Download or read book Conciliation Act, 1896, and Industrial Courts Act, 1919 written by UNKNOWN. AUTHOR and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 772 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Conciliation Act, 1896, and Industrial Courts Act, 1919: Report on Conciliation and Arbitration, Including Particular of Proceedings Under the Conciliation Act; 1896, the Coal Mines (Minimum Wage) Act, 1912, the Wages (Temporary Regulation) Acts, 1918 and 1919, the Restoration of Pre-War Practices Act, 1919, An Sir, I have the honour to present herewith a Report of the work of the Ministry during 1919, under the various Acts of Parliament relating to the settlement of labour disputes. Under the Conciliation Act, 1896, the Department is required to present to Parliament a periodical Report of proceedings under the Act, and this Report is in a measure a continuance of the twelve previous Reports, covering the work done under that Act since 1896. The Industrial Courts Act, 1919, also requires that the Minister shall from time to time present to Parliament a Report of his proceedings thereunder. In order that the general position during 1919 may be appreciated, it has been considered useful to include in the Report a brief survey of the outstanding industrial features of the year. These include the passing away, during the course of the year, of the fear that the reduction of munitions manufacture and the demobilisation of the Forces would lead to much distress and unemployment, and, instead, the development of conditions under which many industries were unable to cope with the enormous peace demands. The industrial circumstances existing throughout the year raised problems of the greatest importance, especially in regard to hours of employment and wages, including the maintenance of minimum rates, the consolidation of war advances into new standard rates, and the adjustment of claims for advances in wages. The settlement of these matters was often accompanied by stoppages of work, and the industrial position generally called for the most serious? consideration from the Department and the Government. Various steps taken by the Government are described in the Report, with special reference to the Wages (Temporary Regulation) Acts, the Industrial Conference of February, 1919, and various matters arising therefrom, the Restoration of Pre-War Practices Act, and the Industrial Courts Act, 1919. In this last-named Act the compulsory powers of arbitration were terminated and the Government formulated its normal policy in regard to intervention in industrial disputes, viz., that trades should be encouraged to discuss and settle their wages and other questions without the intervention of the State, but that the Government should provide means for conciliation and arbitration if the ordinary negotiations between employers and employed have broken down and the parties desire assistance, or the case is one in which, in the general interest, some action by the Government is desirable. In general, the present Report follows the lines of previous Reports under the Conciliation Act, summaries of the various awards and settlements, particulars of work done under the Coal Mines (Minimum Wage) Act, etc., being included in appendices to the Report. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.