922, 



io the 1923. 



Signed on behalf of the Employers' Kepresentatives — 



Signed on behalf of the Vv orkers' Representatives- 



Date 



Any question arising in connection with this agreement should be addressed 



to the Conciliation Committee, the Joint Secretaries 



of which are (Employeis' Side) 



and (Workers' Side). 



Harvest Work.— In Essex, Anglesey, Suffolk, Norfolk and 

 the East Riding, the Committees settled special rates for 

 harvest work either by the payment of increased hourly rates 

 or on the " seeing it in " basis, while in certain other areas it is 

 understood that arrangements have been made for the payment 

 of a harvest bonus as usual in accordance with the local custom, 

 but with a reduction in the scale commensurate with the fall in 

 ordinary wages. 



Observance oi Agreements. — From inquiries which have 

 been made by the Ministry's conciHation officers and by the 

 District Commissioners it is quite clear that the rates agreed 

 by the Committees are generally being well observed. Isolated 

 cases of non-compKance have been brought to the Ministry's 

 notice, but except in the cases of non-union farmers, the 

 employers' side of the Committees have generally been able to 

 persuade defaulters to comply with the Committees' decision. 



In their power under the Corn Production Acts (Repeal) Act 

 of making their agreements legally binding on all employers 



