PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ANNEAL EEPOET OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR FOR THE YEAR EHDED DECEMBER 31ST 1940 PRINTED BY AUTHORITY OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY. VICTORIA, B.C. : Printed hy Ciiaici.ks F. Banfiei.d, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty. 1941. To His Honour Eric W. Hamber, Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of British Columbia. May it please Your Honour: The Annual Report of the Department of Labour of the Province for the year 1940 is herewith respectfully submitted. GEORGE S. PEARSON, Minister of Labour. Office of the Minister of Labour, July 15th, 191,1. The Honourable George S. Pearson, , ), Minister of Labour. Sir,—I have the honour to submit herewith the Twenty-third Annual Report on the work of the Department of Labour up to December 31st, 1940. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, ADAM BELL, Deputy Minister of Labour. Department of Labour, Victoria, B.C., July 15th, 19U- SUMMARY OF CONTENTS. Page. Report of the Deputy Minister 7 Statistics of Trades and Industries 8 Pay-roll -.- 8 Comparison of Pay-rolls 9 Industrial Divisions 9 Average Weekly Wage by Industries 10 Racial Origin and Nationality 16 Statistical Tables 17 Summary of all Tables 30 " Hours of Work Act" 31 Average Weekly Hours 32 Hours of Work Regulations 73 Labour Legislation 33 " Weekly Half-holiday Act " (amendment) 33 "Apprenticeship Act" (amendment) 33 " Coal-mines Regulation Act " (amendment) 33 Board of Industrial Relations 34 Meetings and Deputations 34 New and amending Orders 34 Statistics covering Women and Girls 36 Summary of all Occupations 41 Single, Married, and Widowed Employees 43 Inspections and Collections 44 Court Cases 44 Comparative Wages 49 Special Licences 50 Summary of Orders 52 List of Orders in effect 69 List of Orders cancelled 70 Hours of Work Regulations 73 " Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act" 78 Number of Disputes and Employees affected 78 Strikes 79 Boards of Arbitration 88 Organizations of Employees 163 Organizations of Employers 172 Inspection of Factories 174 Inspections 174 Accident-prevention 174 Safeguarding the Workers' Health 174 Employees' Welfare 175 Elevators 175 Prosecutions 176 Employment Service 177 Youth Training Plan 178 Handicap Sections 178 Importation of Labour 178 Placement Tables 179 E 6 DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR. Page. Unemployment Relief 180 Registration 180 Assistance to Settlers Plan 180 Youth Training 180 Statement of Relief, 1940 181 Apprenticeship Branch 187 Contracts in Force 188 " Trade-schools Regulation Act " 189 Safety Branch (Lumber Industry) 190 Safety Hats 190 Pacific Logging Congress 191 Accident Reduction in some Camps 192 REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER OF LABOUR FOR 1940. The twenty-third Annual Report of the Department of Labour portrays the year 1940 as a period of increased industrial activity and shows the second highest pay-roll recorded in the history of the Department, being only slightly below the peak year of 1929 and an advance of $22,642,306 over 1939. Tables relating to two industrial groups show a decreased pay-roll, these being Coast shipping and cigar and tobacco manufacture. Employment increased during 1940 and for the latter half of that year exceeded all previous departmental records, while the average weekly wage of all industrial workers increased to $28.11, an advance of $1.31 over the preceding year. The activities of the several branches of the Department as reported in this issue show continued improvement, and with increased responsibilities due to war work the various staffs have had additional duties to perform. The importance of our Province as a source of war supplies has been increasingly accentuated with the progress of the war, and during the year under review industry has been geared with steadily accelerated tempo to the demands placed upon it. As the conflict deepens these demands continue to expand and must be resolutely met by every unit of our production system. Bespeaking the 'continued co-operation of all, the Department of Labour dedicates itself to the encouragement of this aim and to the fulfilment of its part in this achievement. STATISTICS OF TRADES AND INDUSTRIES. The statistical section shows increased activity during 1940; firms reporting numbered 4,971, an increase of 142 over 1939, while the total pay-roll shows a gain of $22,642,306 and has now reached the highest total since the peak year of 1929. Average weekly wages increased in twenty-two of the twenty-five tables. The average for all tables increased $1.31 per week. As forecast in our 1939 report, Coast shipping shows a loss in total pay-roll due to the uncertain movements of ships. The continuation of the war will increase activity in various groups, such as ship-building and metal trades, while in the construction industry, because of building restrictions, the increase may not be as great as during 1940, but we fully expect that the 1941 total pay-roll will exceed the highest figure yet reported. EMPLOYERS' RETURNS TOTAL 4,971. The total number of firms reporting in time for tabulation in the tables was 4,971, as compared with 4,829 in 1939, an increase of 142. PAY-ROLL. A summary of the pay-rolls of the 4,971 firms reporting shows a total of $143,835,563. As this total represents only the industrial pay-rolls, it should not, however, be considered as the total pay-roll of the Province, and must be further augmented by the following, yielding an accumulative total of $188,325,766, an increase of $22,642,306 over 1939. Pay-rolls of 4,971 firms making returns to Department of Labour $143,835,563 Returns received too late to be included in above summary _ 616,063 Employees in occupations included in Department's inquiry not sending in returns (estimated pay-roll) _ ._ _ _ 1,300,000 Transcontinental railways (ascertained pay-roll) _ _ 12,575,140 Pay-rolls of additional services not included in the industrial survey; viz.. Governmental workers, wholesale and retail firms, delivery, auto transportation, ocean services, miscellaneous—(estimated pay-roll) ._ 30,000,000 Total _ $188,325,766 E 8 DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR. PREVIOUS PROVINCIAL PAY-ROLLS. The total Provincial pay-rolls since 1928 are as follows:— 1928 _ _ _ $183,097,781.00 1929.. 192,092,249.00 1930... 167,133,813.00 1931 - _ 131,941,00-8.00 1932. __ _ 102,957,074.00 1933- - 99,126,653.00 1934. - - - 113,567,953.00 1935- 1936.. 1937- 1938. 1939. 1940.. $125,812,140.00 142,349,591.00 162,654,234.00 158,026,375.00 165,683,460.00 188,325,766.00 Continuing to increase with the total pay-roll and rising employment figures, the percentage of the total payable to wage-earners increased from 77.32 per cent, in 1939 to 78.63 per cent, in 1940, as evidenced in the following table:— 1936. 1937. 1938. 1939. 1940. Per Cent. 10.54 11.70 77.76 Per Cent. 10.00 11.33 78.67 Per Cent. 10.82 12.08 77.1fl| Per Cent. 10.82 11.86 77.32 Per Cent. 10.22 11.15 Wage-earners. 78.63 Totals 100.oo 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 COMPARISON OF PAY-ROLLS. Increases are shown in all but two of the twenty-five tables. The lumber industries again headed the list, showing an increase of $4,581,757, followed by ship-building with an increase of $2,461,896 and contracting with $1,731,252; metal trades increased by $1,502,857; pulp and paper mills with an addition of $1,489,776; wood (N.E.S.) up $1,168,109; miscellaneous trades, an increase of $1,007,615; food products, an additional $979,116; metal-mining up $949,609; explosives and chemicals, $756,921; house-furnishings, $330,800; oil-refining, $264,778; smelting, $217,512; coal-mining, $123,517; breweries, $115,890; public utilities, $114,420; laundries, cleaning and dyeing, $102,063; garment-making, $100,543; leather and fur goods, $69,720; builders' materials, $67,567; jewellery-manufacture, $27,461; paint- manufacture, $13,129; printing and publishing, $2,005. The two industries in which decreases were apparent include Coast shipping, down 3,050, and cigar and tobacco manufacturing with a decrease of $723. Industry. 1938. No. of Firms reporting. Total Pay-roll 1939. No. of Firms reporting. Total Pay-roll. No. of Firms reporting. Total Pay-roll. Breweries- — - Builders' materials - - — Cigar and tobacco manufacturing- Coal-mining _ - - Coast shipping - Contracting : - - - Explosives and chemicals - - Food products - - _ Garment-making House-furnishing- —— Manufacturing jewellery — Laundries, cleaning and dyeing Manufacturing leather and fur goods - Lumber industries..— Metal trades - Metal-mining — - Miscellaneous.- — __ Oil-refining .-... Paint-manufacture.. — .. 32 76 3 23 120 955 21 559 70 51 12 100 55 893 766 311 368 49 12 $1,019 1,273, 3,339 8,661 9,183 1,462 10,745, 770 1,068 219 1,469 622 26,591 8,451 12,088 5,293 2,362 346: 004.00 168.00 954.00 ,646.00 .563.00 ,753.00 ,151.00 177.00 ,248.00 292.00 970.00 ,915.00 .090.00 ,371.00 ,066.00 397.00 898.00 ,192.00 ,352.00 30 75 c_ 26 124 978 19 586 65 50 10 101 54 832 764 276 345 47 12 1,272, 3, 3,687, 8,871, 8,415, 1,503, 10,972, 817, 1,129, 223, 1,484 628, 28.853, 8,516, 11,691, 5,478 2,317, 358, 155.00 188.00 023.00 824.00 718.00 581.00 227.00 520.00 289.00 779.00 729.00 ,280.00 720.00 601.00 710.00 ,912.00 ,787.00 ,360.00 020.00 77 3 24 121 1,014 21 591 68 62 11 102 63 894 818 200 376 51 IS $1,096 1,339, 2, 3,811 8,218, 10,146 2,260. 11,951, 917, 1,460, 251, 1,586, 698, 33,435, 10,019, 12,641, 6,486, 2,582, 371 ,045.00 755.00 300.00 341.00 668.00 833.00 148.00 636.00 832.00 579.00 190.00 343.00 440.00 358.00 567.00 521.00 402.00 138.00 149.00 REPORT OP DEPUTY MINISTER, 1940. E 9 Comparison of Pay-rolls—Continued. 1938. 1939. 1940. Industry. No. of Firms reporting. Total Pay-roll. No. of Firms reporting. Total Pay-roll. No. of Firms reporting. Total Pay-roll. 133 14 42 5 117 108 $3,516,186.00 4,076,924.00 1,205,838.00 5,934,525.00 10,150,064.00 2,645,353.00 143 14 ' 49 6 112 108 $3,767,847.00 4,688,341.00 1,479,215.00 5,624,712.00 10,616,247.00 2,928,238.00 138 13 50 6 115 107 $3,769,852.00 6,178,117.00 3,941,111.00 5,842,224.00 10,730,667.00 4,096,347.00 Totals 4,895 $122,498,097.00 4,829 $126,311,023.00 4.971 $143,835 563.00 INDUSTRIAL DIVISIONS. A segregation of the industrial activities of the Province has been maintained, comprising three divisions—Greater Vancouver, Vancouver Island, and Rest of Mainland. During the year 1940, indicating increasing activity in ship-building, contracting, and manufacturing industries, the percentage representing the Greater Vancouver area increased from 34.76 per cent, to 35.83 per cent. The Vancouver Island percentage showed a slight drop from 20.72 per cent, to 20.61 per cent. The Mainland percentage decreased from 44.52 per cent, to 43.56 per cent. The percentages quoted are based on the returns received, the figures contained in the following table being obtained through their application to the total pay-roll:— 1936. 1937. 1938. 1939. 1940. $48,356,156.00 67,758,405.32 26,235,0-29.62 $53,610,835.53 77,325,822.84 31,717,575.63 $55,530,468.18 69,468,394.45 33,027,512.37 $57,591,570.70 73,762,276.39 34,329,612.91 $67,477,121.96 82,084,703.67 38,813,940.37 Rest of Mainland Totals . $142,349,591.00 $162,654,234.00 $158,026,375.00 $165,683,460.00 $188,325,766.00 The following shows the various industries as represented in the tables, with the total number of adult males employed for the week of employment of the greatest number, together with the percentage of those in receipt of less than $19 per week:— Number Industry. employed. Cigar and tobacco manufacturing — - — 5 Leather and fur goods - - — - 388 Paint-manufacture — — Food products - Garment-making — _ j Laundries, cleaning and dyeing Metal trades — —- , —_ House-furnishing — — - _ i Coal-mining - __. — — 131 — — 11,358 - c — 223 , . 572 - -, - 5,312 j 773 - - 2,929 - - 4,587 _ - 1,215 1,250 - __ 5,295 - - -..- 11,765 - - - 2,927 1,729 - 5,042 512 - 1,372 Smelting _ _ 2,957 Lumber industries 29,083 Metal-mining 7,807 Ship-building - - - _. _ 3,214 Pulp and paper manufacturing - - —.—_.... 2,819 Jewellery-manufacture — 63 Miscellaneous trades and industries Builders' materials Printing and publishing — Coast shipping — Contracting —- - Wood (N.E.S.) .... - Explosives and chemicals Street-railways, power, etc. Breweries — Oil-refining — Per Cent. 40.00 36.60 32.82 31.69 28.70 22.20 21.65 21.35 20.79 19.93 19.09 14.80 12.43 10.41 9.84 9.54 9.14 8.98 7.00 5.75 3.33 1.36 1.24 0.64 0.00 E 10 DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR. A study of the above figures with comparative data for the previous year continues to show diminishing percentages in the number employed at less than $19 per week. Decreases in these percentages are revealed in sixteen of the twenty-five tables, and include the following: Breweries; builders'materials; cigar and tobacco manufacture; contracting; garment- making; house-furnishing; jewellery-manufacture; laundries, cleaning and dyeing; leather and fur goods; lumber industries; metal trades; metal-mining; pulp and paper manufacturing; ship-building; smelting; and wood (N.E.S.). APPRENTICES. Reflecting an increasing demand for skilled workers, the number of apprentices reported showed a marked increase during the year 1940. One apprentice was shown as in receipt of between $40 and $45 per week, this being reported in the jewellery-manufacturing industry. Fourteen apprentices were reported as receiving between $35 and $40, these being distributed as follows: Coast shipping, 1; contracting, 6; explosives and chemicals, 1; jewellery-manufacture, 1; printing and publishing, 1; street-railways, power, etc., 4. Twenty-seven were shown as receiving between $30 and $35 per week, these being segregated as follows: Contracting, 5; explosives and chemicals, 1; metal trades, 3; printing and publishing, 7; pulp and paper manufacturing, 2; smelting, 2; street-railways, power, etc., 6; wood (N.E.S.), 1. Increasing opportunities for apprentices were noted in the following industries: Breweries, apprentices increased by 3; coal-mining, up 3; Coast shipping, up 6; contracting, an increase of 58; explosives and chemicals, up 14; food products, a gain of 9; garment- making, increased 6; house-furnishing, up 4; laundries, cleaning and dyeing, up 29; leather and fur goods, up 1; lumber industries, up 2; metal trades, increased 28; metal-mining, 37; miscellaneous trades, 22; ship-building, 30; wood (N.E.S.), 10. Decreases were noted in the following: Builders' materials, decreased 1; paint-manufacture, down 1; printing and publishing, down 1; pulp and paper manufacturing, down 3; smelting, decreased by 10. AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGE BY INDUSTRIES. The average weekly wage for adult male employees increased in twenty-one of the twenty-five tables, showed no change in one, and decreased in the remaining three. As in previous years, the averages are based on the week of employment of the greatest number, and while considerable difficulty is experienced with some industries in the matter of broken time, an endeavour is made to base calculations on a full working-week. Frequency distributions of employees classified on the basis of weekly earnings from $6 to $50 are used for this purpose, the mid-point of the class limits generally being taken as the rate for each wage group. Average Full Week's Wages in each Industry (Adult Males only). Industry. 1933. 1934. 1935. 1936. 1937. 1938. 1939. 1940. $25.70 20.54 14.67 26.80 27.62 23.37 20.66 . 21.12 25.29 18.91 30.55 21.78 20.73 18.00 22.70 25.62 22.13 23.78 22.53 $25.62 20.19 15.86 28.11 28.58 22.56 22.53 21.10 23.52 19.49 28.88 20.67 22.34 21.32 22.81 27.35 21.26 25.04 22.53 $25.79 22.07 16.59 28.49 26.23 22.72 25.34 22.00 21.29 20.05 31.54 21.92 20.06 22.41 23.67 28.65 22.29 25.55 21.53 $25.00 22.28 17.75 28.75 31.61 34.13 23.76 23.16 22.74 21.29 34.39 22.25 20.48 24.83 24.41 29.10 22.07 26.21 21.44 $26.18 22.31 15.50 27.46 31.99 25.61 24.58 23.85 22.97 22.25 34.60 22.89 21.23 26.81 24.77 30.34 23.85 27.92 23.08 $27.42 22.82 13.00 28.20 32.93 25.81 24.20 23.70 23.15 20.80 38.95 23.33 22.23 26.59 25.09 30.48 23.46 28.68 22.78 $27.98 23.23 19.75 29.39 29.35 26.12 25.75 23.23 24.25 22.53 39.23 23.19 21.19 27.14 25.38 30.86 23.91 28.97 22.69 $28.23 | 24.15 Cigar and tobacco manufacturing Coal-mining 17.70 28.04 ! 30.34 1 27.52 ' 31.67 ! 23.59 | 25.22 House-furnishing.— Jewellery, manufacture of 23.59 43.44 i 24.00 Manufacturing leather and fur goods- 21.72 j 28.83 ! 26.18 | 31.77 Miscellaneous trades and industries ! 24.36 j 29.17 ! 23.15 I REPORT OF DEPUTY MINISTER, 1940. E 11 Average Full Week's Wages in each Industry (Adult Males only)—Continued. Industry. 1933. 1934. 1935. 1936. 1937. 1938. 1939. 1940. $32.82 21.21 25.25 23.83 24.51 18.05 $32.51 23.22 26.03 23.88 25.51 18.97 $32.31 23.53 25.83 25.82 27.09 18.69 $32.72 24.24 26.38 24.54 27.50 20.32 $33.69 26.75 27.88 25.08 27.20 21.97 $34.19 26.36 28.76 24.80 27.78 22.68 $34.34 26.54 28.55 25.57 28.63 23.22 $34.34 29.84 31.74 Smelting Street-railways, gas, water, power, telephones, etc — Manufacturing of wood (N.E.S.) 32.75 28.57 24.88 The increases and decreases in the average weekly rates are as follows:— Increase. Breweries __ Builders' materials Coast shipping Contracting $0.25 _._ -_ .92 ______ 99 .- 1.40 Explosives and chemicals 5.92 Food products, manufacture of .36 Garment-making - 97 House-furnishing 1.06 Jewellery, manufacture of _ _ 4.21 Laundries, cleaning and dyeing .81 Manufacturing leather and fur goods .53 Lumber industries Metal trades Metal-mining _. Miscellaneous trades and industries.. Oil-refining __ Paint-manufacturing — Pulp and paper manufacturing Ship-building — _ Smelting Manufacturing of wood (N.E.S.)-— Decrease. $1.69 .80 .91 .45 .20 .46 3.30 3.19 7.18 1.66 Cigar and tobacco manufacturing- Coal-mining $2.0<5 1.35 Street-railways, gas, water power, telephones, etc. $0.06 INDUSTRIAL WAGE. The average weekly wage for all adult male employees rose to $28.11 in 1940, an increase of $1.31 over the preceding year, and the highest since 1930. The following shows the average for each year since the formation of the Department:— 1918 S27.97 1919 29.11 1920 31.51 1921 - - 27.62 1922 - 27.29 1923 .. 28.05 1924 28.39 1925 - 27.82 1926 27.99 1927 - - -. 28.29 1928 28.96 1929 „ 29.20 1930.. 1931.. 1932.. 1933- 1934.. 1935.. 1936. 1937.. 1938.. 1939.. 1940. $28.64 26.17 23.62 22.30 23.57 24.09 26.36 26.64 26.70 26.80 28.11 E 12 DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR. The above weekly wage-rates appear in the following chart, showing the trend of average weekly wages for adult male woi-kers from 1918 to 1940. AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGES PAID TO ADULT 1918—1940 MALE EMPLOYEES AVERAGE WEEKLY WA6ES YEAR 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 32.00 31 OO 30.00 29.00 28. OO 27.00 26.OO 25.00 24. OO 23.OO 22 OO A \ / \ \ / / ^\ r --../ y \ \ / / \ \ / \ / \ / V REPORT OF DEPUTY MINISTER, 1940. 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NI>MHNMajlOt*HOOCOt-(M«DOTft-IOW o^oc-scviincoinir-cocococn'-HTfMcviciocoeocD Tf ID IQ tr- t- C- M TfiJtiJMGOlWHCOWt-HTf ( e 1-! h 5 < A P 1- M P > p [h rt fi d X x <u a fc fe P rt r~ X fe rt 1-8 t, c p 0 s t 0 P Bi 1 5 a P bi c Jan. and Feb. Jan— NMCOCCMlOJJt- NWTflOOOIMCiOn t- t- CO Cl 00 O to t-t-Tf^j-(DCO00O100CO©Tf (M(Ncsi-(ooincoi~iiMTfT-ia> OtOC-t-t-HTfOlfllONlO <N Tp tO CO rt CQ rH CC tO Oi r u O 60 . 15-o ti y +J ra bi bi t ti '5 > o gj > h- JJ " c bi &i 3 - fi fi p ft O 0) P O c. 6 : u e 3 < n s < < < P <! < Z a < K c c < a- c < B o c r- c < T ! E0 to K g P & CO S 2 S S rt bo . ■Si P xi <o ,S o bo g fi J- 3 cq Pa 8*3' g cn o ^SjjE ft 2 60 "S — a jj - a BS555fiB'cftft'3Sc E 16 DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR. RACIAL ORIGIN AND NATIONALITY OF EMPLOYEES. Of the total 132,864 employees reported under a question dealing with racial origin and nationality, 100,139 or 75.37 per cent, were originally from English-speaking countries; 20,058 or 15.10 per cent, originally from Continental Europe; 10,227 or 7.70 per cent, from Asiatic stock; and 2,440 or 1.83 per cent, from other countries, or racial origin not stated. 1940. Racial Origin. Per Cent. English-speaking countries 75.37 Continental Europe ___ 15.10 Asiatic _ _ _ - . 7.70 From other countries, or not specified _ — 1.83 Total _ — — 100.00 FIRMS WITH LARGE PAY-ROLLS. During 1940 the number of pay-rolls of over $100,000 increased to a total of 265 as against 236 for 1939. Pay-rolls of public authorities (Dominion, Provincial, or municipal), as in previous years, are not included, nor are wholesale and retail firms, trans-continental railways, or vessels engaged in deep-sea transportation. The lumber industry continued to lead with 79 firms, an increase of 5; followed by food products with 27, unchanged; metal-mining, 25, an increase of 3; general contracting, 21, up 4; miscellaneous metal trades, 16, an increase of 6; Coast shipping, 14, up 1; miscellaneous trades and industries, 12, up 6; public utilities, 9, up 2; wood (N.E.S.), 9, an increase of 3; oil-refining, 8, unchanged; coal-mining, 7, down 1; pulp and paper, 7, unchanged; printing and publishing, 6, no change; ship-building, 5, unchanged; breweries, builders' materials, house-furnishings, laundries, 3 each; explosives and chemicals, smelting, 2 each; garment-making, jewellery-manufacture, leather and fur goods, paint-manufacture, 1 each, all unchanged from previous year. Of the 265 firms reported above, two had a pay-roll in excess of $4,000,000, five between $2,000,000 and $4,000,000, and eleven between $1,000,000 and $2,000,000. REPORT OF DEPUTY MINISTER, 1940. E 17 CONTENTS OF TABLES. With regard to the tables immediately following, the general headings of such tables are given hereunder and the trades included under each heading :— No. 1. Breweries.—Under this heading are tabulated mineral- water manufacturers and breweries. No. 2. Builders' Material, etc. -—Includes manufacturers of brick, cut stone, Portland cement, lin.e, tiles, and firebrick ; also stone-quarries and dealers in sand, gravel, and crushed rock. No. 3. Cigar and Tobacco Manufacturing.—Comprises only these trades. No. 4. Coal-mvrting.—This group contains also the operation of coke-ovens and coal-shipping docks. No. 5. Coast Shipping.—Includes the operation of passenger and freight steamships, stevedoring, tug-boats (both general and towing logs), and river navigation, but does not include the operation of vessels in the offshore trade. No. 6. Contracting. — Here are grouped building trades, painting and paper-hanging, plumbing a>.d heating, and sheet- metal works ; also contractors for industrial plants, structural-steel fabricating, railwray-fencing, sewers, pipes and valves, dredging, pile-driving, wharves, bridges, roofing, and automatic sprinklers. Firms making return as building contractors, constructors of dry-kilns, refuse-burners, mills, brick-furnaces, electrical contractors, hardwood and sanitary floor-layers, and bricklayers. No. 7. Explosives, Chemicals, etc. — Includes the manufacture of these commodities, also the manufacture of fertilizers. No. 8. Food Products, Manufacture of— This table includes bakeries, biscuit-manufacturers, cereal-milling, creameries and dairies, fish, fruit and vegetable canneries, packinghouses, curers of ham and bacon, blending of teas; also manufacturers of candy, macaroni, syrup, jams, pickles, sauces, coffee, catsup, and spices. No. 9. Garment-making.—Includes tailoring, the manufacture of buttons, pleating, embroidery, etc., jute and cotton goods, shirts, overalls, knitted goods, millinery and ladies' outfitting. No. 10. House Furnishings.—Comprises firms engaged in the manufacture of furniture, beds and bedding, springs and mattresses, upholstering, and carpet and linoleum laying. No. 11. Jewellery, Manufacture of.—Includes the repair as well as manufacturing of jewellery and watches and optical instruments (where same is carried on in a factory). No. 12. Laundries, Cleaning and Dyeing. — lnoXwdus these industries only. No. 13. heather and Fur Goods, Manufacture of.—Comprises manufacturers of boots, shoes, gloves, harness, trunks, and leather Indian novelties; also furriers and hide and wool dealers. No. 14. Lumber Industries.—In this group are included logging, logging-railways,planing-mills, sawmills, shingle-mills, and lumber-dealers. No. 15. Metal Trades.—This group includes marine blacksmith- ing, oxy-acetylene welding, boiler-making, iron and brass foundries, garages, vulcanizing, macbine and pattern shops, galvanizing and electroplating; also manufacturers of handsaws, nuts and bolts, pumps, marine engines, mill machinery, and repairs to same. No. 16. Metal-mining.— Includes all metalliferous mining. No. 17. Miscellaneous Trades and Industries. — Here are grouped returns from trades which are not numerous enough to warrant special categories. They include manufacturers of soap, sails, tents, awning, brooms, paper boxes, and tin containers ; also cold storage. No. 18. Oil-refining.—Includes also the manufacture of fish-oil. No. 19. Paint-manufacturing.—Includes also white-lead corro- ders and varnish-manufacturers. No. 20. Printing and Publishing.—This table includes the printing and publishing of newspapers, job-printing, paper- ruling, bookbinding, engraving and embossing, blue-printing, lithographing, draughting and map-publishing, and the manufacture of rubber and metal stamps. No. 21. Pulp and Paper Manufacturing.—Comprises only firms engaged in that industry. No. 22. Ship-building.—Comprises both wooden- and steel-ship building and repairing, also construction and repair of small craft, and salvage. No. 23. Smelting.— Comprises firms engaged exclusively in that industry. No. 24. Street-railways, Gas, Water, Power, etc.— This group comprises generating and distribution of light and power, manufacture of gas, dissolved acetylene and oxygen ; also includes gasoline lighting and heating devices, and supply of water to municipalities. No. 25. Wood, Manufacture of (not elsewhere specified).—Here are grouped manufacturers of sash and doors, interior finish, water-proof ply-wood, veneer, store and office fittings, barrels, boxes, ships' knees, ready-cut buildings, wooden pipes and tanks, wooden pulleys, wooden toys, caskets, coffins, and undertakers' supplies. Table No. 1. BREWERIES, DISTILLERS, AND AERATED WATER MANUFACTURERS. Returns covering S3 Firms. Salary and Wage Payments, 1940. Officers, Superintendents, and Managers $246,921.00 Clerks, Stenographers, Salesmen, etc 198,398.00 Wage-earners (including piece-workers) 650,726.00 Total . .81,096,045.00 Average Number of Wage-earners Month. Males. 455 455 462 455 478 495 Females. Month. Males. Females. January February .... March April May June 55 58 60 63 59 63 July August September . November .. December... 615 505 468 455 449 473 62 68 54 66 62 58 Classified Weekly Wage-rates (Wage-earners only). For Week of Males. Females. Apprentices. Employment of Greatest Number. 21 Yrs. & over. Under 21 Yrs. 18 Yrs. & over. Under 18 Yrs. Under $6.00 1 8 00 to 8.99... 1 1 9.00 to 9.99... 2 1 17 4 6 1 13 14 20 9 53 9 14 20 11 14 23 35 185 41 12 3 3 3 10.00 to 10.99... 12.00 to 12.99... 6 3 4 5 2 1 IS 2 28 12 2 3 1 1 13.00 to 13.99... 14 00 to 14.99... 3 15.00 to 15.99... 16 OH to 16.99. .. 17.00 to 17.99... 18.00 to 18.99... 19.00 to 19.99... 20.00 to 20.99... 22 00 to 22.99. 23 00 to 23.99... 24 00 to 24.99. 25.00 to 25.99... 27.00 to 27.99... 28.00 to 28.99. 29.00 to 29.99... 30.00 to 34.99. 35.00 to 39.99.. 40.00 to 44.99... 45.00 to 49.99... 50.00 and over . .. Racial Origin and Nationality of Employees. Racial Origin. British : Born in Canada Born in Great Britain, Ireland , ... Born elsewhere Belgian, Dutch . French Italian German, Austrian Bulgarian, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Roumanian... Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Finnish Russian, Lithuanian, Polish, Ukrainian Greek, Yugoslavic Hebrew Chinese Hindu and other East Indian Japanese Indian (native Canadian^ ... Negro Others not shown above ... Males. British Subject. 137 3 4 2 19 16 Females. British Subject. Alien. 57 6 United States citizens (racial origin not specified) E 18 DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR. Table No. 2. BUILDERS' MATERIAL—PRODUCERS OF. Returns covering 77 Firms. Table No. 3. CIGAR AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURING. Returns covering 3 Firms. Salary and Wage Payments, 1940. Clerks, Stenographers, Salesmen, etc 119,336.00 Salary and Wage Pay Officers, Superintendents, and Manag Clerks, Stenographers, Salesmen, etc Wage-earners (including piece-worke ments, 1940. ers. $360.00 255.00 1,685.00 6 V c, I / Total ...$1,339,755.00 Average Number of Wage-earners. Average Number of Wage-earners. Month. Males Females. Month. Males. Females. Month. Males 4 4 4 4 4 4 . Females. Month. Males. Females. January February ... March April May June 714 764 885 980 971 940 8 9 8 9 9 9 July August. .. September . October November.. December... 959 956 884 912 899 876 9 11 11 10 9 10 January.... February... March May June July August September . October .... November.. December .. 4 4 4 4 5 Classified Weekly Wage-rates (Wage-earners only). Classified Weekly Wage-rates (Wage-earners only). For Week of Employment of Greatest Number. Males. Females. Apprentices. For Week of Employment of Greatest Number. Males. Females. Apprentices. 21 Yrs. & over. 2 Under 21 Yrs. 18 Yrs. & over. Under 18 Yrs. 21 Yrs. & over. Under 21 Yrs. 18 Yrs. & over. Under 18 Yrs. 1 Under «fi 00. 86.00 to $6 7.00 to 7 8.00 to 8 9.00 to 9 10.00 to 10 11.00 to 11 12.00 to 12 13.00 to 13 14.00 to 14 15.00 to 15 16.00 to 16 17.00 to 17 18.00 to 18 19.00 to 19 1 4 4 99 8.00 to 8.99... 99.. 99. 1 1 1 3 2 11 2 6 8 29 80 47 38 158 73 113 90 36 105 37 56 20 48 25 110 57 30 20 5 1 99 12.00 to 12.99... 13.00 to 13.99... 14.00 to 14.99... 15.00 to 16.99... 16.00 to 16.99... 17.00 to 17.99... 18.00 to 18.99... 19.00 to 19.99... 20.00 to 20.99... 21.00 to 21.99... 22.00 to 22.99... 23.00 to 23.99... 24.00 to 24.99... 25.00 to 25.99... 26.00 to 26.99... 27.00 to 27.99... 28.00 to 28.9'J... 29.00 to 29.99... 30.00 to 34.99... 35.00 to 39.99... 40.00 to 44.99... 45.00 to 49.99... 99. 99.. 3 5 1 1 1 4 99.. 1 1 99.. 99 1 99.. 99.. 1 2 20.00 to 20.99.. 21.00 to 21.99... 1 1 1 22.00 to 22 23.00 to 23 24.00 to 24 25.00 to 25 26.00 to 26 27.00 to 27 28.00 to 28 29.00 to 29 30.00 to 34 35.00 to 39 40.00 to 44 45 00 to 49 99 99.. 99.. 1 99 99.. 99.. 2 99 99 99 . 99 99 50.00 and over .. Racial Origin and Nationality of Employees. Racial Origin and Nationality of Employees. Racial Origin. Males. Females. Racial Origin. Males. Females. British Subject. Alien. British Subject. Alien. British Subject. Alien. British Subject. Alien. British : 633 321 23 5 4 54 9 15 2 British: 1 1 Born in G reat Britain, Born in G Ireland Born else\ Belgian, Dutc reat Britain, vhere h vhere h 1 3 3 2 1 1 German, Austrian Bulgarian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Czech, Slovak, Norwegian, Swedis X, 55 1 4 3 Norwegian, Swedis Danish, Finnish. Russian, Lithuania Polish, Ukrainian Greek, Yugoslavic. l, Russian, Lithuania 1, 21 8 n> 1 1 66 Hindu and other East Indian Hindu and other East Indian 1 Indian (native Canadian) 12 3 9 Indian (native Cana Others not shown above 1 Others not shown a Males. j 'emalea. Males. 1 ^emales. United State citizens (racial origin not 9 United States citizens (racial origin not 2 REPORT OF DEPUTY MINISTER, 1940. E 19 Table No. 4. COAL-MINING. Returns covering 24 Firms. Salary and Wage Payments, 1940. Officers, Superintendents, and Managers $120,895.00 Clerks, Stenographers, Salesmen, etc 83,204.00 Wage-earners (including piece-workers) 3,607,242.00 Total.. $3,811,341.00 Average Number of Wage-earners Month. Males. Females. Month. Males. Females. 2,756 2,804 2,740 2,609 2,714 2,684 2 2 2 July August September . October .. November... December... 2,686 2,720 2,623 2,636 2,657 2,668 April 1 Classified Weekly Wage-rates (Wage earners only). For Week of Males. Femalks Apprentices. Employment of Greatest Number. 21 Yrs. &over. Under 21 Yrs. 18 Yrs. (fcover. Under 18 Yrs. Under $6.00 2 J6.00to $6.99... 6 2 5 2 11 7 7 2 1 9 24 2 14 10 2 10 7.00 to 7.99. . 2 3 47 29 21 16 78 52 131 21 207 20 63 121 70 31 120 105 62 177 53 185 639 637 57 50 40 8.00 to 8.99... 9.00 to 9.99... 10.00 to 10.99... 11.00 to 11.99... 12.00 to 12,99... 13.00 to 13.99... 14.00 to 14.99... 15.00 to 15.99... 2 16.00 to 16.99... 17.00 to 17.99... 18.00 to 18.99... 19.00 to 19.99... 20.00 to 20.99... 21.00 to 21.99... 2 22.00 to 22.99... 28.00to 23.99... 2 16 15 24.00 to 24.99... 25.00 to 25.99... 26.00 to 26.99... 27.00 to 2799... 4 10 2 28.00 to 28.99... 29.00 to 29.99... 30.00 to 84.99... 35.00 to 39.99... 40.00 to 44.99.. 45.00 to 49.99... Racial Origin and Nationality of Employees. Racial Origin. British Subject. British: Born in Canada Born in Great Britain, Ireland Born elsewhere Belgian, Dutch French Italian German, Austrian Bulgarian, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Roumanian... Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Finnish Russian, Lithuanian, Polish, Ukrainian Greek, Yugoslavic Hebrew Chinese Hindu and other East Indian Japanese Indian (native Canadian) ... Negro Others not shown above .... 1,150 32 16 6 232 60 191 29 90 71 4 1 54 16 79 13 71 112 72 British Subject. United States citizens (racial origin not specified) Males. Females. Table No. 5. COAST SHIPPING. Returns covering 121 Firms. Salary and Wage Payments, 1940. Officers, Superintendents, and Managers $811,941.00 Clerks, Stenographers, Salesmen, etc 575,153.00 Wage-earners (including piece-workers) 6,831,574.00 Total $8,218,668.00 Average Number of Wage-earners. Month. January February... March April May June ..' Males. Females. 4,688 4,814 4,787 4,854 4,950 5,212 63 65 66 62 72 S4 Month. July August September.. October November.. December .. Males. Females. 5,272 5,319 4,843 4,590 4,395 4,561 103 103 83 75 70 71 Classified Weekly Wage-rates (Wage-earners ortly). For Week of Employment of Greatest Number. $6.00 to $6.99. to 7.99. 8.00 to 8.99. Under $6.00 7.00 .00 9.00 10.00 11.00 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 17.00 18.00 19.00 20.00 21.00 22.00 23.00 24.00 26.00 26.00 27.00 28.00 29.00 30.00 35.00 40.00 45.00 50.00 10.99. 11.99. 12.99. 13.99. 14.99. 15.99. 16.99. 17.99. 18.99. 19.99. 20.99. 21.99. 22.99. 23.99. 24.99 25.99. 26.99. 27.99. 28.99. 29.99. 34.99. 39.99. 44.99. 49.99. 21 Yrs. & over. 17 6 5 14 29 29 60 14 40 152 126 156 179 99 104 197 268 250 617 95 69 44 31 947 796 688 132 221 Under 21 Yrs. 1 4 11 1 4 6 73 33 7 1 33 13 18 Yrs. & over. 1 5 1 2 10 24 Under 18 Yrs. Apprentices. Racial Origin and Nationality of Employees. Racial Origin. British : Born in Canada Born in Great Britain Ireland Born elsewhere Belgian, Dutch French Italian German, Austrian Bulgarian, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Roumanian Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Finnish ttussian, Lithuanian, Polish, Ukrainian Greek, Yugoslavic Hebrew Chinese Hindu and other East Indian Japanese. Indian (native Canadian).. Negro Others not shown above... British Subject. Ahen- 2,998 1,951 87 19 32 25 42 17 15 129 1 54 4 27 5 102 British Subject. A1,en- 87 27 United States citizens (racial origin not specified) Males. Females. E 20 DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR. Table No. 6. CONTRACTING. Returns covering 1,014 Firms. Salary and Wage Payments, 1940. Officers, Superintendents, and Managers $1,244,126.00 Clerks, Stenographers, Salesmen, etc 1,052,106.00 Wage-earners (including piece-workers) 7,850,601.00 Total $10,146,833.00 Average Number of Wage-earners Month. Males. Females. Month. Males. Females. January February.... March....... June 4,863 5,095 5,606 6,042 6,348 6,753 89 85 89 07 121 167 July August September . October .... November .. December... 7,242 7,164 6,865 7,131 7,530 7,213 180 171 134 97 99 104 Classified Weekly Wage-rates (Wage ■earners only). For Week of Males. F'emalbs. Apprentices. Employment of Greatest Number. 21 Yrs. & over. Under 21 Yrs. 18 Yrs. &over. Under 18 Yrs. Under $6.00 $6.00 to $6.99... 7.00 to 7.99... 8.00 to 8.99... 9 00 to 9.99... 19 18 21 7 23 26 37 35 72 87 ISO 213 480 1,086 635 880 790 418 864 282 371 275 299 145 1,934 1,485 682 218 177 4 9 8 5 3 10 13 12 12 8 25 12 8 32 18 12 4 9 1 7 3 2 6 1 2 1 8 13 1 1 1 9 10 7 10.00 to 10.99... 11 00 to 11.99... 3 9 8 12.00 to 12.99... 13.00 to 13.99... 14.00 to 14.99... 15.00 to 15.99... 16.00 to 16.99... 17.00 to 17.99... 18.00 to 18.99... 19.00 to 19.99... 20.00 to 20.99.. 21.00 to 21.99... 22.00 to 22.99... 23.00 to 23.99... 24 00 to 24.99... 4 1 22 4 19 11 2 10 3 2 5 3 1 13 8 17 19 8 26 4 6 4 9 6 15 6 25.00 to 25.99... 26.00 to 26.99... 27.00 to 27.99... 1 1 2 12 1 2 9 3 1 35.00 to 39.99... 40.00 to 44.99... 6 50.00 and over... Racial Origin and Nationality of Employees. Racial Origin. British : Born in Canada Born in Great Britain, Ireland Born elsewhere Belgian, Dutch French Italian German, Austrian Bulgarian, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Roumanian... Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Finnish Russian, Lithuanian, Polish, Ukrainian Greek, Yugoslavic Hebrew Chinese Hindu and other East Indian Japanese Indian (native Canadian) ... Negro Others not shown above Males. British Subject. 6,892 4,302 240 55 54 172 120 176 661 245 17 6 10 2 33 19 20 107 69 4 Females. British Subject. United States citizens (racial origin not specified) Males. Females. Table No. 7. EXPLOSIVES, CHEMICALS, ETC. Returns covering 21 Firms. Salary and Wage Payments, 1940. Officers, Superintendents, and Managers $89,681.00 Clerks, Stenographers, Salesmen, etc 334,892.00 Wage-earners (including piece-workers) 1,835,575.00 Total $2,260,148.00 Average Number of Wage-earners. Month. January February... March April May June jMales. Females. 845 832 881 984 1,045 1,016 12 14 14 IS 19 16 Month. July August September.. October.. . November .. December .. Males. Females. 1,086 1,296 1,214 1,271 1,605 1,637 14 18 17 15 14 12 Classified Weekly Wage-rates (Wage-earners only). For Week of Males. Females. Apprentices. Employment of Greatest Number. 21 Yrs. & over. Under 21 Yrs. 18 Yrs. & over. Under 18 Yrs. Under $6.00 9 1 5 4 2 4 27 13 6 34 10 10 38 9 58 51 89 28 52 36 36 34 39 41 399 342 225 91 34 3 3 1 $6.00 to $6.99 . 7.00 to 7.99 8.00 to 8.99.. 3 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 3 2 i 1 4 1 3 6 4 7 6 41 9.00 to 9.99 4 10.00 to 10.99.. 1 11.00 to 11 99.. 4 12.00 to 12.99 . 13.00 to 13.99.. 14.00to 14.99.. 15.00 to 15.99.. 7 3 4 1 1 1 1 16.00 to 16.99.. 17.00 to 17.99 2 18.00 to 18 99.. 2 19.00 to 19.99.. 20.00 to 20.99 1 21.00 to 21.99.. 2 22.00 to 22.99.. 2 23.00 to 23.99 24.00 to 24 99.. 25.00 to 25.99.. 1 26.00 to 26.99 . 27.00 to 27.99.. 29.00 to 29.99.. 30.00 to 34.99... 1 35.00 to 39.99 . 1 40.00 to 44.99 1 50.00 and over .. Racial Origin and Nationality of Employees. Racial Origin. British Subject. Ahen- British : Born in Canada Born in Great Britain, Ireland Born elsewhere Belgian, Dutch French Italian German, Austrian Bulgarian, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Roumanian... Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Finnish Russian, Lithuanian, Polish. Ukrainian Greek, Yugoslavic Hebrew Chinese Hindu and other East Indian Japanese Indian (native Canadian) ... Negro Others not shown above Males. 392 26 6 3 16 2 6 56 8 2 46 12 "3' British Subject. 16 5 "i" United States citizens (racial origin not specified) REPORT OP DEPUTY MINISTER, 1940. E 21 Table No. 8. FOOD PRODUCTS—MANUFACTURE OF. Returns covering 591 Firms. Salary and Wage Payments, 1940. Officers, Superintendents, and Managers $1,620,769.00 Clerks, Stenographers, Salesmen, etc 1,728,185.00 Wage-earners (including piece-workers) .... 8,602,682.00 Total $11,951,636.00 Average Number of Wage-earners Month. Males. Females. Month. Males. Females. January February .... March April May June 4,248 4,177 4,324 5,017 5,598 6,797 1,506 1,478 1,311 1,311 1,576 2,729 July August September . October .... November.. December .. 8,457 8,779 8,493 7,937 6,485 5,328 4,240 5,177 5,633 5,197 3,712 2,718 Classified Weekly Wage-rates (Wage ■earners only). For Week of Males. Females. Apprentices. Employment of Greatest Number. 21 Yrs. <fc over. Under 21 Yrs. 18 Yrs. & over. Under 18 Yrs. Under JJ6.00 55 42 164 08 1 $6.00 to $6.99... 38 27 108 29 3 7.00 to 7.99... 22 17 113 62 4 S.OOto 8.99... 84 40 246 60 13 9.00 to 9.99... 60 30 401 40 3 10.00 to 10.99... 149 57 444 56 6 11.00 to 11.99... 308 30 728 43 20 12.00 to 12.99... 928 54 1,515 55 ' 13 13.00 to 13.99... 274 34 415 37 S 14.00 to 14.99... 209 44 828 74 7 16.00 to 15.99... 516 55 609 32 4 16.00 to 16.99... 391 43 343 17 4 17.00 to 17.99... 213 24 422 14 2 18.00 to 18.99... 352 34 296 16 2 19.00 to 19.99... 913 29 172 5 2 20.00 to 20.99... 417 19 190 1 21 00 to 21.99... 533 14 146 1 22 00 to 22.99... 586 439 590 575 15 10 6 7 90 58 52 65 23.00 to 23.99... 24.00 to 24.99... 25.00 to 25.99... 1 26.00 to 26.99... 368 4 69 1 27 00 to 27.99... 398 369 7 1 54 38 28.00 to 28.99... 29.00 to 29.99... 156 1,101 9 10 48 109 30.00 to 34.99... 1 35.00 to 39.99... 539 241 148 387 2 1 2 16 9 3 1 40.00 to 44.99... 45.00 to 49.99... 50.00 and over ... Racial Origin and Nationality of Employees. Racial Origin. British : Born in Canada Born in Great Britain, Ireland Born elsewhere Belgian, Dutch FYench Italian _ German, Austrian Bulgarian, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Roumanian... Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Finnish Russian, Lithuanian, Polish, Ukrainian Greek, Yugoslavic Hebrew Chinese Hindu and other East Indian Japanese Indian (native Canadian) ... Negro Others not shown above .... Males. British i Subject. A1,en- 5,240 2,341 180 37 44 106 128 115 204 80 10 512 4 814 316 3 151 1 1,950 British Subject. Alle" 806 56 25 46 70 165 235 17 1 19 1 790 525 5 2 26 50 1 2 486 United States citizens (racial origin not specified) Males. F'emales. Table No. 9. GARMENT-MAKING. Returns covering 68 Firms. Salary and Wage Payments, 1940. Officers, Superintendents, and Managers $164,414.00 Clerks, Stenographers, Salesmen, etc 108,558.00 Wage-earners (including piece-workers) 644,860.00 Total $917,832.00 Average Number of Wage-earners. Month. January. February March... April. ., May June... Males. Females. 226 233 240 240 231 221 555 636 667 647 636 597 Month. July August... . September October ... November. December . Males. Females. 221 230 226 223 216 213 575 613 634 651 627 624 Classified Weekly Wage-rates (Wage-earners oitly). For Week of Employment of Greatest Number. Under $6.00 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.00 11.00 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 17.00 18.00 19.00 20.00 21.00 22.00 23.00 24.00 25.00 26.00 27.00 28.00 29.00 30.00 35.00 40.00 45.00 50.00 $6.00 .... to $6.99. to 7.99. to 8.99. to 9.99. to 10.99. to 11.99. to 12.99. to 13.99. to 14.99. to 15.99. to 16.99. to 17.99. to 18.99. to 19.99. to 20.99. to 21.99. to 22.99. to 23.99. to 24.99. to 25.99. to 26.99. to 27.99. to 28.99 to 29.99. to 34.99. to 39.99. to 44.99. to 49.99. and over. 21 Yrs. & over. 2 1 1 5 10 20 9 7 5 13 11 13 7 9 19 5 7 3 1 33 18 5 4 6 Under 21 Yrs. 18 Yrs. & over. 5 4 8 19 2 12 17 46 99 176 77 66 39 37 17 27 10 13 7 11 11 1 9 1 1 5 1 1 Under 18 Yrs. Apprentices. 1 2 20 12 7 7 2 4 Racial Origin and Nationality of Employees. Racial Origin. British : Born in Canada Born in Great Britain, Ireland Born elsewhere Belgian, Dutch French Italian German, Austrian Bulgarian, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Roumanian... Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Finnish Russian, Lithuanian, Polish, Ukrainian Greek, Yugoslavic Hebrew Chinese Hindu and other East Indian Japanese Indian (native Canadian).... Negro Others not shown above .... Males. British Subject. 59 3 1 1 1 2 1 I 8 1 12 2 10 British Subject. Allen- 162 4 3 6 7 12 3 14 24 1 4 1 12 11 "«' 6 33 United States citizens (racial origin not specified) Males. Females. E 22 DEPARTMENT OP LABOUR. Table No. 10. HOUSE FURNISHINGS—MANUFACTURING OF. Returns covering 62 Firms. Salary and Wage Payments, 1940. Officers, Superintendents, and Managers $229,315.00 Clerks, Stenographers, Salesmen, etc 153,043.00 Wage-earners(including piece-workers) 1,078,221.00 Total $1,460,579.00 Average Number of Wage-earners Month. Males. Females. Month. Males. Females. January February.... March April May June 862 879 881 881 910 911 177 190 196 194 196 187 July August... . September.. October ... November.. December... 958 1,033 1,087 1,124 1,154 1,148 196 217 229 247 249 249 Classified Weekly Wage-rates (Wage-earners only). For Week of Males. Females. Apprentices. Employment of Greatest Number. 21 Yrs. & over. Under 21 Yrs. 18 Yrs. &over. Under 18 Yrs. Under $6.00 $6.00 to $6.99... 7.00 to 7.99 8.00 to 8.99... 9 00 to 9.99. .. 1 4 1 3 5 7 29 38 11 37 64 43 65 43 36 5 19 4 4 5 3 2 1 3 1 1 1 6 20 7 58 27 9 23 16 6 5 * 5 1 2 7 13 2 7 2 5 4 7 2 7 6 10.00 to 10.99... 11.00 to 11.99... 12.00 to 12.99... 13.00 to 13.99... 14.00 to 14.99... 16.00 to 15.99... 7 2 9 2 19 7 20 58 35 71 48 56 56 43 57 28 58 29 26 20 82 25 4 1 4 1 1 2 1 17.00 to 17.99... 18 00 to 18.99 .. 1 20 00 to 20.99... 21.00 to 21.99... 22 00 to 22.99... 1 23 00 to 23.99. .. 24 00 to 24.99. . 26 00 to 26.99. . 27.00 to 27.99... 2 29 00 to 29.99... 40 00 to 44 99... 50.00 and over. .. Racial Origin and Nationality of Employees. Racial Origin. British: Born in Canada Born in Great Britain, Ireland Born elsewhere Belgian. Dutch French Italian German, Austrian Bulgarian, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Roumanian... Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Finnish Russian, Lithuanian, Polish, Ukrainian Greek, Yugoslavic Hebrew Chinese Hindu and other East Indian Japanese Indian (native Canadian) ... Negro Others not shown above .... British Subject. 254 14 7 12 11 18 7 32 24 6 10 1 Alien. British Subject. 47 1 2 1 4 United States citizens (racial origin not specified) Table No. 11. JEWELLERY—MANUFACTURING OF. Returns covering 11 Firms. Salary and Wage Payments, 1940. Officers, Superintendents, and Managers $26,627. Clerks, Stenographers, Salesmen, etc 107,232. Wage-earners (including piece-workers) 117,331.00 Total $251,190. (0 Average Number of Wage-earners. Month. January.. February . jVIarch April. ... May June Males. Females. 73 74 73 74 74 74 Month. July August September.. October November.. December... Males. Female*. 75 76 78 78 81 81 Classified Weekly Wage-rates (Wage-earners only;. For Week of Employment of Greatest Number. Under $6.00 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.00 11.00 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 17.00 18.00 19.00 20.00 21.00 22.00 23.00 24.00 25.00 26.00 27.00 28.00 29.00 30.00 35.00 40.00 45.00 50.00 $6.00.. to $6.! to 7.! to 8.! tO 9.! to 10.! tO 11.! to 12.! to 13.! to 14.! to 15.! to 16.! to 17.! to 18.! to 19.! to 20.! tO 21.! to 22. to 23.! to 24.! 21 Yrs. & over. to 25.! to 99. 99. 99. to 27.99'. to 28.99. to 29.99. to 34.99. to 39.99. to 44.99. to 49.99. and over . 6 35 Under 21 Yrs. 18 Yrs. & over. Under 18 Yrs. Apprentices. Racial Origin and Nationality of Employees. Racial Origin. British: Born in Canada Born in Great Britain, Ireland Born elsewhere Belgian, Dutch French Italian German, Austrian Bulgarian, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian. Roumanian... Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Finnish Russian, Lithuanian, Polish, Ukrainian Greek, Yugoslavic Hebrew Chinese Hindu and other East Indian Japanese Indian (native Canadian).... Negro Others not shown above British Subject. Alien. British Subject. Alien. United States citizens (racial origin not specified) Females. REPORT OP DEPUTY MINISTER, 1940. E 23 TABLE NO. 12. LAUNDRIES, CLEANING AND DYEING. Returns covering 102 Firms. Salary and Wage Payments, 1940. Officers, Superintendents, and Managers $156,937.00 Clerks, Stenographers, Salesmen, etc 260,932.00 Wage-earners (including piece-workers) 1,168,474.00 Total $1,586,343.00 Average Number of Wage-earners Month. Males. 528 532 545 560 565 571 Females. Month. Males. Females. February .... March April 935 939 971 996 1,006 1,034 August .... September.. October .... November.. December .. 569 573 684 570 580 581 1,049 1,068 1,094 1,100 1,074 1,125 June Classified Weekly Wage-rates (Wage-earners only), For Week of Males. Females. Apprentices. Employment of Greatest Number. 21 Yrs. & over. Under 21 Yrs. 18 Yrs. & over. Under 18 Yrs. Under $6.00 $6.00 to $6.99... 7.00 to 7.99... 8.00 to 8.99 1 1 1 3 15 3 11 13 38 42 50 103 287 147 139 57 24 28 19 15 2 1 1 1 2 9 4 5 21 14 14 5 6 5 1 2 13 9.00 to 9.99... 7 4 S 20 15 4 11 4 6 1 2 33 10.00 to 10.99... 11.00 to 11.99... 12.00 to 12.99... 13.00 to 13.99... 14.00 to 14.99... 15.00 to 15.99... 3 1 10 24 14 25 33 80 45 26 46 22 34 41 24 30 49 15 58 13 5 2 5 16 1 8 16.00 to 16.99... 17.00 to 17.99... 18.00 to 18.99... 19.00 to 19.99... 20.00 to 20.99... 21.00 to 21.99... 22.00 to 22.99... 23.00 to 23.99.. 24.00 to 24.99... 25.00 to 25.99.. 26.00 to 26.99... 27.00 to 27.99... 1 1 28.00 to 28.99... 29.00 to 29.99... 30.00 to 34.99. . 35.00 to 39.99... 40.00 to 44.99... 45.00 to 49.99... 50.00 and over . . Racial Origin and Nationality of Employees. Racial Origin. British : Born in Canada Born in Great Britain, Ireland Born elsewhere Belgian, Dutch French Italian German, Austrian Bulgarian, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Roumanian... Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Finnish Russian, Lithuanian, Polish, Ukrainian Greek, Yugoslavic Hebrew Chinese Hindu and other East Indian Japanese Indian (native Canadian)... Negro Others not shown above British Subject. 218 5 2 5 2 4 10 Females. Alien. British Subject. 2S1 3 4 10 15 11 19 22 2 'at' United States citizens (racial origin not specified) Males. Table No. 13. LEATHER AND FUR GOODS—MANUFACTURING OF. Returns covering 63 Firms. Salary and Wage Payments, 1940. Officers, Superintendents, and Managers, $127,363.00 Clerks, Stenographers, Salesmen, etc 121,065.00 Wage-earners (including piece-workers) 450,012.00 Total S698.440.00 Average Number of Wage-earners. January.. February. March.... April May June Males. Females. 390 381 386 403 400 361 133 133 137 136 136 134 Month. July August.... September. October ... November . December . Males. Females. 371 385 899 397 390 387 142 166 169 177 182 171 Classified Weekly Wage-rates (Wage-earners only). For Week of Males. Females. Apprentices. Employment of Greatest Number. 21 Yrs. & over. Under 21 Yrs. 18 Yrs. & over. Under 18 Yrs. 6 3 8 8 2 6 7 5 1 3 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 $6.00 to $6.99.. 7.00 to 7.99.. 8.00 to 8.99.. 9.00 to 9.99.. 10.00 to 10.99.. 11.00 to 11.99.. 12.00 to 12.99.. 13.00 to 13.99.. 14.00 to 14.99.. 1 2 4 6 8 5 11 3 19 26 20 16 22 39 28 7 20 9 36 26 11 13 6 3 28 11 5 1 3 1 1 3 1 3 2 15 18 24 17 11 12 26 4 15 6 10 1 2 5 3 2 1 1 4 5 2 3 3 1 2 1 17.00 to 17.99.. 1 20 00 to 20 99 22.00 to 22.99.. 24.00 to 24.99 26 00 to 26.99 . 1 29 00 to 29 99 30.00 to 34 99.. 40.00 to 44.99.. 45.00 to 49.99 . Racial Origin and Nationality of Employees. Racial Origin. British : Born in Canada Born in Great Britain, Ireland Born elsewhere Belgian, Dutch French Italian German, Austrian Bulgarian, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Roumanian... Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Finnish Russian, Lithuanian, Polish, Ukrainian Greek, Yugoslavic Hebrew Chinese Hindu and other East Indian Japanese Indian (native Canadian) Negro Others not shown above. ... British Subject. 81 4 4 12 27 i) 12 11 3 10 British Subject. 12 1 2 United States citizens (racial origin not specified) Males. 3 Females. 1 E 24 DEPARTMENT OP LABOUR. Table No. 14. LUMBER INDUSTRIES. Returns covering 894 Firms. Salary and Wage Payments, 1940. Officers, Superintendents, and Managers 82,191,874.00 Clerks, Stenographers, Salesmen, etc 978,105.00 Wage-earners (including piece-workers) 30,265,379.00 Total $33,435,358.00 Average Number of Wage-earners Month. Males. Females. Month. Males. 22,152 23,849 24,827 25,023 23,376 20,845 Females. January .... February... March. Mav ■. June 18,666 20,006 20,787 21,173 21,833 22,469 68 77 78 84 82 90 July August.... September. October ... November. December.. 94 99 92 97 96 83 Classified Weekly Wage-rates (Wage-earners only). For Week of Employment of Greatest Number. Under $6.00 7.90 8.00 9.00 10.00 11.00 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00 1«.00 17.00 18.00 19.00 20.00 21.00 22.00 23.00 24.00 25.00 26.00 27.00 28.00 29.00 30.00 35.00 40.00 45.00 50.00 $6.00 . to $6.9 to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to 7.! 8.99. 9.99. 10.99. 11.99. 12.99. 13.99. 14.99. 15.99. 16.99. 17.99. 18.99. 19.99 20.99. 21.99. 22.99. 23.99. 24.99. 25.99. 26.99. 27.99. 28.99. 29.99. 34.99. 39.99. 44.99. 49.99. to to to to to and over. Males. 21 Yrs. Under & over. 21 Yrs. 5 2 9 2 1 1 11 5 18 3 19 6 22 6 35 18 26 36 50 61 59 30 - 200 88 207 32 307 35 3,106 164 800 32 2,803 117 729 24 747 7 2,703 82 947 21 2,309 50 1,436 31 1,133 8 837 17 4,226 24 2,516 4 1,505 D 1,322 995 18 Yrs. & over. 1 1 1 3 2 8 4 1 4 5 15 10 6 Under 18 Yrs. Appren- tices. Racial Origin and Nationality of Employees. Racial Origin. British : ■ ■ - Born in Canada Born in Great Britain, Ireland Born elsewhere Belgian, Dutch French Italian ..' German, Austrian Bulgarian, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Roumanian... Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Finnish . Russian, Lithuanian, Polish, Ukrainian Greek, Yugoslavic Hebrew Chinese Hindu and other East Indian Japanese Indian (native Canadian).... Negro Others not shown above... . British Subject. 13,684 3,681 485 106 208 172 329 669 2,719 992 124 1 500 530 742 195 12 558 Alien. 21 32 SO 110 546 161 1,155 " 631 Females. British Subject. Allen- United States citizens (racial origin not specified) Males. ! Females. Table No. 15. METAL TRADES. Returns covering 818 Firms. Salary and Wage Payments, 1940. Officers, Superintendents, and Managers §1,863,267.00 Clerks, Stenographers, Salesmen, etc 2,226,899.00 Wage-earners (including piece-workers) 5,929,401.00 Total 810,019,667.00 Average Number of Wage-earners Month. Males. Females. Month. Males. Females. January .... February... March April May June 4,179 4,279 4,407 4,645 4,776 4,936 183 181 178 186 186 178 July September , October .... November .. December... 5,124 5,348 5,450 5,500 5,552 5,543 193 202 210 206 217 228 Classified Weekly Wage-rates (Wage-earners only). P'or Week of Employment of Greatest Number. Under 86.00 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.00 11.00 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 17.00 18.00 19.00 20.00 21.00 22.00 23.00 24.00 25.00 26.00 27.00 28.00 29.00 30.00 35.00 40.00 46.00 50.00 $6.00. to $6.! to 7.! to 8.! to to to to to to 9.99 10.99. 11.99. 12.99. 13.99. 14.99. 15.99. 16.99. 17 99. 18.99. 19.99. 20.99. 21.99. 22.99. 23.99 24.99. 25.99. 26.99 27.99. 28.99. 29.99. 34.99. 39.99.. 44.99. 49.99. and over Ma ,BS. Fem ILES. Apprentices. 21 Yrs. & over. Under 21 Yrs. 18 Yrs. fcover. Under 18 Yrs. 8 8 5 11 12 25 24 50 40 56 308 177 188 238 284 290 167 357 133 264 314 192 139 175 129 705 731 138 73 71 34 30' 38 38 45 57 62 52 61 45 49 30 23 12 22 9 3 5 1 1 1 1 8 2 2 1 6 10 25 11 18 103 24 8 6 1 9 1 •2 1 1 1 2 o 3 1 1 .j 3 55 31 26 22 13 23 20 13 12 16 11 4 2 6 7 2 "9 " 4 4 1 9 3 1 3 2 2 Racial Origin and Nationality of Employees. Males. Females. Racial Origin. British Subject. Alien. British Subject. Alien. British : 4,691 1,745 78 29 23 58 40 21 99 45 3 6 7 is' 2 245 62 4 Born in Great Britain, Belgian, Dutch 9 Italian 10 4 14 23 7 Bulgarian, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Roumanian... Norwegian, Swedish, 1 2 2 Russian, Lithuanian, 1 Greek, Yugoslavic ,.. 2 3 Hindu and other East Indian 2 1 Indian (native Canadian) ... Others not shown abuve. ... 100 14 Males, i Females. United States citizens (racial origin not 112 6 REPORT OF DEPUTY MINISTER, 1940. E 25 Table No. 16. METAL-MININQ. Returns covering 200 Firms. Salary and Wage Payments, 1940. Officers, Superintendents, and Managers $1,080,021.00 Clerks, Stenographers, Salesmen, etc 963,226.00 Wage-earners (including piece-workers) 10,598,274.00 Total $12,641,521.00 Average Number of Wage-earners Month. Males. 5,801 5,705 5,807 6,088 6,466 6,595 Females. Month. Males. Females. January February .... May June 48 49 48 60 64 65 July August September.. October ... November... December... 6,576 6,617 6,579 6,596 6,417 6,184 08 64 65 64 52 56 Classified Weekly Wage-rates (Wage-earners only). For Week of Males. Females. Apprentices. Employment of Greatest Number. 21 Yrs. & over. Under 21 Yrs. 18 Yrs. & over. Under 18 Yrs. Under $6.00 $6.00 to $6.99... 5 6 1 7.00 to 7.99... 2 2 2 1 1 6 2 9 9 20 4 43 40 37 38 65 53 275 496 60 561 750 427 2,882 1,445 374 116 82 8.00to 8.99... 9.00 to 9.99... 1 2 2 1 9 10.00 to 10.99... 11.00 to 11.99... 12.00 to 12.99... 13.00 to 13.99... i " 1 2 5 5 1 14 14.00 to 14.99... 16.00 to 15.99... 3 2 16.00 to 16.99... 17.00 to 17.99.. 5 4 5 2 6 7 7 12 2 20 5 8 3 5 3 3 1 18.00 to 18.99... 19.00 to 19.99... 3 20.00 to 20.99... 21.00 to 21.99... 22.00 to 22.99... 23.00 to 23.99... 24.00 to 24.99... 1 2 7 1 25.00to 25.99... 26.00 to 26.99... 2 1 27.00 to 27.99... 28.00 to 28.99... 9 26 20 46 5 1 1 1 29.00 to 29.99... 30.00 to 34.99... 35.00 to 39.99... 40.00 to 44.99... 1 45.00 to 49.99... 50.00 and over ... Racial Origin and Nationality of Employees. Racial Origin. British : Born in Canada Born in Great Britain, Ireland Born elsewhere Belgian, Dutch French Italian . German, Austrian Bulgarian. Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Roumanian... Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Finnish Russian, Lithuanian, Polish, Ukrainian Greek, Yugoslavic Hebrew Chinese Hindu and other East Indian Japanese Indian (native Canadian) ... Negro Others not shown above British Subject. 3,778 1,480 51 137 140 168 83 1 5 11 182 22 8 40 28 78 459 71 141 67 " io" Females. British Subject. Ahen- 16 3 United States citizens (racial origin not specified) Males. Females. Table No. 17. MISCELLANEOUS TRADES AND INDUSTRIES. Returns covering 376 Firms. Salary and Wage Payments, 1940. Officers, Superintendents, and Managers $1,139,285.00 Clerks, Stenographers, Salesmen, etc 1,137,357.00 Wage-earners (including piece-workers) 4,209,760.00 Total ..$6,486,402.00 Average Number of Wage-earners. Month. January .. February. March April May June Males. Females. 2,768 2,747 2,780 2,915 3,115 3,349 490 454 496 504 519 559 Month. Males. July 3,572 August 4,092 September.. 3,878 October . . 3,706 November.. 3,455 December .. 3,473 626 693 689 622 Classified Weekly Wage-rates (Wage-earners only). For Week of Employment of Greatest Number. Under $6.00 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.00 11.00 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 17.00 18.00 19.00 20.00 21.00 22.00 23.00 24.00 25.00 26.00 27.00 28.00 29.00 30.00 35.00 40.00 45.00 50.00 3.00 . to $6.99. to 7.99. to 8.99. to 9.99. to 10.99 to 11.99. to 12.99. to 13.99. to 14.99 to 15.99. to 16.99. to 17.99 to 18.99 to 19.99. to 20.99. to 21.99. to 22.99. to 23.99. to 24.99. to 25.99. to 26.99. to 27.99. to 28.99. to 29.99. to 34.99. to 39.99. to 44.99. to 49.99. and over . Males. F'emales. Appren 21 Yrs. Under 18 Yrs. Under tices. & over. 21 Yrs. & over. 18 Yrs. 14 30 16 1 9 7 11 10 1 14 10 14 9 6 8 12 13 10 1 9 21 20 9 3 6 56 21 12 3 6 25 16 13 23 4 32 24 55 11 11 22 18 109 3 5 38 41 173 6 1 196 24 89 3 3 126 25 83 3 183 17 33 1 1 172 626 23 49 33 17 204 270 15 24 21 5 412 9 7 1 193 505 181 18 49 1 6 3 155 146 105 45 486 168 162 68 47 10 1 1 1 3 3 7 10 1 1 Racial Origin and Nationality of Employees. Racial Origin. British : Born in Canada. Born in Great Britain, Ireland Born elsewhere Belgian, Dutch French Italian German, Austrian Bulgarian, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Roumanian... Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Finnish Russian, Lithuanian, Polish, Ukrainian Greek, Yugoslavic Hebrew Chinese. Hindu and other East Indian Japanese Indian (native Canadian) Negro Others not shown above British Subject. 3,288 1,464 73 23 25 36 77 37 167 90 5 9 33 12 18 32 43 *12' Females. British Subject. 134 17 1 6 15 United States citizens (racial origin not specified) Females. E 26 DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR. Table No. 18. OIL-REFINING. Returns covering 51 Firms. Salary and Wage Payments, 1940. Officers, Superintendents, and Managers $286,581.00 Clerks, Stenographers, Salesmen, etc 1,052,028.00 Wage-earners (including piece-workers) 1,243,529.00 Total $2,582,138.00 Average Number of Wage-earners Month. Males. Females. Month. Males. Females. January February... April May June 914 912 711 599 624 670 14 16 13 14 15 13 J uly August September.. October November .. December... 831 829 853 912 916 921 14 18 22 28 25 22 Classified Weekly Wage-rates (Wage-earners ortly). For Week of Males. Females. Apprentices. Employment of Greatest Number. 21 Yrs. &over. Under 21 Yrs. 18 Yrs. & over. Under 18 Yrs. Under $6.00 2 2 1 $6.00 to $6.99... 7.00 to 7.99... 8.00to 8.99... 9.00 to 9.99... 1 20 1 5 16 5 16 27 109 63 64 38 21 52 96 79 12 86 35 242 239 84 42 14 1 1 10.00 to 10.99... 11.00 to 11.99... 12.00 to 12.99... 1 4 13.00 to 13.99... 14.00 to 14.99... 15.00 to 15.99... 4 1 16.00 to 16.99... 3 3 17.00 to 17.99... 18.00 to 18.99... 19.00 to 19.99... 20.00 to 20.99... 1 15 21.00 to 21.99... 22.00 to 22.99... 23.00 to 23.99... 1 2 2 1 1 24.00 to 24.99... 26.00 to 25.99... 26.00 to 26.99... 1 28.00 to 28.99... 30.00 to 34.99... 1 35.00 to 39.99... 45 00 to 49.99... 50.00 and over. . Racial Origin and Nationality of Employees. Males. Females. Racial Origin. British Subject. Alien. British Subject. Alien. British : 924 427 35 53 15 3 Born in Great Britain, 6 6 1 165 13 10 1 2 Bulgarian, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Roumanian... Norwegian, Swedish, 6 1 2 2 Russian, Lithuanian, 13 2 Indian (native Canadian) ... 20 54 16 2 Males. Females. United States citizens (raci specified) il origin not 17 Table No. 19. PAINT-MANUFACTURING. Returns covering 13 Firms. Salary and Wage Payments, 1940. Officers, Superintendents, and Managers 884,375.00 Clerks, Stenographers, Salesmen, etc 132,279.00 Wage-earners (including piece-workers) 154,495.00 Total 4371,149.00 Average Number of Wage-earners. Month. January.. February. March April. ... May June Males. Females. 125 132 138 149 162 158 18 16 17 21 17 17 Month. July August.... September. October.... November . December.. Males. Females. 153 145 141 139 135 133 18 17 17 17 18 20 Classified Weekly Wage-rates (Wage-earners only). For Week of Employment of Greatest Number. Under $6.00 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.00 11.00 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 17.00 18.00 19.00 20.00 21.00 22.00 23.00 24.00 25.00 26.00 27.00 28 00 29.00 30.00 35.00 40.00 45,00 50.00 $6.99.. 7.99.. 8.99.. 9.99.. 10.99.. 11.99,. 12.99.. 13.99.. 14.99.. 15.99.. 16.99.. 17.99. 18.99.. 19.99.. 20.99.. 21.99.. 22.99.. 23.99.. 24.99.. 25.99. 26.99 27.99 . 28.99.. 29.99.. 34.99. 39.99.. 44.99.. 49.99.. and over Males. 21 Yrs. & over. 3 12 4 11 3 11 3 17 3 4 S 4 5 14 1 4 8 2 Under 21 Yrs. Females. 18 Yrs. it over. Under 18 Yrs. Appren- tices. Racial Origin and Nationality of Employees. Racial Origin. British : Born in Canada Born in Great Britain, Ireland Born elsewhere Belgian, Dutch French Italian German, Austrian Bulgarian, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Roumanian... Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Finnish Russian, Lithuanian, Polish, Ukrainian Greek, Yugoslavic Hebrew Chinese Hindu and other East Indian Japanese Indian (native Canadian) ... Negro Others not shown above .... British Subject. British Subject. Alien- 22 5 United States citizens (racial origin not specified) Males. Females. REPORT OF DEPUTY MINISTER, 1940. E 27 Table No. 20. PRINTING AND PUBLISHING. Returns covering 138 Firms. Salary and Wage Payments, 1940. Officers, Superintendents, and Managers 3573,867.00 Clerks, Stenographers, Salesmen,etc 1,191,056.00 Wage-earners (including piece-workers) 2,001,929.00 Total $3,769,852.00 Average Number of Wage-earners Month. Males. Females. Month. Males. Females. February .... March April 1,163 1,185 1,226 1,222 1,232 1,223 163 164 181 186 179 185 July August September.. November .. December... 1,244 1,221 1,200 1,217 1,252 1,231 212 189 188 180 204 June 205 Classified Weekly Wage-rates (Wage-earners only). For Week of Employment of Greatest Number. Under $6.00 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.00 11.00 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 17.00 18.00 19.00 20.00 21.00 22.00 23.00 24.00 26.00 26.00 27.00 28.00 29.00 30.00 35.00 40.00 45.00 60.00 (6.99. 7.99. 8.99. 10.99. 11.99. 12.99. 13.99. 14.99. 15.99. 16.99. 17.99. 18.99. 19.99. 20.99. 21.99. 22.99. 23.99. 24.99. 25.99. 26.99. 27.99. 28.99. 2S.99. to 34.99. to 39.99. to 44.99. to 49.99. and over. 21 Yrs. Under & over. 21 Yrs. 1 7 3 16 15 10 22 14 29 24 30 8 40 8 29 IS 22 52 27 16 30 10 94 107 351 160 93 15 3 13 5 12 IS Yrs. & over. 2 6 5 9 11 36 36 9 23 19 13 14 7 4 49 6 6 1 3 4 Under 18 Yrs. 1 3 4 2 12 Apprentices. 11 12 6 11 8 5 9 6 5 3 Racial Origin and Nationality of Employ 2es. Males. Females. Racial Origin. British Subject. Alien. British Subject. Alien. British: 1,303 501 39 9 3 1 4 1 9 3 1 2 17 320 63 7 1 2 Born in Great Britain, 1 Bulgarian, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Roumanian... Norwegian, Swedish, 1 1 2 1 Russian, Lithuanian, Polish, Ukrainian 1 Hebrew 2 20 1 1 14 21 7 1 Males. Females. United States citizens (racial origin not 23 2 I Table No. 21. PULP AND PAPER—MANUFACTURING OF. Returns covering 13 Firms. Salary and Wage Payments, 1940. Officers, Superintendents, and Managers $606,161.00 Clerks, Stenographers, Salesmen, etc 473,410.00 Wage-earners (including piece-workers) 5,098,546.00 Total $6,178,117.00 Average Number of Wage-earners. Month. Males. Females. January 2,834 February.... 2,849 March ' 2,911 April 2,928 May 2,975 June 3,067 110 108 100 96 96 108 Month. July August.... September. October ... November. December.. Males. Females. 3,133 3,115 3,092 3,117 3,124 3,044 117 119 115 117 126 123 Classified Weekly Wage-rates (Wage-earners only). For Week of Employment of Greatest Number. Under $6.00 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.00 11.00 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 17.00 18.00 19.00 20.00 21.00 22.00 23.00 24.00 25.00 26.00 27.00 28.00 29.00 30.00 35.00 40.00 45.00 50.00 00 ... . S6.99 7.99. 8.99. 9.99. 10.99. 11.99. 12.99. 13.99. 14.99. 15.99. 16.99. 17.99. 18.99. 19.99. 20.99. 21.99. 22.99. 23.99. 24.99 25.99. 26.99. 27.99. 28.99. 29.99. 34.99. to 39.99. to 44.99. to 49.99. and over. Males. 21 Yrs. & over. 1 2 2 2 8 32 18 197 201 129 102 268 186 401 320 171 53 80 Under 21 Yrs. 25 1 1 7 8 12 1 3 2 4 26 1 18 Yrs. & over. 1 1 4 21 12 8 16 4 12 22 7 3 1 Under 18 Yrs. Apprentices. Racial Origin and Nationality of Employees. Racial Origin. British : Born in Canada Born in Great Britain, Ireland Born elsewhere Belgian, Dutch French Italian German, Austrian Bulgarian, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Roumanian... Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Finnish Russian, Lithuanian, Polish, Ukrainian Greek, Y'ugoslavic Hebrew Chinese Hindu and other East Indian Japanese Indian (native Canadian) ... Negro Others not shown above .... British Subject. 774 35 5 11 110 9 10 74 227 39' 3 14 304 2 Females. British Subject. 14 1 United States citizens (racial origin not specified) Males. E 28 DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR. Table No. 22. SHIP-BUILDING. Returns covering 50 Firms. Salary and Wage Payments, 1940. Officers, Superintendents, and Managers $247,464.00 Clerks, Stenographers, Salesmen, etc 152,414.00 Wage-earners (including piece-workers) 3,541,233.00 Total. $3,941,111.00 Average Number of Wage-earners Month. Males. Females. Month. Males. Females. January February.... March April May June 796 1,165 1,448 1,956 2,420 2,453 4 5 6 6 6 6 July September.. October November .. December... 2,585 2,347 2,579 2.607 2,720 2,926 4 10 4 4 4 4 Classified Weekly Wage-rates (Wage-earners only). For Week of Employment of Greatest Number. Under J6.00 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.00 11.00 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 17.00 18.00 19.00 20.00 21.00 22.00 23.00 24.00 25.00 26.00 27.00 28.00 29.00 30.00 35.00 40.00 45.00 50.00 $6.00 to $6.99 to 7.99. to 8.99. to 9.99. to 10.99. 11.99. 12.99. 13.99. 14.99. 15.99. 16.99. 17.99. 18.99. 19.99. 20.99. 21.99. 22.99. 23.99. 24.99. 25.99. 26.99. 27.99. 28.99. 29.99. 34.99. 39.99. 44.99. 49.99. and over. 21 Yrs. & over 13 1 1 5 3 1 3 5 5 9 IS 35 188 49 34 134 28 131 756 358 656 62 38 Under 21 Yrs. 4 8 96 42 21 1 18 Yrs. & over. Under 18 Yrs. Apprentices. Racial Origin and Nationality of Employees. Males. Females. Racial Origin. British Subject. British : Born in Canada Born in Great Britain, Ireland Born elsewhere Belgian, Dutch French Italian German, Austrian Bulgarian, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Roumanian Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Finnish Russian, Lithuanian, Polish, Ukrainian Greek, Yugoslavic Hebrew Chinese Hindu and other East Indian Japanese Indian (native Canadian) Negro Others not shown above . 1,569 1,360 83 10 16 16 12 15 14 1 62 17 Alien. British Subject. 4 1 13 1 64 ' 6 Alien. United States citizens (racial origin not specified) Males. Females. Table No. 23. SMELTING. Returns covering 6 Firms. Salary and Wage Payments, 1940. Officers, Superintendents, and Managers $189,272.00 Clerks, Stenographers, Salesmen, etc 763,510.00 Wage-earners (including piece-workers) 4,889,442.00 Total . $5,842,224.00 Average Number of Wage-earners. January.. February March.. April May June Males. Females. 3,087 3,088 3,092 3,130 3,171 3,080 23 23 24 24 24 23 Month. July August... September October... November December. Males. Females. 3,169 3,147 3,136 3,125 3,066 3,066 24 24 24 25 25 24 Classified Weekly Wage-rates (Wage-earners ortly). For Week of Employment of Greatest Number. Under $6.00 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.00 11.00 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 17.00 18.00 19.00 20.00 21.00 22.00 23.00 24.00 25.00 26.00 27.00 28.00 29.00 30.00 35.00 40.00 45.00 50.00 $6.00 .... to $6.99. to 7.99. to 8.99. 10.99. 11.99. 12.99. 13.99. 14.99. 15.99. 16.99. 17.99. 18.99. 19.99. 20.99. 21.99. 22.99. 23.99. 24.99. 25.99. 26.99. 27.99. 28.99. 29.99. 34.99. 39.99. 44.99. 49.99. 21 Yrs. & over. 4 3 13 7 7 49 14 22 27 35 13 27 24 32 64 73 59 104 122 981 819 314 76 17 Under 21 Yrs. 18 Yrs. & over. 2 11 1 Under 18 Yrs. Apprentices. 3 10 7 Racial Origin and Nationality of Employees. Racial Origin. British : Born in Canada Born in Great Britain, Ireland Born elsewhere Belgian, Dutch French Italian German, Austrian Bulgarian, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Roumanian Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Finnish Russian, Lithuanian, Polish, Ukrainian Greek, YTugoslavic Hebrew Chinese ... Hindu and other East Indian Japanese Indian (native Canadian) Negro Others not shown above . Males. British Subject. 882 45 4 2 316 18 14 93 25 18 2 3 50 6 13 35 1 "ii 12 5 United States citizens (racial origin not specified) Males. Females. REPORT OF DEPUTY MINISTER, 1940. E 29 Table No. 24. STREET RAILWAYS, GAS, WATER, LIGHT, POWER, TELEPHONES, ETC. Returns covering 115 Firms. Salary and Wage Payments, 1940. Officers, Superintendents, and Managers $856,134.00 Clerks, Stenographers, Salesmen, etc 1,922,575.00 Wage-earners (including piece-workers) 7,951,958.00 Total $10,730,667.00 Average Number of Wage-earners Month. Males. Females. Month. Males. Females. January. .. February.... April May June 4,127 4,090 4,176 4,153 4,175 4,194 1,557 1,548 1,581 1,664 1,609 1,616 July August September.. October .... November .. December... 4,166 4,247 4,289 4,286 4,212 4,076 1,648 1,651 1,689 1,548 1,582 1,630 Classified Weekly Wag e-rates (Wage earners only). For Week of Males. Females. Apprentices. Employment of Greatest Number. 21 Yrs. & over. Under 21 Yrs. 18 Yrs. & over. Under 18 Yrs. Under $6.00 4 11 4 S 12 16 9 15 43 111 32 90 34 73 381 239 132 200 186 276 180 166 222 264 261 1,050 389 402 162 71 1 3 1 1 1 $6.00 to $6.99. 7.00 to 7.99... 2 3 8.00 to 8.99. . 9.00 to 9.99... 10.00 to 10.99 .. 11.00 to 11.99. . 2 4 1 3 2 1 1 12 25 18 6 381 88 20 233 154 542 114 12.00 to 12.89... 13.00 to 13.99... 14.00 to 14.99... 15.00 to 15.99... 16.00 to 16.99. . 17.00 to 17.99... 18.00 to 18.99... 19.00 to 19.99... 8 1 20.00 to 20.99. . 21.00 to 21.99.. 22.00 to 22.99... 1 23.00 to 23.99... 24.00 to 24.99. 35 7 2 25.00 to 25.99. 26.00 to 26.99. . 27.00 to 27.99... 28.00 to 28.99. . 29.00 to 29.99... 30.00 to 34.99.. 35.00 to 39.99... 6 40.00 to 44.99. . 45.00 to 49.99... 50.00 and over ... Racial Origin and Nationa !ity of Employees. Males. n. Females. Racial Origin. British Subject. Alie British Subject. Alien. British: 2,116 2,907 177 13 17 57 59 35 184 71 3 1,520 572 60 Born in Great Britain, 3 7 10 1 o 5 1 Bulgarian, Czech, Slovak, Norwegian, Swedish, Russian, Lithuanian, 6 2 9 1 1 1 1 144 1 Hindu and other East Indian Others not shown above.... 2 9 Males. Females. United States citizens (racial origin not 67 7 Table No. 25. WOOD—MANUFACTURE OF (N.E.S.). Returns covering 107 Firms. Salary and Wage Payments, 1940. Officers, Superintendents, and Managers $535,517.00 Clerks, Stenographers, Salesmen, etc 194,768.00 Wage-earners (including piece-workers) 3,366,062.00 Total $4,096,347.00 Average Number of Wage-earners. January .. February . March. ... April May June Males. Females. 2,128 2,282 2,493 2,654 2,701 3,197 75 101 113 137 165 197 Month. July August.... September. October ... November.. December . Males. Females. 3,298 3,418 3,438 3,402 3,353 3,205 184 168 180 170 158 155 Classified Weekly Wage-rates (Wage-earners only). F'or Week of Employmentof Greatest Number. Under $6.00 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.00 11.00 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 17.00 18.00 19.00 20.00 21.00 22.00 23.00 24.00 26.00 26.00 27.00 28.00 29 00 30.00 35.00 40.00 45.00 50.00 $6.00 . to $6. 7.99. 8.99. 9.99. 10.99. 11.99. 12.99. 13.99. 14.99. 15.99. 16.99. 17.99. 18.99. 19.99 20.99. 21.99. 22.99. 23.99. 24.99. 25.99. 26.99. 27.99. 28.99. 29.99. 34.99. 39.99. 44.99. 49.99. and over Males. Females. Apprentices. 21 Yrs. & over. Under 21 Yrs. 18 Yrs. & over. Under 18 Yrs. 4 2 1 1 1 3 5 4 6 61 127 117 138 99 127 110 79 21 22 21 16 7 7 2 6 4 7 13 37 14 1 2 7 8 17 20 95 36 35 5 5 2 5 3 4 2 2 1 2 5 1 1 12 6 20 138 33 3 1 1 368 163 292 148 2 1 1S8 282 111 16 3 9 1 3 2 1 348 118 83 252 92 1 2 1 73 32 18 Racial Origin and Nationality of Employees. Racial Origin. British : Born in Canada Born in Great Britain, Ireland Born elsewhere Belgian, Dutch French Italian German, Austrian Bulgarian, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Roumanian. Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Finnish Russian, Lithuanian, Polish, Ukrainian Greek, Yugoslavic Hebrew Chinese Hindu and other East Indian Japanese Indian (nativeCanadian). Negro Others not shown above.. Males. British Subject. Allen- 2,530 597 33 32 33 31 89 52 141 137 5 1 62 1 119 8 24 10 1 British Subject. 192 20 1 2 4 7 3 8 United States citizens (racial origin not specified) Males. Females. E 30 DEPARTMENT OP LABOUR. SUMMARY OF ALL TABLES. Returns covering 4,971 Firms. Total Salary and Wage Payments during Twelve Months ended December 31st, 1940. Officers, Superintendents, and Managers— Clerks, Stenographers, and Salesmen, etc... Wage-earners (including piece-workers) — Returns received too late to be included in above Summary.— Estimated pay-roll of employers in occupations covered by Department's inquiry and from whom returns were not received- Transcontinental Railways _ - . $14,703,179.00 16,029,986.00 113,102,398.00 $615,063.00 1,300,000.00 12,675,140.00 $143,835,563.00 Pay-rolls of additional services not included in the industrial survey: viz.. Governmental workers, wholesale and retail firms, delivery, auto transportation, ocean services, miscellaneous (estimated pay-roll) — _ 30,0*0,000.00 44,490,203.00 Total.. $188,325,766.00 Average Number of Wage-earners. During the Month of January.... February . March April May June July August September. October.... November. December.. 67,240 69,484 71,690 74,715 77,928 81,439 84,417 87,415 87,230 86,958 84,022 79,817 6,291 6,355 6,360 6,418 6,796 8,081 9,715 10,771 11,094 10,689 9,199 8,320 Racial Origin and Nationality of Employees. Racial Origin. British Subject. Allen' British : Born in Canada Born in Great Britain, Ireland Born elsewhere Belgian, Dutch French Italian German, Austrian Bulgarian, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Roumanian. Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Finnish Russian, Lithuanian, Polish, Ukrainian Greek, Yugoslavic Hebrew Chinese Hindu and other East Indian Japanese Indian (native Canadian) Negro Others not shown above 56,759 27,007 1,922 430 566 1,609 1,198 1,460 6,084 2,285 462 79 1,259 548 2,045 761 23 1,722 Females. British Subject. 49 305 217 544 2,104 9,259 2,355 167 39 77 126 198 85 186 886 ; 312 431 23 7 31 3,636 I 43 ' 1 1,238 I 910 525 I 2 427 | 238 3 9 6 57 81 2 4 12 United States citizens (racial origin not specified) Females. Classified Weekly Wage-rates (Wage-earners only). Males. Females. For Week of Employment of Appren Greatest Number. 21 Yrs. Under 18 Yrs. Under tices. & over. 21 Yrs. & over. 18 Yrs. Under $6.00 176 137 225 91 91 $6.00 to $6.99.. 104 105 133 37 87 7.00 to 7.99.. 88 118 154 95 95 8.00 to 8.99.. 186 186 306 110 123 9.00 to 9.99.. 168 178 477 67 101 10.00 to 10.99.. 417 221 544 101 99 ll.OOto 11.99.. 540 235 904 79 96 12.00 to 12.99.. 1,233 453 1,886 92 106 13.00 to 13.99.. 619 363 1,023 59 50 14.00 to 14.99.. 790 436 1,654 97 61 15.00 to 15.99.. 1,515 387 1,481 46 43 16.00 to 16.99.. 1,727 490 804 25 33 17.00 to 17.99.. 1,565 281 663 16 48 18.00 to 18.99.. 2,346 287 724 16 29 19.00to 19.99.. 7,416 426 430 8 23 20.00 to 20.99.. 3,419 179 961 3 13 21.00 to 21.99.. 5,902 212 313 1 19 22.00to 22.99.. 4,910 146 159 1 30 23.00 to 23.99.. 3,042 106 123 1 27 24.00 to 24.99.. 6,837 188 97 15 25.00to 25.99.. 4,253 78 106 1 16 26.00 to 26.99.. 5,020 107 81 1 10 27.00 to 27.99.. 3,957 82 70 11 28.00 to 28.99.. 4,034 68 54 7 29.00 to 29.99.. 2,925 66 51 3 30.00 to 34.99 . 17,602 175 122 1 27 35.00 to 39.99.. 11,062 30 21 14 40.00 to 44.99.. 6,188 10 11 1 2,842 2 3 2,445 103,328 3 348 Totals 5,782 13,583 1,278 REPORT OF DEPUTY MINISTER, 1940. E 31 " HOURS OF WORK ACT." Since the " Hours of Work Act " became effective the Board has shown the average hours by industries, and the accompanying table sets out comparative figures for the years 1930 to 1940, inclusive. COMPARATIVE FIGURES, 1930 TO 1940. Year. Firms, reporting. Employees reported. 48 Hours or less per Week. Between 48 and 54 Hours per Week. In excess of 54 Hours. 19.30 . 4,704 4,088 3,529 3,530 3,956 4,153 4,357 4,711 4,895 4,829 4,971 87,821 84,791 68,468 71,185 75,435 81,329 90,871 102,235 96,188 94,045 103,636 Per Cent. 77.60 83.77 80.36 77.95 85.18 88.78 87.12 89.31 88.67 88.68 88.93 Per Cent. 13.36 6.79 7.70 10.93 5.76 5.26 6.42 4.57 5.29 5.42 5.13 Per Cent. 9.04 1931 9.44 1932... 11.92 1933 11.12 1934 9.06 1935 5.96 1936 6 46 1937 . 1938 ... - 6 04 1939 1940 5.90 The average weekly working-hours for all employees for same years being:—■ 1940 1939 1938 1937 1936 1935 46.91 47.80 46.84 47.25 47.63 47.17 1934 ... 1933 ... 1932 ... 1931 ... 1930 .. 47.32 47.35 47.69 47.37 48.62 The 4,971 industrial firms submitting returns to the Department of Labour gave information regarding hours covering 103,636 male and female employees. A segregation shows 88.93 per cent, working 48 hours or less per week, 5.13 per cent, working from 48 to 54 hours per week, and 5.94 per cent, working in excess of 54 hours per week. E 32 DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR. AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS OF WORK, BY INDUSTRIES. 1936. 1937. 1938. 1939. 1940. 44.98 44.44 43.45 48.03 48.58 44.57 43.83 50.54 44.79 44.92 44.43 44.74 45.61 48.66 50.70 45.07 48.45 48.50 47.28 45.36 49.89 46.17 47.29 43.87 44.54 47.85 43.75 47.90 45.29 46.05 44.60 45.15 42.73 47.91 46.93 44.11 46.70 49.05 44.39 45.61 44.30 45.20 45.33 48.49 50.91 45.77 48.45 48.23 46.65 45.46 50.25 46.20 46.70 44.16 44.37 47.95 43.85 47.92 45.36 46.72 44.53 44.63 24.00 47.93 48.54 43.85 47.20 47.43 43.22 44.33 42.01 44.14 44.31 48.38 49.51 44.67 48.37 47.99 47.46 45.00 50.30 45.78 48.81 44.11 43.55 44.29 44.05 47.95 45.23 46.29 45.41 45.07 40.40 47.92 49.42 43.82 42.57 47.59 43.69 44.12 40.75 44.66 44.27 48.47 50.36 45.80 48.71 47.98 47.57 44.93 50.19 45.64 47.69 44.10 42.64 47.96 44.08 47.89 45.11 46.39 44 95 Builders' materials, etc 45.31 41 50 48.03 50.38 44.01 45.81 46.78 43.38 44.76 43.87 Laundries, cleaning and dyeing . . — 44.35 44.93 Lumber industries— 48.37 52.65 45.17 49.17 48.17 47.35 45.13 Metal-mining Miscellaneous trades and industries 50.20 45.96 48.17 43.95 42.24 Pulp and paper manufacturing 47.78 43.68 49.28 45.40 Wood manufacture (not elsewhere specified) — 47.27 REPORT OF DEPUTY MINISTER, 1940. E 33 SUMMARY OF LAWS AFFECTING LABOUR. (Passed by the Legislature of British Columbia, 1940.) "WEEKLY HALF-HOLIDAY ACT AMENDMENT ACT, 1940." Schedule 1 was amended to provide that " Any Order in Council made pursuant to this schedule may apply to the whole or to any part of the Province; and when it fixes any day of each week to be observed as a weekly half-holiday the provisions of the Act shall apply to that weekly half-holiday." "APPRENTICESHIP ACT AMENDMENT ACT, 1940." Section 4 (2) as amended, confers power to the Lieutenant-Governor in Council to reclassify or withdraw from Schedule A any trade, whether originally in that Schedule or subsequently added thereto. Section 9 (1) was amended by striking out the following words: "to suit the special circumstances of any designated trade." Section 9 (3) was amended by adding the following words: " except with the permission of the Minister on the recommendation of the Provincial Apprenticeship Committee." Section 12 (a) was amended by adding the words " or by the employer or his duly authorized representative." Section 12 (c) was amended by striking out the words " joint guardians or " and by adding to clause (c) the words, " and, in the case of there being joint guardians, by any one of them." The above amendments shall have effect as from the 9th day of September, 1935. " COAL-MINES REGULATIONS ACT AMENDMENT ACT, 1940." General Rule 12 (c) is repealed; the new clause prohibits the use of explosives in a mine or part of a mine where emergent conditions exist due to large outflows of inflammable gas, except on the approval of the Chief Inspector of Mines. General Rule 16: An addition prohibits the transportation of men in cars on slopes or inclines, except where such system of transportation is approved by the Inspector of Mines. General Rule 31 is amended and deals with the construction of a cage for hoisting and lowering persons. General Rule 40 prohibits the removal of any of the contents of an " ambulance box," except for the purpose of rendering first aid in the mine. General Rule 41 provides that where more than twenty persons are employed in any mine below ground, and upon a petition of a majority of the employees, sufficient accommodation shall be provided to enable the persons employed above and below ground at the mine to conveniently wash themselves and to dry and change their clothes, but such accommodation shall not be in the engine-house or boiler-house. Certain exceptions may be granted by the Chief Inspector of Mines. General Rule 43 provides that the length of the face-line between the roadways that provide the entrance or exit from the long-wall, where the long-wall system is carried on shall not be more than three hundred feet, but the Inspector of Mines may, by notice in writing to the owner, agent, or manager, order such shorter or longer distance as he considers necessary for safety. E 34 DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR. REPORT OF THE BOARD OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS. Members of the Board. 1. Adam Bell, Deputy Minister of Labour, Chairman— Parliament Buildings, Victoria. 2. Christopher John McDowell 1000 Douglas Street, Victoria. 3. Fraudena Eaton _._ _____ __789 Pender Street West, Vancouver. 4. James Thomson.. __ _____ ...789 Pender Street West, Vancouver. 5. J. A. Ward Bell— _ _._. 789 Pender Street West, Vancouver. Secretary. Mabel A. Cameron..___ ___ Parliament Buildings, Victoria. Head Office— — Parliament Buildings, Victoria. Branch Office 789 Pender Street West, Vancouver. To the Honourable the Minister of Labour, Province of British Columbia. Sir,—We have the honour to present the Seventh Annual Report of the Board of Industrial Relations for the year ended December 31st, 1940. MEETINGS AND DEPUTATIONS. Meetings of the Board were held on thirty-four days during the year, with a total of sixty-six sessions. The Board assembled at head office in Victoria on twenty-one days, in Vancouver on eleven, and on one day each in Nanaimo and Port Alberni. To obtain the views of persons who will be affected by new or amended Orders, delegations are arranged to enable employees, employers, or their accredited representatives to appear before the Board. Thirty-seven such delegations were heard during the year, many presenting written briefs, amplified by verbal submissions in support of their various requests. In certain cases where employees could not appear during the day, evening meetings were arranged for their convenience. Sometimes employers and employees meet separately, but on certain occasions both groups appear together with satisfactory results. This type of joint meeting is usually most efficacious when the employees are able to speak through a Trade Union. In addition to data presented at these hearings the officials of the Department gather and assemble valuable information for the use of the Board, through their regular routine inspections and reports or by special survey to deal with specific problems. NEW AND AMENDING ORDERS. During the year twenty-two Orders were promulgated, seventeen of which dealt with occupations or industries in which men and boys are engaged and five related to employment of women and girls. While some of these were entirely new enactments others amended existing Orders. In several instances where a series of Orders related to the same industry or occupation a consolidation was effected, thus bringing all rulings relating to one specific type of work under a single Order for convenient reference and posting. A resume of these Orders follows, in the order in which they were made:— Occupation of Patrolman.—Order No. 69, an entirely new enactment, covering men working for private patrol agencies, set an hourly rate of 35 cents. Construction Industry.—Order No. 12b amended Order No. 12 to take in the University Area in Vancouver, hitherto not included in the Order. Carpentry Trade.—Order No. 58a added the University Area in Vancouver to the territory covered by Order No. 58. Occupation of Bus-driver.—Order No. 70 increased the wage of bus-drivers in Greater Victoria from 45 cents an hour to 50 cents for less than forty hours and not more than fifty hours weekly, from 50 cents to 55 cents per hour for less than forty hours a week, and from 67% cents to 75 cents an hour for hours in excess of fifty in a week or nine in any one day. It also extended the scope of the Order to include the balance of Vancouver Island and all of Saltspring Island, previously not covered. Other conditions of employment were set out in the Order. REPORT OF DEPUTY MINISTER, 1940. E 35 Personal Service Occupation.—Order No. 27b amended Order No. 27 by making provision for cost of distinctive uniforms of special design, trimming, colour, or fabric to be borne by the employer when he required his women employees to wear such uniforms or articles of wearing-apparel. Cost of repair or laundering must not be deducted from the girls' wages. Painting, Decorating, and Paper-hanging Trade.—Order No. 71, a new Order, set an hourly rate of 75 cents for employees in these occupations in Vancouver, New Westminster, Burnaby, West Vancouver, and North Vancouver. It excludes permanently employed maintenance-men in industrial and manufacturing establishments and in public and private buildings. Carpentry Trade.—Order No. 72 fixes an hourly rate for carpenters working within a radius of 5 miles from the centre of the City of Alberni, exclusive of permanently employed maintenance-men in industrial and manufacturing establishments and in public and private buildings. Carpentry Trade.—Order No. 73 is similar to Order No. 72, except that it applies to carpenters working within a radius of 5 miles from the centre of the City of Nanaimo. Hotel and Catering Industry.—Order No. 52f. A repetition of a seasonal Order effective the previous year, making special provisions for girls in resort hotels in unorganized territory from June 17th to September 14th, inclusive. Occupation of Bus-driver.—Order No. 70a, amending Order No. 70 to amplify the section dealing with time spent waiting on call, and to clarify the computation of hours on duty. Hotel and Catering Industry.—Order No. 52g. To encourage employers in resort hotels in unorganized territory to retain their women employees throughout the winter. This Order effective from September 26th, 1940, to June 13th, 1941, repeats the provisions of a similar Order which worked successfully the previous year. Logging Industry.—Order No. 1 (1940). Made no change in basic rates, but consolidated three Orders relating to the Industry. Ship-building Industry.—Order No. 20 (1940). Made no change in rates, but simplified form of Order. Transportation Industry.—Order No. 26 (1940). Consolidated three Orders. Occupation of Taxicab-driver.—Order No. 33 (1940). Consolidated three Orders. Occupation of Taxicab-driver.—Order No. 60a. A necessary amendment when Order No. 33 (1940) passed. First-aid Attendants.—Order No. 39 (1940). Simplified form of Order. Mercantile Industry.—Order No. 59, Supplementary (1940). Made provision for wages of temporary male employees during the Christmas season. Mercantile Industry.—Order No. 24, Supplementary (1940). Prescribed wages for women and girls employed temporarily at Christmas. Personal Service Occupation.—Order No. 27c. Permitted a forty-eight-hour week instead of forty-four, for week prior to Christmas. Construction Industry.—Order No. 12 (1940). Consolidated seven Orders. Transportation Industry.—Order No. 26a (1940). Amended Order No. 26 (1940) by raising hourly rate for operators of motor-cycles with side-cars or other wheeled attachments to same rate as prescribed for drivers of light-delivery trucks, with whom they competed. REGULATIONS UNDER "HOURS OF WORK ACT." The following Regulations were made during 1940 under the " Hours of Work Act ":— Fruit and Vegetable Industry.—Regulation No. 21f exempted the industry from the provisions of the " Hours of Work Act " from April 1st, 1940, to March 31st, 1941. It should be borne in mind, however, that Orders of the Board require a rising scale of pay as hours of work increase. Laundry Industry.—Regulation No. 9a cancelled Regulation No. 9, which had permitted persons employed in laundries in a week in which a public holiday (other than Sunday) occurred to work extra hours on the remaining working-days to avoid serious interference with business, the total for the week not to exceed forty-eight hours. Mercantile Industry (Christmas, 1940, Temporary).—Special regulations were made to take care of various branches of the mercantile industry during the month of December to enable employers to cope with seasonal Christmas business and to ensure to male and female employees adequate protection from over-long hours. E 36 DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR. More detailed summaries of the foregoing Orders and Regulations may be found in the Appendix to this section of the Department's report. Also included in the Appendix are summaries of all Orders and details of all Regulations of the Board in force at the present time. To make this information as valuable and comprehensive as possible Orders and Regulations made in 1941, up to the time the report went to press, are included. STATISTICS COVERING WOMEN AND GIRL EMPLOYEES. Statistical forms were received from 5,232 employers of women and girls, an increase of 530 over the 1939 figure. The returns received covered some 30,038 women workers for the year 1940, an increase of 2,549 employees reported on the pay-rolls when compared with previous yearly period. The following tables cover the occupations for which minimum wages have been set by the Board. Mercantile Industry. 1940. 1939. 1938. 1937, 1936. 815 6,480 5,972 508 $78,154.39 $4,293.42 $13.09 $8.45 7.84% 38.75 664 5,592 5,194 398 $70,943.66 $4,012.57 $13.66 $10.08 7.12% 42.14 538 5,315 4,851 464 $65,856.44 $4,695.22 $13.58 $10.12 8.73% 43.48 507 5,010 4,540 470 $60,373.35 $4,638.65 $13.30 $9.66 9.38% 40.47 479 4.723 4,326 Under 18 years - Total weekly wages— 397 $56,086.46 $3,523.49 Average weekly wages— $12.96 $8.88 Percentage of employees under 18 years- Average hours "worked per week 8.40% 40.58 The number of firms reporting in the above table for 1939 increased to 815, with an additional 888 employees covered, over the previous year. The returns as submitted are based on the week of employment of the greatest number. In the mercantile industry, owing to the nature of the business, many large firms, in accordance with the above stipulation, file their returns covering the Christmas period—which week usually represents their greatest employment period. For the year 1940, due to short working-hours during the calendar week which covered the Christmas period, a direct effect is noted in the above table. While the average weekly wage for employees over 18 years decreased to $13.09 from $13.66, the full effect of the short hours is noted in the younger group of employees, mostly casual and part-time workers. The average weekly wage for this latter group stood at $8.45 as against $10.08 for the previous year. The average weekly hours from the returns as submitted decreased to 38.75 as against a previous figure of 42.14. Laundry Industry. 1940. 1939. 1938. 1937. 1936. 124 1,318 1,228 90 $15,941.10 $741.14 $12.98 $8.23 6.83% 42.00 Ill 1,182 1,126. 56 $14,520.24 $460.97 $12.90 $8.23 4.74% 42.09 95 1,095 1,029 66 $13,565.23 $567.74 $13.18 $8.60 6.03% 42.74 86 1,084 1,014 70 $13,083.49 $575.71 $12.90 $8.22 6.46%. 41.90 81 991 911 80 Total weekly wages— $11,462.44 $658.04 Average weekly wages— Employees over 18 years — $12.58 $8.23 Percentage of employees under 18 years Average hours worked per week _ —_ 8.07% 41.94 REPORT OF DEPUTY MINISTER, 1940. E 37 The number of firms reporting in the laundry industry again increased, 124 firms making returns as against 111 for the previous year; the employees covered totalling 1,318, compared with 1,182 in 1939. The average weekly wage for employees over 18 years increased from $12.90 in 1939 to $12.98 in 1940, the average in the under 18 group remaining at $8.23 as in the previous year. Some increase was noted in the percentage of employees under 18 years, which rose to 6.83 per cent, as against 4.74 per cent, in 1939. The average weekly working-hours decreased from 42.09 to 42. Hotel and Catering Industry. 1940. 1939. 1938. 1937. 1936. 943 4,974 4,811 163 $66,383.16 $1,792.51 $13.80 $11.00 3.28% 43.12 819 4,380 4,288 92 $59,156.99 $1,043.15 $13.80 $11.34 2.10% 43.11 765 3,970 3.878 92 $53,223.45 $1,058.77 $13.72 $11.51 2.32% 42.95 532 3,424 3,302 122 $46,840.82 $1,353.11 $14.19 $11.09 3.56% 42.43 500 2,961 2,878 83 Total weekly wages— $40,265.89 $956.54 Average weekly wages— $13.99 Employees under 18 years ■ Percentage of employees under 18 years Average hours worked per week ._._ ___ _ $11.52 2.80% 42.79 As the number of janitresses and women elevator operators throughout the Province does not reach a very high figure, these workers have been included with others in the hotel and catering industry. In former years these two classes were actually covered by the Order relating to the public housekeeping industry. The new name—hotel and catering industry— seems to designate the occupation more clearly than the former one. The firms reporting increased from 819 in 1939 to 943 in 1940, with a corresponding gain in employees of 594. In the 18 and over class the average weekly wage remained even with the previous year, the figure standing at $13.80. As mentioned in the previous year's report, this group still includes certain unskilled employees who, by permission of the Board, were allowed to be trained at the same figure as the younger girls. While $14 is the weekly minimum for experienced employees of the older group for a week of 40 to 48 hours, the average recorded does not disclose infractions, but, as stated above, some inexperienced employees were included in the figure. Under 18 years the average weekly wage decreased slightly to $11 as against $11.34 in 1939, while the percentage employed of this class showed a rise from 2.10 per cent, in 1939 to 3.28 per cent, of total in 1940. Office Occupation. 1940. 1939. 1938. 1937. 1936. Number of firms reporting Total number of employees Over 18 years — Under 18 years Total weekly wages— Employees over 18 years Employees under 18 years Average weekly wages— Employees over 18 years Employees under 18 years ... Percentage of employees under 18 years Average hours worked per week 2,417 7,438 7,321 117 $133,397.18 $1,358.66 $18.22 $11.61 1.57% 40.35 2,241 6,779 6.691 $121, 691.66 ,006.38 $18.19 $11.44 1.30% 40.55 2,096 7,367 7,273 94 $132,369.27 $1,115.55 $18.20 $11.87 1.28% 40.16 1,891 5,911 5,802 109 $106,395.64 $1,306.60 $18.34 $11.99 1.84% 40.79 1,848 5,344 5,280 64 14,789.14 $645.41 $17.95 $10.08 1.20% 40.88 E 38 DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR. This classification continues to lead with the greatest number of women employees, returns being received from 2,417 firms for the year 1940, an increase of 176 over the previous year. Total employees covered increased to 7,438 as against 6,779 for 1939. The average weekly wage for the experienced workers increased slightly to $18.22, compared with $18.19 for the previous year. An increase was also recorded in the under 18 year class, the average weekly wage in this group rising from $11.44 to $11.61 for the year 1940. The percentage of younger workers employed in this occupation again showed a slight increase over the 1939 period. Average hours decreased from 40.55 to 40.35 for the year under review. Interesting note is made of some of the numbers receiving the more worth-while salaries. A $65 monthly rate is the legal minimum for experienced employees 18 years of age or over. There were 1,563 employed at $65.00 per month. 343 70.00 438 75.00 268 80.00 240 85.00 211 90.00 128 95.00 229 64 100.00 110.00 47 115.00 32 120.00 50 125.00 52 15 130.00 135.00 14 140.00 33 150.00 118 „ more than $150.00 per month. The above figures show those actually receiving the quoted monthly rates and do not include, for instance, those getting between $65 and $70, or between $70 and $75, and so on down the list. Personal Service Occupation. 1940. 1939. 1938. 1937. 1936. Number of firms reporting — 214 607 581 26 $7,715.72 $131.33 $13.28 $5.05 4.28% 35.35 198 570 555 15 $7,696.07 $112.63 $13.87 $7.51 2.63% 36.89 161 509 495 14 $6,723.47 $57.75 $13.58 $4.13 2.75% 37.87 157 481 472 9 $6,283.69 $45.09 $13.31 $5.01 1.87% 37.85 138 427 417 10 Total weekly wages— $5,486.48 $66.05 Average weekly wages— $13.16 $6.60 2.34% 38.07 Included in the above table are employees of beauty-parlours and theatre ushers. The number of firms filing returns in this classification increased by 16 for the year 1940. Total employees reported increased to 607 as against 570 for the previous year. In the experienced group the average weekly wage decreased from $13.87 to $13.28 in 1940. A similar average for the inexperienced class also showed a decrease, the figure standing at $5.05 as against $7.51 for the previous year, with an increase in the percentage of this latter group employed. In line with the decrease in the above average weekly amounts the average weekly hours likewise decreased to 35.35 as against 36.89 in the previous year. Irregular hours of theatre ushers within this section were again chiefly responsible for the low average working-hours per week. REPORT OF DEPUTY MINISTER, 1940. E 39 Fishing Industry. 1940. 1939. 1938. 1937. 1936. 10 105 78 27 $1,222.54 $261.33 $15.67 $9.68 25.71% 38.2 10 58 27 31 $455.81 $199.29 $16.88 $6.43 53.45% 31.78 6 36 23 13 $267.35 $134.37 $11.62 $10.34 36.11% 34.61 5 37 26 11 $330.84 $90.67 $12.72 $8.24 29.73% 37.02 6 Total number of employees Experienced 32 24 8 Total weekly wages— $234.20 Inexperienced employees Average weekly wages— $26.73 $9.76 Inexperienced employees $3.34 25.00% 26.24 Average hours worked per week As the Order of the Board does not cover women workers in fish-canneries, this group comprises a rather negligible number. Increases are, however, noted in the number of employees covered. The average weekly wage for experienced employees stood at $15.67, as against the 1939 high of $16.88. Probably due to increasing working-hours of the casual and seasonal workers, the average weekly wage for the inexperienced group increased to $9.68 from $6.43 in 1939. Average weekly hours in the industry showed a marked increase from 31.78 in 1939 to 38.82 for the year under review. Telephone and Telegraph Occupation. 1940. 1938. Number of firms reporting Total number of employees .. Experienced :— Inexperienced Total weekly wages— Experienced employees _ Inexperienced employees Average weekly wages— Experienced employees Inexperienced employees Percentage of inexperienced employees Average hours worked per week $35 132 1,922 1,872 50 047.43 $486.27 $18.72 $9.73 2.60% 40.10 145 1,880 1,766 114 $32,074.05 j $1,156.11 | I $18.16 $10.14 6.06% 39.84 137 1,815 1,759 56 $32,238.68 $434.46 $18.33 $7.76 3.09% 40.71 142 1,934 1,720 214 $31,284.95 $2,497.70 $18.19 $11.67 11.06% 40.59 124 1,791 1,571 220 $28,717.26 $2,462.93 $18.28 $11.20 12.28%. 40.46 Included with regular telephone and telegraph company employees are those who operate switchboards in offices and other establishments, such as hotels, hospitals, etc. While fewer firms reported for 1940 under this heading, the number of employees covered increased to 1,922 from 1,880 in the previous year. The average weekly wage for experienced operators increased from $18.16 in 1939 to $18.72 for 1940. Fewer employees were noted in the inexperienced class, and the average weekly wage for this group decreased slightly to $9.73 as against $10.14 in 1939. A fractional increase was evident in the average weekly working-hours, which rose from 39.84 to 40.10. E 40 DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR. Manufacturing Industry. 1939. 1937. 1936. Number of firms reporting _ Total number of employees Experienced Inexperienced : Total weekly wages— Experienced employees Inexperienced employees .'-..- Average weekly wages— Experienced employees Inexperienced employees Percentage of inexperienced employees _ Average hours worked per week _ _ 501 3,545 3,061 484 $45,411.50 $4,490.36 $14.84 $9.28 13.65% 42.36 435 3,208 2,784 424 $41,240.31 $3,676.80 $14.81 $8.67 13.22% 42.01 380 3,085 2,701 384 $40,177.04 $3,482.01 $14.87 $9.07 12.45% 41.92 358 2,652 2,297 355 $32,469.11 $3,247.59 $14.14 $9.15 13.39% 41.65 314 2,500 2,167 333 $3,015.36 $14.16 $9.06 13.32% 42.92 The number of firms making returns in this classification increased by 66, with an additional 337 employees recorded over the previous year. Increases are noted in the average weekly wages for both the experienced and inexperienced groups in this industry, the weekly average for experienced employees standing at $14.84 as against $14.81 in 1939, and the weekly average for the inexperienced class rising from $8.67 to $9.28 for 1940. The percentage of inexperienced employees again showed a fractional increase, and the average weekly working-hours increased slightly to 42.36 as against 42.01 for the previous year. Reference to the summary of Orders will show that the Order covering the manufacturing industry embraces workers in a very diversified group of occupations. Some of the work is seasonal, but in many factories the employees are assured of continuous employment. Fruit and Vegetable Industry. 1940. 1939. 1938. 1937. 1936. Number of firms reporting — Total number of employees 76 3,649 3,529 120 $59,173.40 $1,067.67 $16.77 $8.90 3.29% 47.16 79 3,840 3,562 278 $57,232.59 $2,713.79 $16.07 $9.76 7.24% 46.75 81 3,540 3,316 224 $54,275.82 $2,247.52 $16.37 $10.03 6.33% 46.90 71 3,551 3,298 253 $54,279.51 $2,650.17 $16.46 $10.48 7.12% 47.78 75 3,155 2,803 Inexperienced Total weekly wages— 352 $41,831.03 Inexperienced employees Average weekly wages— $3,082.70 $14.92 Inexperienced employees $8.76 11.16% Averagre hours worked per week . .. .. 46.02 With fewer firms filing returns in this classification the total employees reported in the above table decreased by 191 as against the 1939 figure. The average weekly wage for experienced employees, however, increased from $16.07 to $16.77 for the year 1940. The percentage of inexperienced workers employed showed some decrease, the average weekly wage for this group declining from $9.76 to $8.90. Average weekly hours in this industry stood at 47.16, a slight increase over the 1939 figure of 46.75. REPORT OF DEPUTY MINISTER, 1940. E 41 Summary of all Occupations. 1940. 1 1939. 1 1938. 1937. 1 1936. Number of firms reporting Total number of employees .. Over 18 years, or experienced Under 18 years, or inexperienced Total weekly wages— Employees over 18 years, or experienced Employees under 18 years, or inexperienced Average weekly wages— Employees over 18 years, or experienced ... .. Employees under 18 years, or inexperienced Percentage of employees under 18 years, or inex- 5,232 30,038 28,453 1,585 $442,446.42 $14,622.69 $15.55 $9.23 5.28% 41.48 4,702 27,489 25,993 1,496 $405,011.38 $14,381.69 $15.58 $9.61 5.44% 42.24 4,259 26,732 25,325 1,407 $398,696.76 $13,793.39 $15.74 $9.80 5.26% 42.42 3,749 24,084 22,471 1,613 $351,341.40 $16,405.29 $15.64 $10.17 6.70% 42.05 3,565 21,924 20,377 1,547 $309,567.79 $14,437.25 $15.19 $9.33 7.06% 41.98 Average hours worked per week .. Actual figures concerning 30,038 women and girl employees are shown in the above table. These workers comprise the staffs of 5,232 firms, and their aggregate wages and salaries for one week totalled $457,069.11, or an increase of $37,676.04 over the 1939 total. The average weekly wage stood at $15.55, 3 cents lower than the 1939 figure. The lowest legal wage for women 18 or over in the various classifications covered by Orders of the Board is $12.75 in the mercantile industry, ranging up to $15.50 in the fishing group. It will be seen, therefore, that taking all classes of employment together, the general average is still above the highest minimum set by law. While the Orders permit of a 48-hour week, the average week for 30,038 gainfully employed women and girls was only 41.48 hours, a decrease of 0.76 over the average working- week for the previous year. The percentage of employees under 18 years of age or inexperienced decreased slightly for the year from 5.44 per cent, of total in 1939 to 5.28 per cent, in 1940. A reference to the tables shows five occupations in which the average wage for the adult or experienced worker increased over the previous year's figure, these being the laundry, office, telephone and telegraph, manufacturing, and fruit and vegetable industries. In one industry—hotel and catering—the average remained steady with no change, and slight decreases are noted in the three remaining, namely, the mercantile, personal service, and fishing industries. In studying the summary table it is noted that over 30,000 women and girls are taking their part in the field of business in the Province. The records concerning these workers deal only with classes of employment that are covered by Orders of the Board. The total number of women gainfully employed would include domestic workers, farm-labourers, and fruit-pickers, but these are definitely excluded from coverage by the provisions of the " Female Minimum Wage Act." Returns are not requested for women and girls employed in banks, as their conditions of employment are likewise not covered by Provincial legislation, although in most cases their wages and hours compare favourably with those set by the Board's Orders. E 42 DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR. Percentages Above and Below Legal Minimum for Experienced Workers. Industry or Occupation. Legal Minimum Wage for Full-time Experienced Employees. Receiving Actual Minimum Wage set for Experienced Workers. Receiving More than Minimum Wage set for Experienced Workers. Receiving Less than Minimum Wage set for Experienced Workers. Total. No. of Employees. Per Cent. No. of Employees. Per Cent. No. of Employees. Per Cent. $12.75* 13.50t 14.00* 16.00$ 14.25§ 15.50t 15.00t 14.00t 14.40t 1,601 93 1,886 1,563 130 1 102 369 140 24.71 7.06 37.92 21.01 21.42 0.95 5.31 10.41 3.84 3,057 540 1,760 4,964 240 36 1,585 1,666 2,240 47.17 40.97 35.38 66.74 39.54 34.29 82.46 47.00 61.39 1,822 685 1,328 911 237 68 235 1,510 1,269 28.12 51.97 26.70 12.25 39.04 64.76 12.23 42.59 34.77 6,480 Laundry Hotel and catering Office..... 1,318 4,974 7,438 607 105 Telephone and Telegraph _— __ Manufacturing Fruit and vegetable 1,922 3,545 3,649 Totals, 1940— 5,885 5,882 19.59 21.40 16,088 14,364 53,56 52.25 8,065 7,243 26.85 26.35 30,038 Totals, 1939 27,489 * 40 to 48 hours per week. f 48 hours per week. J 37^ to 48 hours per week. § Beauty-parlours, 40 to 44 hours per week ; public places of amusement, 40 to 48 hours per week." Setting a new high, the percentage of employees included in the returns who were receiving wages in excess of the legal minimum rose to 53.56 in 1940, as against 52.25 per cent, for the previous year. The percentage of the total receiving the actual legal minimum declined in accordance with the above increase, while in the remaining percentage of those receiving less than the fixed rate only a fractional increase was evident. The latter group comprises those younger and less skilled girls for whom lower rates are fixed, and those who are working part time and are thus unable to earn a sum equal to the weekly rate set for full-time employees. The hotel and catering industry, with 37.92 per cent, receiving $14 per week, continued to hold most closely to the rates fixed in the Orders. Above the legal minimum the telephone and telegraph industry again leads, with 82.46 per cent, of its total employees receiving more than the fixed rate. Office workers again hold second place, with 66.74 per cent, being paid in excess of the legal standard. In the fruit and vegetable industry 61.39 per cent, were recorded as above the rates fixed in the Orders. The mercantile industry showed 47.17 per cent, above the legal minimum, followed by manufacturing employees, with 47 per cent, of their total paid in excess of the requirements. Laundry workers amounting to 40.97 per cent, were paid above the minimum required. In the personal service occupation 39.54 per cent, were shown as earning above the minimum, and in the hotel and catering group 35.38 per cent. Each year attention is drawn to the highest weekly wage in each occupation. For 1940 a weekly salary of $65 was highest recorded in the mercantile industry. Top figure in the laundry, cleaning and dyeing industry was a weekly wage of $28.90. Highest wage in the hotel and catering industry was a weekly wage of $52.20. In the office group the most remunerative position carried a salary of $75. Of employees in the personal service occupation, one was recorded as receiving $50 per week. The highest wage earned and reported in the fishing group was $30 weekly. High figure reported in the telephone and telegraph classifications was $42.60, and in the manufacturing industry $50 weekly. In the fruit and vegetable industry one employee was reported as having received $43.10 for her week's work. REPORT OF DEPUTY MINISTER, 1940. E 43 Table showing Number of Single, Married, and Widowed Employees and their earnings for week reported. Industry or Occupation. Single. Earnings. Married. Earnings. Widowed. Earnings. Total Earnings for Week reported. 5,158 912 3,324 6,159 443 60 1,459 2,488 1,763 $63,638.52 11,247.07 45,600.35 111,354.95 5,442.05 799.72 27,132.64 33,856.68 27,427.92 1,128 351 1,295 1,067 145 42 409' 944 1,816 $15,655.97 4,670.01 17,597.16 19,263.37 2,078.60 618.77 7,292.75 14,235.79 31,518.54 194 55 355 212 19 3 54 113 ■ 70 $3,153.32 765.16 4,978.16 4,137.52 326.40 65.38 1,108.31 1,809.39 1,294.61 $82,447.81 Laundry 16,682.24 68,175.67 Office 134,755.84 Personal service 7,847.05 1,483.87 35,533.70 Manufacturing Fruit and vegetable 49,901.86 60,241.07 Totals 21,766 $326,499.90 7,197 $112,930.96 1,075 $17,638.25 $457,069.11 72.46% 74.49% 23.96% 21.99% 3.58% 3.52% 1 1939 per cent The percentage of unmarried employees decreased slightly to 72.46 per cent, in 1940 as against 74.49 per cent, in 1939. Married workers showed a corresponding increase and a fractional gain was noted in the widowed class. As in the previous year, the fruit and vegetable industry continued to show the highest proportion of married workers. The returns showed a negligible number as having been divorced or separated, and it was therefore not considered necessary to compile separate figures for them, the figures being included in the totals of the married workers. • Table showing Years of Service of Employees with Employers reporting for 1940. Name of Industry. CJ >' CJ _q O +J ill 3 g P. 3.5 Mercantile.. Laundry Hotel and catering- Office Personal service Fishing- Telephone and telegraph- Manufacturing Fruit and vegetable Totals . 3,616 453 2,354 1,837 245 70 414 1571 1,419 685| 1,526 177 56 217 117 35 664 208 733 1,035 108 18 228 449 454 410 127 419 652 67 5 85 339 274 354 108 321 662 26 212 239 211 287 71 234 516 27 6 182 190 132 169 65 152 353 18 79 128 103 122 34 68 272 14 1 34 105 57 95 20 57 173 9 3 20 61 54 65 19 61 146 9 2 10 44 30 47 14 50 129 9 20 35 17 1,447 11,934(3,897 2,378 2,133|1,645 707 492 386 474 143 308 1,546 40 635 379 106 6,480 1,318 4,974 7,438 607 105 1,922 3,545 3,649 815 124 943 2,417 214 10 132 501 76 3,631 30,038 5,232 The table indicating the length of time each woman employee had been on the staff of the employer who sent in the return sets out the length of service according to occupation. Increasing employment is noted in the total employees working less than one year, which figure continued to rise over the previous year. In compiling the figures, the employee in each occupation with the greatest number of years to her credit was noted. In the mercantile industry one employee was listed with 33 years' service. In the laundry, cleaning and dyeing industry one employee was shown with 30 years. Longest service in the hotel and catering section was 32 years. One office employee was credited with 43 years' service. In the personal service occupation the long- service record was 24 years. In the fishing group the longest shown was 8 years. The telephone and telegraph industry credited one worker with 34 years with her present firm. In the manufacturing industry 36 years was the longest service, and the fruit and vegetable group listed one employee with a long-service record of 23 years. INSPECTIONS AND COLLECTIONS. The inspection staff throughout the Province made 15,492 investigations at plants and establishments covered by Orders of the Board. This was an increase of 900 over the 1939 total. Detailed written reports are made when the inspections take place. These are checked and filed for reference with the Department. During their regular routine work the inspectors are accorded hearty co-operation by most employers and officials of firms or establishments with whom they come in contact, and everything possible is done to facilitate their work. Occasionally, however, they encounter various difficulties that make their work extremely arduous. While some few employers are blameworthy in this respect certain employees also have added considerably to the problems of the inspection staff, often not disclosing all the facts when registering a complaint, or making a distorted picture of their grievance. Infinite tact and patience are required by the Inspectors in performing their duties. When it is found that employees have been paid less than the sums to which they are legally entitled under the Orders of the Board, they are assisted by the Inspectors in having the necessary adjustments made. Under the " Female Minimum Wage Act" 507 women and girls employed by 393 firms received arrears due them in the sum of $10,784.06. Adjustments were made under the " Male Minimum Wage Act " for 807 men and boys employed by 445 firms. The arrears recovered amounted to $27,642.48. Following convictions for failure to pay the minimum wage the Courts ordered payment of arrears to employees in the sum of $4,575.30. A total sum, therefore, of $43,001.84 was distributed to employees throughout the Province. This represents the difference between what they were entitled to and what they had been paid by their respective employers. Not only is this tangible evidence of protection afforded workers under the various Orders of the Board, but it helps the fair employer to compete against a less scrupulous rival. Some employees take action in the Civil Courts on their own behalf for recovery of wages due them, but naturally the Board would have no record of the amounts collected in this way. COURT CASES, 1940. When infractions of labour laws occur the policy of the Department has been to refrain from Court action if satisfactory settlement can be made by other means. If such efforts fail, or in instances where repeated or wilful violations are discovered, the Board must of necessity institute proceedings against the offenders. The following is a summary of Court cases segregated by Statutes under which prosecutions were obtained. The nature of the charge in each case is briefly noted: Fourteen cases were dismissed and three withdrawn, these are not included in the following recital of cases. Cases. Convictions. Dismissed or Withdrawn. 27 29 63 41 8 1 24 26 61 32 8 1 D., 3 " Male Minimum Wage Act " — D., 3 D., 3 D., 6 ; W., 3 169 152 D.. 14; W., 3 REPORT OF DEPUTY MINISTER, 1940. E 45 COURT CASES—Continued. Female Minimum Wage Act." Name of Employer. Moonlight Roller Rink (Geo. C. Dowling), 1129 Howe Street, Vancouver Old Dutch Mill (Herbert Roake), 730 Seymour Street, Vancouver Star Cafe" (Charlie Wong), Trail _- Mrs. Nao Teranishi, 433 Powell Street, Vancouver Apex Knitting Mills (Mah Gore), 89 Pender Street "West, Vancouver Mrs. Lisa Forsberg (Blondie's Boarding House), Port Alberni K. H. Grenfell, Nelson - - Kuo Kong Silk Company, 27 Pender Street East, Vancouver Salmo Hotel (Mrs. Ida Gray), Salmo _ __. Charles Korsh, Ltd., 560 Cambie Street, Vancouver Richelieu Cafe, Ltd. (Scott's Cafe), 722 Granville Street, Vancouver Rivers, Ltd., 728 Robson Street, Vancouver John Rahel, Fernie - — - Charge. Sentence and Remarks. Failure to keep records [Fined $10; default, ten days. I Failure to pay minimum wage I Fined $25 ; costs, $2.50 ; pay arrears, $58.80. Failure to keep records — Failure to pay minimum wage . Failure to pay minimum wage Failure to pay minimum wage Failure to pay minimum wage Failure to pay minimum wage Fined $10; costs, $2.50. Fined $25; costs, $2.50; default, ten days ; pay arrears, $16.42. Fined $25 ; ordered to pay arrears, $31.50. Suspended sentence ; ordered to pay arrears, $80. Fined $25; $1. Fined $25; Zetta Sandall, 954 Granville Street, Vancouver Simpson Bros., Fort Langley - Mike Vatkin, West Grand Forks- - Dubbel Wear Uniforms, 1390 Granville Street, Vancouver Muir Cafe (Johnny Wong), 106 Hastings Street East, Vancouver Van's Cafe (H. Vandrick), 203 Carrol Street, Vancouver Patricia Cafe (Aris Catsirclas), Cranbrook Patricia Cafe (Aris Catsirclas), Cranbrook Rio Cafe (C. B. Feedham), 3325 Kingsway, Vancouver Vancouver Paper Box, Ltd., 245 Union Street, Vancouver Wallace Bakery (R. W. Hall), Kimberley . Failure to keep true and correct records Failure to pay minimum wage _ _ Failure to keep true and correct records Failure to produce records Failure to keep true and correct records Failure to pay minimum wage __ Failure to pay minimum wage Failure to pay minimum wage $37.05. Fined $10 Failure to pay minimum wage Failure to pay minimum wage Failure to pay minimum wage Failure to pay minimum wage .__ Failure to keep true and correct records Failure to pay minimum wage Failure to pay minimum wage Failure to pay minimum wage . ordered to pay arrears, ordered to pay arrears, costs, $4.25. Suspended sentence; costs, $2. Fined $10; default, distress. Fined $10; costs, $5. Fined $10; costs, $4.25. Suspended sentence; pay arrears, $17.60. Fined $25 ; pay arrears, $42. Fined $25 ; costs, $6; pay arrears, $30.30. Fined $25 or two months; pay arrears, $9.31. Fined $25; in default, one month. Suspended sentence ; ordered to pay arrears, $70.40. Fined $25. Fined $10; costs, $2.75. Suspended sentence : costs, $5 ; pay arrears, $28.70; in default, two months. Fined $25; pay arrears. $150. Fined $25 ; ordered to pay arrears, $23.29. " Male Minimum Wage Act." Name of Employer. Charge. Sentence and Remarks. Capita] Produce (So Fong Chan), 2779 Commercial Drive, Vancouver Glacier Lumber Co., Ltd., Nelson John Phillipoff, Winlaw , Burnaby Poultry Products (H. Fedler), Vancouver McGarrigle Bros., Northfield, V.I.- __ _ P. Bain Lumber Co., Ltd., New Westminster Failure to pay minimum wage Failure to pay minimum wage Failure to keep records ___.. Failure to pay minimum wage Failure to pay minimum wage Failure to pay minimum wage Costs, $3.50 ; ordered to pay arrears, $30.82; default, two months. Fined $50 ; costs, $14.10 ; pay arrears, $9.20. Fined $25 ; costs, $7.75. Suspended sentence; ordered to pay arrears, $40. Suspended sentence; paid arrears, $16. Suspended sentence; paid arrears, $30.50. E 46 DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR. COURT CASES—Continued. " Male Minimum Wage Act "—Continued. Name of Employer. Charge. Sentence and Remarks. Failure to keep daily records Fined $20 ; costs, $7. K. Kamimura, Mission.- — —_ —- Failure to pay minimum wage Fined $50 ; pay arrears, $34.38. Mayo Bros. Lumber Co., Ltd., Paldi, V.I... Failure to pay minimum wage Fined $50 ; pay arrears, $59. K. Shikaze, Mission.... „__ ___ ___ — Failure to keep proper records Suspended sentence. Colin Cameron, Fort Steele..... Failure to pay minimum wage (two Fined $50; costs, $11.85; pay ar charges) rears, $52.05. Fined $10. Vancouver Merchants Express Delivery (Jack Gra Failure to keep records Suspended sentence. ham), 515 Davie Street, Vancouver T. A. Ryan, 606 Homer Street, Vancouver. Failure to pay minimum wage ... ... Fined $50 and costs; pay arrears, $5.85. Tip Top Cleaners & Dyers, 4291 Main Street, Vancouver Fined $50 ; pay arrears, $17. Catara Singh (Granville Island), Vancou Failure to pay minimum wage Fined $150; pay arrears, $212.50. ver (three charges) La Salle Delivery Co., 726 Homer Street, Failure to produce records Fined $10 and costs or ten days. Vancouver Otto W. Becker, 796 Albert Street, Nanaimo Failure to pay minimum wage Fined $10 ; costs, $2.50. Otto W. Becker, 796 Albert Street, Nanaimo Failure to keep proper records Fined $150; costs, $2.50; pay arrears, $28.80. Deep Bay Logging Co., Ltd., Fanny Bay.... Failure to pay minimum wage.. Fined $50 ; ordered to pay arrears, $119. John Doubinin, Jr., Castlegar... Failure to keep true and correct records Fined $25 ; costs, $5.25. English Bay Produce (K. Kazuta), 1200 Failure to pay minimum wage Suspended sentence. Denman Street, Vancauver Wright's Shipyards, foot of Broughton Failure to keep true and correct Fined $10. Street, Vancouver records " Hours of Work Act." Name of Employer. Charge. Sentence and Remarks. Granville Market (I. Kariya), 1548 Forty- first Avenue West, Vancouver Mrs. M. Isezaki, 2229 Granville Street, Vancouver Model Cafe, 30 Hastings Street East, Vancouver New Atlantic Cafe, 130 Hastings Street East, Vancouver New Metropolitan Cafe, 50 Hastings Street East, Vancouver Sun On Market, 2723 Granville Street, Vancouver Times Square Market, 5756 Granville Street, Vancouver Mrs. Ida Forsberg (Blondie's Boarding House), Port Alberni Dick Bros., 3742 Tenth Avenue West, Vancouver McGarrigle Bros., Northfield, V.I.. National Dry Goods Co., 28 Market Alley, Vancouver D. J. Smith Equipment Co., Ltd., 1381 Franklin Street, Vancouver City Groceteria, Mission — — The Bay Cleaners (Mrs. Tomeko Hayashi), 788 Denman Street, Vancouver Consumers Meat Pool, Ltd., Main and Pender Streets, Vancouver Employing a person outside hours posted on schedule Failure to keep true and correct records Employing a person outside hours posted on schedule Employing a person outside hours posted on schedule Failure to post notice Employing a person outside hours posted on schedule Employing a person outside hours posted on schedule Failure to keep records __ Failure to post notice of hours _ Failure to keep records . Failure to keep records.. Excessive hours.. Excessive hours—. Keeping false records- Failure to post schedule of hours.. Fined $25 ; default, one month. Fined $15 ; default, five days. Fined $25 ; default, 30 days. Costs, $5. Fined $25 ; default, one month. Fined $25 ; default, one month. Fined $25 ; default, one month. Fined $10 ; default, six days. Suspended sentence ; costs, $2.50. Suspended sentence. Suspended sentence ; costs, $2.50. Fined $50. Suspended sentence ; costs, $3. Fined $25 ; default, one month. Fined $25 and costs. REPORT OF DEPUTY MINISTER, 1940. E 47 COURT CASES—Continued. Hours of Work Act "—Continued, Name of Employer. Charge. Sentence and Remarks. Consumers Meat Pool, Ltd., Main and Pender Streets, Vancouver Eiete Dressmakers (Mrs. K. Tabayashe), 1490 Thirteenth Avenue West, Vancouver National Lunch, Ltd., 737 Pender Street West, Vancouver Rapid Cleaners (K. Tahara), 111 Pender Street West, Vancouver Rays, Limited, 2434 Main Street, Vancouver Kitugero Tanaka, 394 Powell Street, Vancouver S. Yamanaka Boat Works, Steveston Jawant Singh, c/o Albion Lumber Co., Albion K. Lwata, 368 Cordova Street East, Vancouver Shores, Ltd., 409 Hastings Street West, Vancouver Catara Singh, c/o Overseas Wood Products, Granville Island, Vancouver M. Furuya Co., Ltd., Mission Excessive hours _ Failure to keep true and correct records Excessive hours .. - .._. Excessive hours Excessive hours Excessive hours Failure to post notice.. Excessive hours Failure to post notice re hours of work Failure to post notice Quan Chee, 1019 Blanshard Street, Victoria Sunnyside Cafe, 631 Main Street, Vancouver U. & S. Lumber Co., Ltd., North Vancouver S. T. Wallace, 3932 Hastings Street East, Burnaby Davie Fruit Market (Y. Kajina), 1602 Davie Street, Vancouver Deep Bay Logging Co., Ltd., Fanny Bay..... Failure to keep true and correct records Employing a person outside hours shown on schedule Employing a person outside hours shown on schedule Failure to post notice re hours of work Failure to keep records.— Failure to post notice.. Deep Bay Logging Co., Ltd., Fanny Bay„.. Deep Bay Logging Co., Ltd., Fanny Bay..... Disher Specialties, 1152 Fifty-third Avenue East, Vancouver Glacier Lumber Co., Ltd., Nelson Glacier Lumber Co., Ltd., Nelson,- Granville Market (I. Kariya), 154S Forty- first Avenue West, Vancouver Granville Fruit-Teria (K. Kituta), 2705 Granville Street, Vancouver Mrs. Y. Katayma, 5971 Boulevard West, Vancouver Sunon Market (Jimmy Kai), 2723 Granville Street, Vancouver Barclay Grocery (F. Harai), 1500 Barclay Street, Vancouver David Lum Produce (Quon Wo), 536 Richards Street, Vancouver Ideal Delivery System (K. Kovich), 723 Nelson Street. Vancouver Kuo Kong Silk, Ltd., 27 Pender Street East, Vancouver Morning Star Cafe, 79 Cordova Street West, Vancouver Nu-Way Cleaners & Dyers (John Zacks), 1660 Fourth Avenue West, Vancouver Cameron Lake Logging Co., Ltd., Coombs Employing a person outside hours shown on schedule Failure to keep true and correct records Excessive hours Excessive hours Employing a person outside hours shown on schedule Excessive hours.. Excessive hours ___.. Employing a person outside hours posted on schedule Failure to post notice Employing a person outside hours posted on schedule Failure to post schedule.. _, Employing a person outside hours posted on schedule Failure to keep proper records Failure to keep record of hours worked Employing a person outside hours posted on schedule Failure to post notice of shifts Employing a person outside the hours shown on the schedule Failure to keep true and correct records Fined $25 and costs. Fined $10 ; default, five days. Fined $50 ; default, distress. Fined $25 ; default, one month. Fined $50 ; default, distress. Fined $25 ; default, one month. Fined $25. Fined $15 ; costs, $3.75. Suspended sentence; costs, $5. Suspended sentence ; costs, $2.50. Fined $10. Fined $25 and costs. Fined $25. Fined $10 ; default, five days. Fined $10 ; costs, $6. Fined $25. Fined $25 ; in default, one month. Fined $250 ; costs, $1.75. Fined $25. Fined $25. Fined $25 ; default, thirty days. (This case appealed.) Fined $25 ; costs, $6.25. Fined $25. Fined $25 ; in default, one month. Fined $25. Fined $25 ; in default, one month. Fined $25 ; in default, one month. Fined $25 ; in default, one month. Fined $10 ; in default, ten days. Fined $10 and costs. Suspended sentence ; costs, $5. Fined $25 ; in default, one month. Fined $25. Fined $250 and costs. E 48 DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR. COURT CASES—Continued. Hours op Work Act "—Continued. Name of Employer. Charge. Sentence and Remarks. Jane Wesson Day, 335 Victoria Street, Kam Excessive hours * loops Jane Wesson Day, 335 Victoria Street, Kam Excessive hours Fined $50 or one month. loops cessive hours cessive hours Fined $25 hours posted Fined $25 Parkview Produce Co. (Quon Sam), 874 Employing a person outside the Fined $25 ; default, one month. Robson Street, Vancouver hours shown on schedule records Bains Confectionery (C. J. Munroe), 2526 Excessive hours.. Fined $25 or one month. Main Street, Vancouver Best Meat Market (A. M. Brink), 706 Co Excessive hours.. Fined $25 or two months. lumbia Street, New Westminster Chris's Cafe (C. Stamatis), 872 Granville Failure to post schedule of hours Suspended sentence. Street, Vancouver Pioneer Heating Experts (Mrs. Agnes Excessive hours .... Suspended sentence ; costs, $2, or Skelding), 1287 Hastings Street East, three days. Vancouver " Semi-monthly Payment of Wages Act." Name of Employer. Charge. Sentence and Remarks. J. G. Billings (Northern Tie & Lumber Co., Ltd.), Ladysmith W. T. Hamilton (Northern Tie & Lumber Co., Ltd.), Ladysmith Helge Borup, Vancouver „ Thos. S. Lawrie, Mission F. W. Scott, Port Coquitlam- Dibben Sawmill, Wingdam and Wells.. John Negreiff, Trail- -— Cascade Mining & Milling Syndicate (P. E. Tufts), 821 Pender Street West, Vancouver Kootenay Steam Laundry (C. A. Larsen), Nelson U. & S. Lumber Co., Ltd., North Vancouver Deep Bay Logging Co., Ltd., Fanny Bay.-. Guildford Lumber Co., Penny Matsqui Lath & Band Mill, Matsqui.— Sigfrid Ekholm, Magna Bay- John Robilliard, Bear Creek, Chase Wilber H. Scouton, Harper Valley, Chase.. Failure to pay wages semi-monthly (five charges). Above cases appealed and the appeal sustained Failure to pay wages semi-monthly (five charges). Above cases appealed and the appeal sustained Failure to pay wages semi-monthly Failure to pay wages semi-monthly Failure to pay wages semi-monthly Failure to pay wages semi-monthly (six charges) Failure to pay wages semi-monthly Failure to pay wages semi-monthly Failure to pay wages semi-monthly (two charges) Failure to pay wages semi-monthly Failure to pay wages semi-monthly Failure to pay wages semi-monthly Failure to pay wages semi-monthly Failure to pay wages semi-monthly Failure to pay wages semi-monthly (six charges) Failure to pay wages semi-monthly (three charges) Fined $25 in each case and costs ; default, three months ; ordered to pay arrears, $1,224. Fined $25 in each case and costs; default, three months ; ordered to pay arrears, $1,224. Fined $25 and costs; ordered to pay arrears, $27. Fined $25; costs, $10.25 ; ordered to pay arrears, $138. Suspended sentence; default, fourteen days ; ordered to pay arrears, $37.50. Fined $125; costs, $12.50; default, one month ; pay arrears, $1,077.13. Suspended sentence. Fined $100 ; default, distress. Fined $50. Suspended sentence; pay arrears, $21.20. Fined $25. Fined $25 ; costs, $2.50. Fined $25 ; costs, $2.50 ; pay arrears, $73.30. Fined $25; costs, $8.90 or one month; pay arrears, $75.19, or two months in jail. Fined $25 or two months in jail; ordered to pay arrears, $464.53. Fined $25 ; ordered to pay arrears, $185.98. REPORT OF DEPUTY MINISTER, 1940. E 49 COURT CASES—Continued. " Factories Act." Name of Employer. Charge. Sentence and Remarks. Apex Knitting Mills (Mah Gore), 89 Pender Street West, Vancouver Jaw (Chow) Gan, 15 Pender Street West, Vancouver National Dry Goods Co. (Gee Hong Sing), 28 Market Street, Vancouver Henry Quon, 28 Market Alley, Vancouver... H. L. Cummings (Cummings Cleaners and Dyers), 4-7 Eighth Street, New Westminster Lemon-Gonnason Co., Ltd., Victoria „..__ Edward Y. Hammer, Ltd., 880 Granville Street, Vancouver Hong Lee Laundry, 1207 Robson Street, Vancouver Did unlawfully employ a home- worker without a permit Did unlawfully employ a home- worker without a permit Did unlawfully employ a home- worker without a permit Being an employee, did unlawfully perform home-work without a permit Excessive hours Employing child in factory ___ Violation of section 12 Violation of section 4 (2) Suspended sentence ; costs, $2.50. Suspended sentence. Fined $10. Suspended sentence. Fined $50. Fined $50. Suspended sentence. Fined $50 and costs. " Criminal Code." Name of Employer. Charge. Sentence and Remarks. Falsifying employment record with intent to deceive. Chapter 56, Criminal Code (Canada), Part VII., section 415a (6) Fined $300. m] .1 COMPARATIVE WAGES, 1918, 1938, 1939, 1940. Figures showing- comparative wage trends are furnished in the following tables for the year 1918, when data were first compiled, and for the three most recent years—namely, 1938, 1939, and 1940. It will be noted these relate to non-seasonal occupations only. Mercantile Industry 1918. 1938. 1939. 1940. Average weekly wages— $12.71 $7.70 15.49% $13.58 $10.12 8.73% $13.66 $10.08 7.12% $13.09 $8.45 7.84% Percentage of employees under 18 years Laundry Industry. Average weekly wages— Employees over 18 years _ Employees under 18 years _ Percentage of employees under 18 years__ $11.80 $9.78 21.80% $13.18 $8.60 6.03% $12.90 $8.23 4.74% $12.98 $8.23 6.83% Hotel and Catering Industry. Average weekly wages— Employees over 18 ye^rs__ __ Employees under 18 years Percentage of employees under 18 years $14.23 $11.77 5.51% $13.72 $11.51 2.32% $13.80 $11.34 2.10% $13.80 $11.00 3.28% E 50 DEPARTMENT OP LABOUR. Office Occupation. Average weekly wages— $16.53 $10.88 7.45% $18.20 $11.87 1.28% $18.19 $11.44 1.30% $18.22 $11.61 Percentage of employees under 18 years.. 1.57% Personal Service Occupation. Average weekly wages— $13.83 $13.58 S13.87 $7.51 2.63%, $13.28 Employees under 18 years $6.96 15.38% $4.13 2.75% $5.05 4.28% Telephone and Telegraph Occupation. Average weekly wages— $15.55 $11.90 8.70% $18.33 $7.76 3.09% $18.16 $10.14 6.06% Inexperienced employees Percentage of inexperienced employees $9.73 2.60% Manufacturing Industry. Average weekly wages— Experienced employees.- Inexperienced employees.. — Percentage of inexperienced employees- $14.84 $9.28 13.65% SPECIAL LICENCES. The " Female Minimum Wage Act " makes provision for the issuance of special licences to inexperienced women and girls who are desirous of learning any industry, business, trade, or occupation in respect of which a minimum wage has been fixed, if the Board is satisfied that such employees have not had sufficient experience to qualify them as experienced employees. After application forms have been received by the Board and checked, licences may be issued, at the discretion of the Board, at learners' rates specified in the various Orders, when the Board is of the opinion that the application has been made in good faith by employer and employee. The original copy of the licence, setting out a sliding scale of wages, leading up to the minimum set for experienced employees, is sent to the employee and a duplicate goes to the employer. If the application or investigation discloses previous experience in the line of work sought, credit is given for this when the licence is granted. In some cases the applications reveal that a higher rate will be paid at the commencement of employment than the specific Order requires. The Board takes cognizance of this in issuing the licence, and sets the starting-wage at the higher figure. When employees under licence prove their worth, some employers increase the wages sooner than the licence requires. The Act limits the number holding licences to not more than one-seventh of the total number of female employees in a plant or establishment. Where less than seven are employed one may be working under licence. During the year 1,184 licences were issued to inexperienced female employees, being 203 more than in 1939. ' They were granted in the undermentioned occupations as follows:— REPORT OF DEPUTY MINISTER, 1940. E 51 Number Industl'y or Occupation. of Licences issued. Telephone and telegraph 7 Personal service 16 Laundry, cleaning and dyeing 96 Mercantile 117 Manufacturing 284 Office 297 Hotel and catering 367 Total 1,184 Licences may also be issued for two groups of young men in the mercantile industry. A scale is set for inexperienced boys from 18 to 21 years of age and another scale for youths from 21 to 24 years of age. In 1940 there were issued 143 licences in these classifications, being 37 more than in the previous year. CONCLUSION. As coverage of additional occupations or industries by Orders is effected the Board's responsibilities are increased correspondingly, but its policy of rendering fair and just treatment to all remains unchanged. Before new Orders are made, or existing ones amended, the greatest care is expended to ensure that improved conditions of employment will prevail for those to be covered. On account of demands upon employer and employee that may have to be met in the future, due to the fact this Province is striving to play a worthy part in connection with the war, our Board bespeaks the continued co-operation of all with whom it functions. Our thanks are extended to all those who have made our work during the past year productive of satisfactory results.. We have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient servants, Adam Bell, Chairman. Christopher John McDowell. Fraudena Eaton. James Thomson. J. A. Ward Bell. E 52 DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR. APPENDIX. SUMMARY OF ORDERS MADE PURSUANT TO " MALE MINIMUM WAGE ACT " AND " FEMALE MINIMUM WAGE ACT." BAKING INDUSTRY (MALE). Order No. 17, Effective November 23rd, 1934. Includes all operations in or incidental to the manufacture and delivery of bread, biscuits, or cakes. Occupation. Hourly Rate. Weekly Hours. Bakers— 40c. 25c. 30c. 35c. 40c. 48 48 48 20 years and under 21 years _ __ __ 48 54 Note.— (a.) Does not apply to indentured apprentices. BARBERING (MALE). Order No. 42, Effective June 14th, 1937. (Superseding Order No. 8.) Barbering shall have the meaning set out in section 2 of the " Barbers Act," chapter 5, Statutes, 1924, and amendments. Occupation. Rate. Hours per Week, $18.00 week 45c. per hour Daily minimum, $1.80 (Maximum hours, 48 per week.) Note.— (a.) Does not apply to indentured apprentices. BOX-MANUFACTURING (MALE). Order No. 55, Effective April 4th, 1938. (Superseding Order No. 37 and Order No. 7.) Includes all operations in or incidental to the making of wooden boxes, box-shooks, barrels, barrel staves and heads, kegs, casks, tierces, pails, or other wooden containers. Hours per Week. Adult males. 90% of total Adult males, 10% of total, not less than . Males, 18 to 21 years of age Males, under 18 years of age —_ 48 48 48 48 Note.— (a.) Above rates apply only to those not included in any other Order of the Board. (6.) Wages to be paid semi-monthly. BUS-DRIVERS (MALE). Order No. 70, Effective March 18th, 1940. (Superseding Order No. SI.) Includes every employee in charge of or driving a motor-vehicle with seating accommodation for more than seven (7) passengers used for the conveyance of the public for which service a charge is made. Area. Hourly Rate. Hours. 60c. 55c. 75c. 40 to 50. Less than 40. In excess of 9 hours in any one day or 50 hours in any one week. REPORT OF DEPUTY MINISTER, 1940. E 53 BUS-DRIVERS (MALE). Order No. 70a, Effective June 27th, 1940. Provides that the minimum wage mentioned in Order No. 70 shall apply to the time of a bus-driver while on duty and waiting on call, and shall include all the time occupied by a bus-driver from the time he reports at his employer's headquarters or garage for duty until he returns again to his employer's headquarters or garage where he originally reported for duty; and shall include the time occupied by a bus-driver in dead-heading from his employer's headquarters or garage to the place where he is to take charge of the bus and vice versa; but the minimum wage shall not apply to waiting-time of a bus- driver when occupied on special trips, charter trips, excursions, and overloads. CARPENTRY TRADE (MALE). Order No. 66, Effective August 21st, 1939. (Superseding Order No. 40.) Includes all work usually done by carpenters in connection with the construction and erection of any new building or structure or part thereof, and the remodelling, alteration, and repairing of any existing building or structure or any part thereof. Area. Hourly Rate. Weekly Hours not to exceed. Land Districts of Victoria, Lake, North Saanich, South Saanich, Esauimalt, Highland, Metchosin, Goldstream, Sooke, Otter, Malahat, and Renfrew.— 75c 48. Note.— (a.) Does not apply to apprentices under "Apprenticeship Act." (6.) .Does not apply to employees permanently employed at maintenance-work. (e.) " Semi-monthly Payment of Wages Act " requires wages be paid as often as semi-monthly. CARPENTRY TRADE (MALE). Order No. 58, Effective November 7th, 1938. Includes all work usually done by carpenters in connection with the construction and erection of any new building or structure or part thereof, and the remodelling, alteration, and repairing of any existing building or structure or any part thereof. Area. Hourly Rate. Weekly Hours not to exceed. 75c. 48. Note.— (a.) Does not apply to apprentices under " Apprenticeship Act." (6.) Does not apply to employees permanently employed at maintenance-work. (c.) " Semi-monthly Payment of Wages Act " requires wages be paid as often as semi-monthly. CARPENTRY TRADE (MALE). Order No. 65, Effective August 1st, 1939. Includes all work usually done by carpenters in connection with the construction and erection of any new building or structure or part thereof, and the remodelling, alteration, and repairing of any existing building or structure or any part thereof. Area: Provincial Electoral Districts of. Hourly Rate. Weekly Hours not to exceed. 76c. 75c. 76c. 75c. 48 48 48 48 Note.— (a.) Does not apply to apprentices under "Apprenticeship Act.** (6.) Does not apply to employees permanently employed at maintenance-work. (c.) " Semi-monthly Payment of Wages Act " requires wages be paid as often as semi-monthly. E 54 DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR. CARPENTRY TRADE (MALE). Order No. 72, Effective May 27th, 1940. Includes all work usually done by carpenters in connection with the erection and construction of any new building or structure or part thereof, and the remodelling, alteration, or repairing of any existing building or structure or part thereof. Area. Hourly Rate. Weekly Hours not to exceed. All carpentry work within a radius of 5 miles from the centre of the City of 75c. 48 Note.— (a.) Does not apply to apprentices under " Apprenticeship Act." (b.) Does not apply to employees permanently employed at maintenance-work. (c.) " Semi-monthly Payment of Wages Act" requires wages be paid as often as semi-monthly. CARPENTRY TRADE (MALE). Order No. 73, Effective May 27th, 1940. Includes all work usually done by carpenters in connection with the erection and construction of any new building or structure or part thereof, and the remodelling, alteration, or repairing of any existing building or structure or part thereof. Area. Hourly Rate. Weekly Hours not to exceed. All carpentry work within a radius of 5 miles from the centre of the City of 75c. 48 Note.— (a.) Does not apply to apprentices under "Apprenticeship Act." (b.) Does not apply to employees permanently employed at maintenance-work. (c.) " Semi-monthly Payment of Wages Act " requires wages be paid as often as semi-monthly. CHRISTMAS-TREE INDUSTRY (MALE). Order No. 68, Effective September 11th, 1939. " Christmas-tree industry" includes all operations in or incidental to the cutting, hauling, and shipping of evergreen trees to be used for decorative purposes. Male employees, 85 per cent, not less than 40c. per hour. Permissible, 15 per cent, not less than 30c. per hour. Note.—-(a.) Wages shall be paid semi-monthly, (b.) The above is a new order in place of Order No. 61, which expired December 81st, 1938. gathering, CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY (MALE). Order No. 12 (1940), Effective November 28th, 1940. (Superseding Order No. 12, Order No. 12k, Order No. 123, Order No. 45, and Order No. 45A.) Includes construction, reconstruction, repair, alteration, or demolition of any building, railway, tramway, harbour, dock, pier, canal, inland waterway, road, tunnel, bridge, viaduct, sewer, drain, well, telegraphic or telephonic installation, electrical undertaking, gaswork, waterways, or other work of construction, as well as the preparation for, or laying, the foundations of any such work or structure. Area. Hourly Rate, 21 Years and over. Hourly Rate, under 21 YearB. Hours per Week. Vancouver, West "Vancouver, North Vancouver, Point Grey, Victoria, Nanaimo, New Westminster, Prince Rupert, Esquimalt, 45c. 40c. 25c. 30c. 48 48 Notb.— (a.) Above rates do not apply to indentured apprentices under (b.) Wages to be paid semi-monthly. Apprenticeship Act.' REPORT OF DEPUTY MINISTER, 1940. E 55 ELEVATOR OPERATORS AND STARTERS (MALE). Order No. 54, Effective March 3rd, 1938. (Superseding Order No. 32.) Includes every male elevator operator and starter. SVA to 48 Hours per Week. Less than 37^6 Hours per Week. $14.00 per week. 37^c. per hour. Daily minimum, $1.60. Note.— (a.) Full week's board (21 meals), $4.00 per week. (6.) Individual meals, twenty cents (20c.) each. (c.) Board charges may be deducted only when meals are partaken of by the employee. (d.) Full week's lodging of seven (7) days, $2.00 per week, (e.) Wages shall be paid at least as often as semi-monthly. (/.) Uniforms or special wearing-apparel, required by the employer, must be supplied and laundered without cost to the employee. (0.) The Board may order seat or chair to be furnished the employee. (h.) Employees must be given twenty-four (24) consecutive hours' rest in each calendar week. (t.) Wage Order and schedule of daily shifts must be posted. ELEVATOR OPERATORS AND STARTERS (FEMALE). Order No. 53, Effective March 3rd, 1938. (Superseding Order No. SO and Order No. 5.) Includes every female operator and starter. 37% to 48 Hours per Week. Less than 37% Hours per Week. $14.00 per week. 37 %c. per hour. Daily minimum, $1.50. Note.—As for male elevator operators, see Order No. 54. ENGINEERS, STATIONARY STEAM (MALE). Order No. 18, Effective March 1st, 1935. Includes every employee engaged in producing steam in a steam plant under the authority of a certificate of competency, or who is in charge of, or responsible for, any steam boiler or engine while under steam-pressure or in motion. " Special engineer " means holder of a special or temporary certificate. (See "Boiler Inspection Act," section 28 (1).) Occupation. Hourly Rate. Hours per Week. Engineer Engineer, special _ 60c. 40c. 48 48 Note.— (a.) Where engineers do not come within the provisions of the "Hours of Work Act " 48 hours per week may be exceeded but hourly rate must be paid. (b.) For engineers in apartment buildings see Janitors' Order. (c.) Engineers employed in a plant which does not require a certificate of competency shall be paid 40 cents per hour (Order 18b). FIRST-AID ATTENDANTS (MALE). Order No. 39 (1940), Effective October 10th, 1940. (Superseding Order No. 39.) First-aid attendant means every male employee employed in whole or in part as a first-aid attendant under the authority of a certificate of competency in first aid, satisfactory to the Workmen's Compensation Board of British Columbia, and designated by his employer as the first-aid attendant in charge. Hourly Rate. Daily Rate. $4.00 4 00 50c. 50c. Note.— (a.) "Hours of Work Act" regulates the daily hours in the industry, but should overtime be necessary, attendant must be paid overtime rate. (b.) If a higher minimum wage has been fixed for any industry or occupation within an industry, the first-aid attendant employed in such industry or occupation must be paid such higher rate. (c.) Actual expenses and transportation costs, in addition to the minimum wage, must be paid any first-aid attendant while attending a patient being conveyed to the medical practitioner or hospital. E 56 DEPARTMENT OP LABOUR. FISHING INDUSTRY (FEMALE). Effective since February 28th, 1920. This includes the work of females engaged in the washing, preparing, preserving, drying, curing, smoking, packing, or otherwise adapting for sale or use, or for shipment, any kind of fish, except in the case of canned fish. Weekly Minimum Wage. Experienced Workers. Inexperienced Workers. $15.50 per week. 32%4C. per hour. $12.75 per week for 1st 4 months. 13.75 per week for 2nd 4 months. 14.75 per week for 3rd 4 months. Licences required for inexperienced employees 18 years of age or over. FRUIT AND VEGETABLE INDUSTRY (MALE). Order No. 47, Effective July 12th, 1937. (Superseding Order No. 22.) Includes all operations in or incidental to the canning, preserving, drying, packing, or otherwise adapting for sale or use of any kind of fruit or vegetable or seed. Hours per Day. Hourly Rate. First 10 hours 38e. 11th and 12th hours 67c. In excess of 12 hours 76c. First 10 hours 28c. 11th and 12th hours 42c. In excess of 12 hours 56c. 21 years or over,. Under 21 years.. (Not to exceed 15 per cent, of male employees in plant.) Note.— (1.) In cases where employees' regular rates of pay are in excess of the rate for work up to 10 hours per day, no deduction shall be made from such regular rate to be applied to wages due for working overtime in excess of 10 hours in any one day, and in no case shall the rates of pay for overtime in excess of 10 hours be less than the rates prescribed for such time in excess of 10 hours and in excess of 12 hours respectively. (2.) Piece-workers to receive not less than minimum rates. (3.) After five (5) hours continuous employment, employees must have one (1) hour free from duty, unless shorter period approved by the Board of Industrial Relations. (4.) Daily guarantee of three hours' work. FRUIT AND VEGETABLE INDUSTRY (FEMALE). Order No. 46, Effective July 12th, 1937. (Superseding Order No. 21.) Includes the work of females engaged in canning, preserving, drying, packing, or otherwise adapting for sale or use any kind of fruit or vegetable or seed. Hours per Day. Hourly Rate. First 10 hours 11th and 12th hours In excess of 12 hours First 10 hours 11th and 12th hours In excess of 12 hours 30c. (Payable to 90 per cent, of employees.) 45c. 60c. 25c (Payable to 10 per cent, of employees.) 37%c. 50c. Note.—(1.) In cases where employees' regular rates of pay are in excess of the rate for work up to 10 houra per day, no deduction shall be made from such regular rate to be applied to wages due for working overtime in excess of 10 hours in any one day, and in no case shall the rates of pay for overtime in excess of 10 hours be less than the rates prescribed for such time in excess of 10 hours and in excess of 12 hours respectively. (2.) Piece-workers to receive not less than minimum rates. (3.) After five (5) hours continuous employment, employees must have one (1) hour free from duty, unless shorter period approved by the Board of Industrial Relations. (4.) Daily guarantee of three hours' work. REPORT OP DEPUTY MINISTER, 1940. E 57 HOTEL AND CATERING INDUSTRY (FEMALE). Order No. 62, Effective February 14th, 1938. (Superseding Order No. 30 and Order No. S.) Includes the work of females in:— (a.) Hotels, lodging-houses, clubs, or any other place where lodging is furnished, for which a charge is made. (6.) Hotels, lodging-houses, restaurants, cafes, eating-houses, dance-halls, cabarets, banquet halls, cafeterias, tea-rooms, lunch-rooms, lunch-counters, ice-cream parlours, soda fountains, hospitals, nursing- homes, clubs, dining-rooms, or kitchens in connection with industrial or commercial establishments or office buildings or schools, or any other place where food is cooked, prepared, and served, for which a charge is made; whether or not such establishments mentioned above are operated independently or in connection with any other business. This Order does not apply to females employed as graduate or undergraduate nurses in hospitals, nursing-homes, or other similar establishments. Experienced Employees. (Any age.) 40 to 48 Hours per Week. Less than 40 Hours per Week. $14.00 per week. 1 37%c. per hour. Daily guarantee, $1.50. Inexperienced Employees. (Any age.) 40 to 48 Hours per Week. Less than 40 Hours per Week. $9.00 per week, 1st 2 months. 10.50 per week, 2nd 2 months. 12.00 per week, 3rd 2 months. 14.00 per week thereafter. Licences required for all inexperienced employees working at above rates. 25c. per hour, 1st 2 months. 30c. per hour, 2nd 2 months. 35c. per hour, 3rd 2 months. 37*£c. per hour thereafter. Daily guarantee of four (4) hours pay per day. Note.— (a.) Full week's board (21 meals), $4.00 per week. (6.) Individual meals, twenty cents (20c.) each. (c.) Board charges may be deducted only when meals are partaken of by the employee. (a\) Pull week's lodging of seven (7) days, $2.00 per week. (e.) Emergency overtime up to ten (10) hours per day, but not to exceed fifty-two (52) hours in any one (1) week. (/.) Time and one-half shall be paid for all hours in excess of eight (8) in the day, or forty-eight (48) in the week. (a.) Split shifts shall be confined within fourteen (14) hours from commencement of such split shift. (See Order 52B.) (/i.) Wages shall be paid at least as often as semi-monthly. (».) Uniforms or special wearing-apparel required by the employer must be supplied and laundered free of cost to the employee. {j.) Accidental breakages shall not be charged to employees. (k.) Employees must be given twenty-four (24) consecutive hours' rest in each calendar week. (I.) See Order 52f for "Resort Hotels." HOTEL AND CATERING INDUSTRY (FEMALE). Order No. 52b, Effective May 19th, 1938. Allows a split shift to be spread over 14 hours immediately following commencement of work, thereby cancelling section 8 of Order No. 52. Every employee whose split shift extends over 12 hours shall be paid at the rate of one and one-half times her regular rate of pay for such portion of the split shift as is not confined within 12 hours immediately following commencement of her work. HOTEL AND CATERING INDUSTRY (FEMALE). Order No. 52h (Resort Hotels), Effective June 14th, 1941, to September 13th, 1941. (Superseding Orders 52A, 52d, and 52F.) Covers the work of females in any establishment in unorganized territory wherein meals or lodging are furnished to the general public, for which a charge is made. Allowing:— Hours not to exceed ten (10) in any one day, nor more than fifty-four (54) in any one week. Hours in excess of forty-eight (48) in any one week shall be paid at not less than time and one- half (1%) of the legal rate fixed in Order No. 52, or her regular rate of pay. Provides for a rest period of twenty-four (24) consecutive hours in each calendar week. E 58 DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR. HOUSEHOLD-FURNITURE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY (MALE). Order No. 51, Effective November 22nd, 1937. Includes the manufacture of kitchen furniture, dining-room furniture, bedroom furniture, living- room furniture, hall furniture, and other articles of household furniture, customarily manufactured in a furniture factory. Males. Hours per Week. 21 years of age or over Under 17 years of age:„ _ 17 years and under 18 years of age__ 18 years and under 19 years of age_- 19 years and under 20 years of age._ 20 years and under 21 years of age_ 48 48 48 48 48 48 Note.— (a.) 60 per cent, of all male employees must be paid not less than 40c. per hour. (6.) This Order does not apply to apprentices duly indentured under the " Apprenticeship Act." JANITORS (MALE). Order No. 43, Effective June 1st, 1937. Order No. 43a, Effective January 23rd, 1941. (Superseding Order No. 23, in Effect from April 18th, 1935, and Order No. 23 A, in Effect from October 3rd, 1935.) 1. Includes every person employed as janitor, janitor-cleaner, or janitor-fireman. 2. Janitor, when employed by the hour, thirty-seven and one-half cents (37%c.) per hour. 3. (a.) Resident janitor in apartment buildings of four (4) residential suites and under, thirty- seven and one-half cents (37%c.) per hour. (6.) Resident janitor in apartment buildings, containing:— 5 residential suites, $27.00 per month 6 residential suites, $30.00 per month 7 residential suites, $33.00 per month 8 residential suites, $36.00 per month 9 residential suites, $39.00 per month 10 residential suites, $42.00 per month 11 residential suites, $45.00 per month 12 residential suites, $48.00 per month 13 residential suites, $51.00 per month 14 residential suites, $54.00 per month 15 residential suites, $57.20 per month 16 residential suites, $60.50 per month 17 residential suites, $63.80 per month 18 residential suites, $67.10 per month 19 residential suites, $70.40 per month 20 residential suites, $73.70 per month 21 residential suites, $77.00 per month 22 residential suites, $80.30 per month 23 residential suites, $82.50 per month 24 residential suites, $84.70 per month 25 residential suites, $86.90 per month 26 residential suites, $89.10 per month 27 residential suites, $91.30 per month 29 residential 30 residential 31 residentia 32 residentia 33 residentia 34 residentia' 35 residentia" 36 residentia' 37 residentia 38 residentia 39 residentia' 40 residentia! 41 residentia 42 residentia 43 residentia 44 residentia 45 residentia 46 residentia 47 residentia' 48 residentia 49 residentia 50 residentia over 50 residentia' suites, $95.70 per month; suites, $97.90 per month; suites, $100.10 per month suites, $102.30 per month suites, $104.50 per month suites, $106.70 per month suites, $108.90 per month suites, $111.10 per month suites, $113.30 per month suites, $115.50 per month suites, $117.70 per month suites, $119.90 per month suites, $122.10 per month suites, $124.30 per month suites, $126.50 per month suites, $128.70 per month suites, $130.90 per month suites, $133.10 per month suites, $135.30 per month suites, $137.50 per month suites, $137.50 per month suites, $137.50 per month suites, $137.50 per month. 28 residential suites, $93.50 per month; (c.) In any apartment building where two or more janitors are employed, at least one shall be designated as resident janitor, and be recorded as resident janitor on the pay-roll, and shall be paid according to the rates fixed in clause (6). Where more than one janitor is designated and recorded on the pay-roll as resident janitors, each janitor so designated and recorded must be paid the rates fixed in clause (6). Other janitors in the same apartment building shall be paid thirty-seven and one-half cents (37%c.) per hour for each hour worked. 4. Where suite is supplied, not more than $20 per month may be deducted for two (2) rooms and bath-room, and $5 for each additional room, but in no case shall the rental value deducted exceed $25 per month. A deduction of not more than $4 per month may be made for electricity and (or) gas. 5. (a.) In any apartment building containing twenty (20) residential suites and over, every janitor shall be given twenty-four (24) consecutive hours free from duty in each calendar week. (6.) In any apartment building containing not more than nineteen (19) and not less than twelve (12) residential suites, every janitor shall be given eight (8) consecutive hours free from duty in each calendar week. 6. During the rest periods, substitute janitor (including any member of the janitor's family) shall be paid by the owner or agent of the apartment building according to the provisions of this Order. 7. Where there is no central heating plant, or facilities for supplying central heat to the tenants, the resident janitor may be paid on an hourly basis according to section 2 of this Order. Note.—In computing the number of residential suites in any apartment building the suite occupied by the janitor shall not be included. REPORT OF DEPUTY MINISTER, 1940. E 59 JANITORS (MALE). Order No. 43b, Effective June 12th, 1941. Excludes from Order No. 43 janitors employed in one-room school-houses. JANITRESSES (FEMALE). Order No. 44, Effective June 1st, 1937. Order No. 44a, Effective January 23rd, 1941. (Superseding Order No. 29.) 1. Includes every person employed as janitress, janitress-cleaner, or janitress-fireman. 2. Janitress, when employed by the hour, thirty-seven and one-half cents (37%c.) per hour. 3. (a.) Resident janitress in apartment buildings of four (4) residential suites and under, thirty- seven and one-half cents (37I/4c.) per hour. (6.) Resident janitress in apartment buildings, containing:— 5 residential suites, $27.00 per month 6 residential suites, $30.00 per month 7 residential suites, $33.00 per month 8 residential suites, $36.00 per month 9 residential suites, $39.00 per month 10 residential suites, $42.00 per month 11 residential suites, $45.00 per month 12 residential suites, $48.00 per month 13 residential suites, $51.00 per month 14 residential suites, $54.00 per month 15 residential suites, $57.20 per month 16 residential suites, 17 residential suites, 18 residential suites, 19 residential suites. 20 residential suites, $73.70 per month 21 residential suites, $77.00 per month 22 residential suites, $80.30 per month 23 residential suites, $82.50 per month 24 residential suites, $84.70 per month 25 residential suites, $86.90 per month 26 residential suites, $89.10 per month 27 residential suites, $91.30 per month 28 residential suites, $93.50 per month 0.50 per month 3.80 per month 7.10 per month $70.40 per month 29 residential suites, $95.70 per month; 30 residential suites, $97.90 per month; 31 residential suites, $100.10 per month 32 residential suites, $102.30 per month 33 residential suites, $104.50 per month 34 residential suites, $106.70 per month 35 residential suites 36 residential suites 37 residential suites 38 residential suites 39 residential suites, $117.70 per month 40 residential suites, $119.90 per month 41 residential suites, $122.10 per month 42 residential suites, $124.30 per month 43 residential suites, $126.50 per month 44 residential suites. 45 residential suites 46 residential suites, 47 residential suites, 48 residential suites, $137.50 per month 49 residential suites, $137.50 per month 50 residential suites, $137.50 per month over 50 residential suites, $137.50 per month $108.90 per month $111.10 per month $113.30 per month $115.50 per month $128.70 per month $130.90 per month $133.10 per month $135.30 per month (c.) In any apartment building where two or more janitresses are employed, at least one shall be designated as resident janitress, and be recorded as resident janitress on the pay-roll, and shall be paid according to the rates fixed in clause (6). Where more than one janitress is designated and recorded on the pay-roll as resident janitresses, each janitress so designated and recorded must be paid the rates fixed in clause (6). Other janitresses in the same apartment building shall be paid thirty-seven and one-half cents (37%c.) per hour for each hour worked. 4. Where suite is supplied, not more than $20 per month may be deducted for two (2) rooms and bath-room, and $5 for each additional room, but in no case shall the rental value deducted exceed $25 per month. A deduction of not more than $4 per month may be made for electricity and (or) gas. 5. (a.) In any apartment building containing twenty (20) residential suites and over, every janitress shall be given twenty-four (24) consecutive hours free from duty in each calendar week. (6.) In any apartment building containing not more than nineteen (19) and not less than twelve (12) residential suites, every janitress shall be given eight (8) consecutive hours free from duty in each calendar week. 6. During rest periods, substitute janitress (including any member of the janitress's family) shall be paid by the owner or agent of the apartment building according to the provisions of this Order. 7. Where there is no central heating plant, or facilities for supplying central heat to the tenants, the resident janitress may be paid on an hourly basis according to section 2 of this Order. JANITRESSES (FEMALE). Order No. 44b, Effective June 12th, 1941. Excludes from Order No. 44 janitresses employed in one-room school-houses. E 60 DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR. LAUNDRIES, CLEANING AND DYEING (FEMALE). Order No. 74, Effective March 10th, 1941. (Superseding Order in Effect since March 31st, 1919.) Experienced rate (section 1). Daily Minimum, except Saturday. Daily Minimum, Saturday only. $1.24 Learners must have permit, if employed at following rates:— Learner's rate (full time) (section 2 (6))- . First four months Second four months Third four months Thereafter 21c. per hour. 24c. per hour. 27J/£c. per hour. 31c. per hour. Four Hours or Less per Day (except Saturday). Three Hours or Less on Saturday. First four months Second four months Third four months Thereafter 96c. per day $1.10 per day $1.24 per day 73c. per day. 82%c. per day. 93c. per day. Note.— (a.) Every employee called for employment shall be paid after reporting at the place of employment. (6.) When employees are required to wear uniforms or special articles of wearing-apparel, no deduction shall be made from the wages for such uniform or special articles of wearing-apparel, or for the repair or laundering thereof, except as approved by the Board of Industrial Relations. (e.) No deduction shall be made for the accidental damage to any article, or as a penalty for unsatisfactory work. (d.) Wages shall be paid at least as often as semi-monthly. (e.) Hours of work governed by " Factories Act." if.) Maximum hours, forty-eight in the week. LOGGING (MALE). Order No. 1 (1940), Effective October 10th, 1940. (Superseding Order No. 1, Order No. 1A, and Order No. IB.) Includes all operations in or incidental to the carrying-on of logging; pole, tie, shingle-bolt, mining- prop, and pile cutting; and all operations in or incidental to driving, rafting, and booming of logs, poles, ties, shingle-bolts, mining-props, and piles. Rate. Hours per Week. Male employees- Trackmen _ Cook- and bunk-house employees Shingle-bolts (felling, bucking, and splitting). 40c. per hour 371/_!e. per hour $2.75 per day $1.30 per cord 48 48 Unlimited. 48 Note.— (a.) Certain exemptions regarding working-hours. (See " Hours of Work " Regulations.) (b.) Watchmen in logging camps where operations are entirely suspended are exempt. MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY (FEMALE). Order No. 25, Effective July 1st, 1935. (Superseding Order in Effect since November 20th, 192S.) Includes the work of females engaged in the making, preparing, altering, repairing, ornamenting, printing, finishing, packing, assembling the parts of, or adapting for use or sale any article or commodity, exclusive of fish, fruit, or vegetable drying, canning, preserving, or packing. Experienced employees . Weekly Rate. $14.00 Hours per Week. 48 REPORT OF DEPUTY MINISTER, 1940. E 61 Inexperienced Employees—Section 3. Includes the manufacture, preparation, or adapting for use or sale of: Tea, coffee, spices, essences, sauces, jelly-powders, baking- powders, molasses, sugar, syrups, honey, peanut butter, cream and milk products, butter, candy, confectionery, bread, biscuits, cakes, macaroni, vermicelli, meats, eggs, soft drinks, yeast, chip and shoestring potatoes, cereals, cooked foods, salads, ice-cream cones, other food products, cans, fruit and vegetable containers, paper boxes and wooden boxes, buttons, soap, paint, varnish, drug and toilet preparations, photographs, ink, seeds, brooms, brushes, whisks, pails, wash-boards, clothes-pins, matches, explosives, munitions, gas-mantles, window-shades, veneer products, batteries, plant fertilizers, maps, saw-teeth and holders, mats, tiles, ropes, and shingles Whether on a time-work or piece-work basis. Not less than— $8.00 a week for the first two months of employment. 10.00 a week for the second two months of employment. 12.00 a week for the third two months of employment. 14.00 a week thereafter. Hours per week, 48. Inexperienced Employees—Section 4-. Includes the manufacture of: Cotton bags, paper bags, envelopes, overalls, shirts, ladies' and children's wear, uniforms, gloves, hats, caps, men's neckwear, water-proof clothing, boots and shoes, tents, awnings, regalia, carpets, furniture, bedding, pillow-covers, loose covers, mattress-covers, draperies, casket furnishings, factory-made millinery, knitted goods, blankets, machine-made cigars, pulp and paper-mill products, artificial flowers, lamp-shades, flags and other decorations, worsted-mill products, baskets, wreaths, and other floral pieces, pianos, optical goods, aeroplanes, toyB and novelties, rayon products, stockings and lingerie (including repair of same), and dipped chocolates Whether on a time-work or piece-work basis. Not less than— $8.00 a week for the first four months of employment. 10.00 a week for the second four months of employment. 12.00 a week for the third four months of employment. 14.00 a week thereafter. Hours per week, 48. Inexperienced Employees—Section 5. Includes bookbinding, embossing, engraving, printing, dress-making, men's and women's tailoring, taxidermy, and the manufacture of ready-to-wear suits, jewellery, furs, leather goods, hand-made cigars, and hand-made millinery Whether on a time-work or piece-work basis. Not less than— $7.00 a week for the first six months of employment. 10.00 a week for the second six months of employment. 13.00 a week for the third six months of employment. 14.00 a week thereafter. Hours per week, 48. Note.—Licences required for inexperienced employees 18 years of age or over. MERCANTILE (MALE). Order No. 59, Effective October 20th, 1938. (Superseding Order No. 38.) Includes all establishments operated for the purpose of wholesale and (or) retail trade. Experienced Employees. Rate. Hours. $15.00 per week 40c. per hour $1.60 per day 37% to 48 hours per week. If less than 37% hours. Minimum rate per day — — Males under Twenty-one (21) Years op Aoe. Minimum Rates for Beginners under Seventeen (17) Years of Age 87% to 48 Hours per Week. Age. Less than 37% Hours per Week. (4.) (I.) $6.00 per week.. 7.50 per week- 9.00 per week.. 11.00 per week- 13.00 per week.. 15.00 per week . Under 17 years 17 and under 18 18 and under 19 19 and under 20 20 and under 21 Thereafter E 62 DEPARTMENT OP LABOUR. Beginners and those recommencing. Eighteen (18) Years and under Twenty-one (21). to whom Permits have been issued by the Board, under Section 6 of the " Male Minimum Wage Act." 37% to 48 Hours per Week. Age. Less than 37% Hours per Week. Hourly Rate. Daily Minimum. (4.) (2.) $8.00 per week, 1st 12 months .. 10.00 per week, 2nd 12 months.. 13.00 per week, 3rd 12 months... 18 to 21 18 to 21 18 to 21 Thereafter rates as shown in (2) or (3). 20c. 26c. 35c. 80c. $1.00 1.40 Casual Employment. Hourly Rate. Daily Minimum. Male persons 18 and under 21 years of age, whose work does not exceed five (5) days in any one calendar month, may be employed without permit at 30c. $1.20 Males Twenty-one (21) Years and under Twenty-four (24). Inexperienced and partly inexperienced, to whom Permits have been granted, under Section of the " Male Minimum Wage Act.'* 37% to 48 Hours per Week. Age. Less than 37% Hours per Week. Hourly Rate. Daily Minimum. $9.00 per week, 1st 6 months..— 11.00 per week, 2nd 6 months 13.00 per week, 3rd 6 months Thereafter the rates as shown in (2) or (3). 21 and under 24 21 and under 24 21 and under 24 25c. 30c. 35c. $1.00 1.20 1.40 Note.— (a.) Bicycle-riders and foot-messengers, employed in wholesale and (or) retail establishments, shall be paid at the rates shown in the above Order, and are deleted from the Transportation Order No. 26. (6.) Employees must be paid at least semi-monthly. (c.) Employees shall be given rest period of 24 consecutive hours in every seven days. {d.) Where uniforms are required these are to be furnished without cost to employee, except by arrangement approved by the Board of Industrial Relations. MERCANTILE (FEMALE). Order No. 24, Effective July 1st, 1935. (Superseding Order dated September 28th, 1927.) Includes all establishments operated for the purpose of wholesale and (or) retail trade. Rate. Hours per Week. Experienced employees 18 years of age or over.. Experienced employees 18 years of age or over.. Minimum, 18 years of age or over $12.75 a week. 35c. per hour. $1.40 per day. 40 to 48 If less than 40 hours per week. Inexperienced Employees under 18 Years of Age. 40 to 48 Hours per Week. Less than 40 Hours per Week. $7.50 a week for 1st 3 months. 20c. per hour during 1st 3 months. 8.00 a week for 2nd 3 months. 21c. per hour during 2nd 3 months. 8.50 a week for 3rd 3 months. 23c. per hour during 3rd 3 months. 9.00 a week for 4th 3 months. 25c. per hour during 4th 3 months. 9.50 a week for 5th 3 months. 26c. per hour during 5th 3 months. 10.00 a week for 6th 3 months. 27c. per hour during 6th 3 months. 10.50 a week for 7th 3 months. 29c. per hour during 7th 3 months. 11.00 a week until age of 18 years is reached. 30c. per hour until age of 18 years is reached. Minimum, $1.00 per day. REPORT OF DEPUTY MINISTER, 1940. E 63 Inexperienced Employees 18 Years of Age or over. 40 to 48 Hours per Week. Less than 40 Hours per Week. $9.00 a week 1st 3 months. 10.00 a week 2nd 3 months. 11.00 a week 3rd 3 months. 12.00 a week 4th 3 months. 12.75 a week thereafter. 25c. per hour 1st 3 months. 27c. per hour 2nd 3 months. 30c. per hour 3rd 3 months. 35c. per hour 4th 3 months. Minimum, $1.25 per day. Note.— (a.) Licences must be obtained for inexperienced employees 18 years of age or over at above rates. (b.) Maximum working-hours, 48 per week. OFFICE OCCUPATION (FEMALE). Order No. 34, Effective January 30th, 1936. (Superseding Order No. J,.) Includes the work of females employed as stenographers, book-keepers, typists, billing clerks, filing clerks, cashiers, cash-girls (not included in other orders), checkers, invoicers, comptometer operators, auditors, attendants in physicians' offices, dentists' offices, and other offices, and all kinds of clerical help. Experienced Employees 18 Years of Age or over. 37% to 48 Hours per Week. Less than 37% Hours per Week. $15.00 per week. 40c. per hour. Minimum, $1.60 per day. Inexperienced Employees 18 Years of Age or over. (Licence required in this Glass.) 37% to 48 Hours per Week. Less than 37% Hours per Week. $11.00 a week for 1st 3 months. 12.00 a week for 2nd 3 months. 13.00 a week for 3rd 3 months. 14.00 a week for 4th 3 months. 15.00 a week thereafter. 30c. per hour for 1st 3 months. 32^c. per hour for 2nd 3 months. 35c- per hour for 3rd 3 months. 37*4c. per hour for 4th 3 months. 40c. per hour thereafter. Minimum in any one day must equal four hours' pay. Inexperienced Employees under 18 Years op Age. 37*4 to 48 Hours per Week. Less than 37^ Hours per Week. $11.00 a week for 1st 6 months. 30c. per hour for 1st 6 months. 12.00 a week for 2nd 6 months. 32%c. per hour for 2nd 6 months. 13.00 a week for 3rd 6 months. 35c. per hour for 3rd 6 months. 14.00 a week for 4th 6 months or until ZT%c. per hour for 4th 6 months or until employee reaches age of 18 years. employee reaches age of 18 years. 15.00 a week thereafter. 40c. per hour thereafter. Minimum in any one day must equal four hours* pay. Note.—Office employees are not allowed to exceed eight hours per day without a permit. E 64 DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR. PAINTING, DECORATING, AND PAPER-HANGING. Order No. 71, Effective June 1st, 1940. " Painting, decorating, and paper-hanging " means all work usually done by painters, decorators, and paper-hangers in connection with the construction, erection, alteration, remodelling, or renovation of any building or structure, or any part thereof. Area. City of Vancouver, including Point Grey, City of New Westminster, District of Burnaby, Municipality of the District of West Vancouver, City of North Vancouver, District of North Vancouver .". - Rate per Hour. 75c. Note.— (a.) This Order does not apply to indentured apprentices pursuant to the "Apprenticeship Act." (6.) Does not apply to those permanently employed at maintenance-work in industrial or manufacturing establishments, public and private buildings. (c.) All wages must be paid semi-monthly. PAINTING, DECORATING, AND PAPER-HANGING. Order No. 75, Effective June 2nd, 1941. " Painting, decorating, and paper-hanging " means all work usually done by painters, decorators, and paper-hangers in connection with the construction, erection, alteration, remodelling, or renovation of any building or structure, or any part thereof. Rate per Hour. Land Districts of Victoria, Lake, North Saanich, South Saanich, Esquimalt, Highland, Metchosin, Goldstream, Sooke, Otter, Malahat, and Renfrew _ ... Note.— (a.) This Order does not apply to indentured apprentices pursuant to the "Apprenticeship Act." (o.) Does not apply to those permanently employed at maintenance-work in industrial or manufacturing establishments, public and private buildings. (c.) All wages must be paid semi-monthly. PATROLMEN (MALE). Order No. 69, Effective February 5th, 1940. " Private patrol agency " means every person who by contract or agreement undertakes to watch or patrol the premises of more than one person for the purpose of guarding or protecting persons or property against robbery, theft, burglary, or other hazards. " Patrolman " means an employee (not covered by any other Order of the Board) employed by a private patrol agency. Hourly rate 35c. Note.— (a.) Wages must be paid semi-monthly. (b.) Employees must be given rest period of 24 consecutive hours in every seven days. (c.) Where uniforms are required, these are to be furnished without cost to the employee, except by arrangement approved by the Board of Industrial Relations. PERSONAL SERVICE OCCUPATION (FEMALE). Order No. 27, Effective September 5th, 1935. (Superseding, in part, Personal Service Order.) This includes the work of females employed in manicuring; hairdressing; barbering; massaging; physiotherapy; giving of electrical, facial, scalp, or other treatments; removal of superfluous hair; chiropody; or other work of like nature. Experienced employees 18 years of age or over Experienced employees 18 years of age or over Minimum _ Hours per Week. 40 to 44 Less than 40 hours per week. REPORT OF DEPUTY MINISTER, 1940. E 65 Inexperienced Employees under 18 Years of Age. 40 to 44 Hours per Week. Less than 40 Hours per Week. $10.00 a week for 1st 6 months. 11.00 a week for 2nd 6 months. 12.00 a week for 3rd 6 months. 13.00 a week for 4th 6 months, or until employee reaches age of 18 years. 14.25 a week thereafter. 27c. per hour during 1st 6 months. 29c. per hour during 2nd 6 months. 32c. per hour during 3rd 6 months. 35c. per hour during 4th 6 months, or until employee reaches age of 18 years. 37%c. per hour thereafter. Minimum, $1.25 per day.' Inexperienced Employees 18 Years of Age or over. 40 to 44 Hours per Week. Less than 40 Hours per Week. $10.00 a week for 1st 3 months. 11.00 a week for 2nd 3 months. 12.00 a week for 3rd 3 months. 13.00 a week for 4th 3 months. 14.25 a week thereafter. 27c. per hour during 1st 3 months. 29c. per hour during 2nd 3 months. 32c. per hour during 3rd 3 months. 35c. per hour during 4th 3 months. 87%c. per hour thereafter. Minimum, $1.25 per day. Licences required for inexperienced employees 18 years of age or over. Note.— (a.) Employees waiting on call to be paid according to rates to which they are entitled as set out above. (6.) 44-hour week and one-half hour for lunch between 11 a.m. and 2.30 p.m. (See 27A.) (c.) Where special article of wearing-apparel of distinctive design, trimming, colour, or fabric is required, it shall be furnished, laundered, and repaired free of cost to the employee. (See 27b.) PERSONAL SERVICE OCCUPATION (FEMALE). Order No. 27a, Effective March 30th, 1939. (Amending Order No. 27.) The above Order reduces the weekly hours to forty-four (44) and not more than nine (9) hours in any one day. Also provides for one-half (%) hour free from duty between the hours of eleven (11) a.m. and two-thirty (2.30) p.m. PERSONAL SERVICE OCCUPATION (FEMALE). Order No. 27b, Effective May 1st, 1940. The above Order requires that where a distinctive uniform of special design, trimming, colour, or fabric is required, it shall be furnished, laundered, and repaired free of cost to the employee. PERSONAL SERVICE OCCUPATION (FEMALE). Order No. 27d, Effective March 13th, 1941. Adds physiotherapy to the definition of Order No. 27. PUBLIC PLACES OF AMUSEMENT (FEMALE). Order No. 67, Effective September 11th, 1939. (Superseding Personal Service Order.) " Public place of amusement" includes theatres, music-halls, concert-rooms, lecture-halls, shooting- galleries, bowling-alleys, swimming-pools, bathing-pavilions, and other similar places to which a charge for admission or service is made to the public. Female attendant (of any age) _ 40 to 48 Hours per Week. $14.25 Less than 40 Hours per Week. 35c. per hour. 2 Hours or Less in any One Day. Note.— (a.) Employees on call, 35c. per hour. (6.) Where uniforms or special articles of wearing-apparel are required they shall be furnished, laundered, cleaned, etc., free of cost to the attendant. (c.) Cashiers are still covered by Office Order No. 34. 5 repaired. E 66 DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR. SAWMILLS (MALE). Order No. 50, Effective August 16th, 1937. Order No. 50a, Effective July 20th, 1939. (Superseding Order No. 2, Order No. li, and Order No. 36.) Includes all operations in or incidental to the carrying-on of sawmills and planing-mills. Hourly Rate. Weekly Hours. 40c. 30c. $2.75 per day 48 48 Note.— (a.) Certain exemptions under "Hours of Work Act." (See regulations.) (6.) For engineers see Engineer Order. (c.) For truck-drivers see Transportation Order. (d.) 90 per cent, of all employees not less than 40 cents per hour. SHINGLE-MILLS (MALE). Order No. 62 (1941), Effective June 16th, 1941. (Superseding Order No. 62 and Order No. 16.) " Shingle industry " means all operations in or incidental to the manufacture of shingles. " Square " means a roofing square of four bundles, understood and accepted as a standard by the industry, and according to specification N.R.C 5—1936, issued by the National Research Council of Canada. Guaranteed Hourly Rate. Sawyers— No. 1 shingles Lower in grade than No. 1 shingles Packers, all grades _ Other employees not included in any other Order of the Board Note.—Employees packing or sawing shingles on any other basis than by the square, shall be paid on the same proportionate basis. SHIP-BUILDING INDUSTRY (MALE). Order No. 20 (1940), Effective October 10th, 1940. (Superseding Order No. 20.) Includes all operations in the construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, demolition, painting, and cleaning of hulls, putting on or taking off the ways, or dry-docking, of any ship, boat, barge, or scow. Occupation. Ship-carpenter, shipwright, joiner, boat-builder or wood-caulker.. All other employees - - Employees under 21, not more than 10 per cent, of total male employees in plant may be employed at not less than. „ Weekly Hours. 48 48 48 Note.—This order does not apply to indentured apprentices pursuant to the " Apprenticeship Act." TAXICAB DRIVERS (MALE). Order No. 33 (1940), Effective October 10th, 1940. (Superseding Order No. S3, Order No. 83A, and Order No. 33B.) Includes an employee in charge of or driving a motor-vehicle with seating accommodation for seven passengers or less than seven passengers, used for the conveyance of the public and which is driven or operated for hire. Area. Vancouver.. Drivers. Daily Rate. All ages. $2.75 Working-hours. 9 per day. 54 per week. Note.— (a.) If uniform or special article of wearing-apparel is demanded by employer, it must be without cost to the employee except by arrangement approved by Board of Industrial Relations. (6.) Wages shall be paid as often as semi-monthly. REPORT OF DEPUTY MINISTER, 1940. E 67 TAXICAB DRIVERS (MALE). Order No. 60, Effective November 17th, 1938. Includes an employee in charge of or driving a motor-vehicle with seating accommodation for seven passengers or less than seven passengers, used for the conveyance of the public and which is driven or operated for hire. Area. Drivers. Daily Rate. Less than 10 Hours per Day. Daily Minimum. Working- hours. Victoria, Esquimalt, Oak Bay, Saanich All ages. $3.00 35c. per hour. $1.40 per day. 10 per day. NOTE.— (a.) Permits shall be obtained from the Board before drivers whose days consist of less than 10 hours can be paid 35c. per hour. (6.) Every hour in excess of 10 in any one day shall be at the rate of 45c. per hour. (c.) Drivers must be paid at least semi-monthly. (d.) Drivers shall be given rest period of 24 consecutive hours in every seven days. (e.) Where uniforms are required these are to be furnished without cost to employee, except by arrangement approved by the Board of Industrial Relations. TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH OCCUPATION (FEMALE). Effective April 5th, 1920. This includes the work of all persons employed in connection with the various instruments, switchboards, and other mechanical appliances used in connection with telephony and telegraphy, and shall also include the work of all persons employed in the business or industry of the operation of telephone or telegraph systems who are not governed by any other Order of the Board. Experienced Workers. Inexperienced Workers. Weekly Hours. $15.00 per week. 31}ic. per hour. $11.00 per week for 1st 3 months. 12.00 per week for 2nd 3 months. 13.00 per week for 3rd 3 months. Licences required for inexperienced employees 18 years of age or over. 48 48 48 In case of emergency, 56 hours. Note.— (a.) Time and one-half is payable for hours in excess of 48. (fe.) Every employee must have one full day off duty in every week. (c.) Where telephone and telegraph employees are customarily on duty between the hours of 10 p.m. and 8 a.m., 10 hours on duty shall be construed as the equivalent of 8 hours of work in computing the number of hours of employment a week. (d.) In cases where employees reside on the employers' premises, the employer shall not be prevented from making an arrangement with such employee to answer emergency calls between the hours of 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY (MALE). Order No. 26 (1940), Effective October 10th, 1940. Order No. 26a (1940), Effective November 28th, 1940. (Superseding Order No. 26.) Includes all operations in or incidental to the carrying or transporting for reward, by any means whatever, other than by rail, water, or air, any goods, wares, merchandise, article, articles, or material the property of persons other than the carrier, and the carrying or delivering of goods, wares, merchandise, article, articles, or material by or on behalf of any manufacturer, jobber, private or public owner, or by or on behalf of any wholesale, retail, private, or public vendor thereof, or dealer therein, and the carrying or delivering to or collecting from any other carrier of goods by rail, water, air, or road transport for the purpose of being further transported to some destination other than the place at which such aforementioned carriage or delivery terminates. Weekly Hours. Weekly Hours. Weekly Hours. (1.) Operators of motor-vehicles of 2,000 lb. net weight or over, as specified on the motor- vehicle licence, exclusive of those specified in section 7 hereof Less than 40 45 c. 40 and not more than 50 40c. In excess of 60 and not more than 54 60c. E 68 DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR. TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY (MALE)— Continued. Weekly Hours. Weekly Hours. Weekly Hours. (2.) Operators of motor-vehicles of less than 2.00-01 lb. net weight, as specified on the motor-vehicle licence, and operators of motor-cycles with wheeled attachments, exclusive of those specified in section 7 hereof Hourly rate _. (3.) Operators of motor-cycles with not more than two wheels and without wheeled attachment Hourly rate (4.) Bicycle-riders and foot-messengers employed exclusively on delivery or messenger work (e) Hourly rate (5.) Swampers and helpers- Hourly rate__ (6.) Drivers of horse-drawn vehicles other than those covered by section 7 hereof Hourly rate- (7.) Drivers of vehicles employed in the retail delivery of bread or in the retail delivery of milk Hourly rate, 40c. Less than 40 40c. Less than 40 30c. Less than 40 20c. Less than 40 40c. Less than 40 46c. 40 and not more than 50 35c. 40 and not more than 48 25c. 40 and not more than 48 17c. 40 and not more than 50 35c. 40 and not more than 50 40c. In excess of 50 and not more than 54 62% c. In excess of 50 and not more than 54 52 %c. In excess of 50 and not more than 54 60c. Note.— (a.) Where vehicle is provided by employee all reasonable costs while vehicle is in use on employer's behalf shall be in addition to above rates. (6.) Where uniforms are required these are to be furnished without cost to employee, except by arrangement approved by Board of Industrial Relations. (c.) Employees waiting on call to be paid at above rates. (d.) Milk-delivery men may work fifteen (15) hours in excess of 48 per week, provided not more than ten (10) hours is worked in any one day, nor more than three hundred and seventy-eight (378) hours over a period of seven (7) weeks. (e.) Bicycle-riders and foot-messengers in mercantile industry, see Order No. 59. (/.) Wages shall be paid as often as semi-monthly. WOOD-WORKING. Order No. 49, Effective August 16th, 1937. (Superseding Order No. 35 and Order No. 11.) Includes all operations in establishments operated for the purpose of manufacturing sash and doors, cabinets, show-cases, office and store fixtures, wood furniture, wood furnishings, veneer products, and general mill-work products. Class. Hourly Rate. Weekly Hours. Adult Males 18 to 21 years of age- Under 18 years 48 48 48 Note.—After November 14th, 1937, total male employees receiving less than 40 cents must not exceed 33% per cent, of all male employees. REPORT OP DEPUTY MINISTER, 1940. E 69 BOARD OP INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS The following is a complete list of all Orders now MINIMUM in effect, co WAGE ORDERS. tnpiled as at July 2nd, 1941. Serial No. Industry. Date of Order. Date Gazetted. Date effective. Minimum Wage Act. 41 17 42 55 70 70a 58 65 66 72 73 68 12(1940) 53 54 18 18a 18c 39(1940) 46 47 51 52 52b 52h 43 43a 44 44a 74 1(1940) 28 25 24 59 34 75 71 69 27 27a 27b 27d 67 50 50A 62 (1941) 20(1940) 33(1940)j 60 60a 26(1940) 26a (1940) 49 i Feb. 7/37 Nov. 1/34 April 5/37 March 10/38.... March 12/40.... June 21/40 Sept. 15/38 June 23/39 Aug. 16/39 May 14/40 May 14/40 Aug. 31/39 Nov. 26/40. Feb. 28/38 Feb. 28/38 Feb. 8/35 April 17/35 — May 14/37 Oct. 8/40... Feb. 11/37 Nov. 8/34 April 8/37 March 17/38 ... March 14/40.... June 27/40 Sept. 22/38 June 29/39 Aug. 17/39 May 16/40 May 16/40 Sept. 7/39 Nov. 28/40 March 3/38 March 3/38 Feb. 14/35 April 18/35 May 20/37 Oct. 10/40 Jan.15/20 July 8/37 July 8/37 Nov. 18/37 Feb. 10/38 May 19/38. May 29/41 May 20/37 Jan. 23/41 May 20/37 Jan. 23/41 Feb. 27/41 Oct. 10/40 Sept. 26/35 June 6/35 June 6/35 Oct. 20/38 .Jan.30/36 April 24/41 May 2/40 Feb. 11/37 Nov. 23/34 June 14/37 April 4/38 March 18/40... June 27/40 Nov. 7/38 Aug. 1/39 Aug. 21/39 May 27/40 May 27/40 Sept. 11/39 Nov. 28/40 March 3/38 March 3/38 March 1/35 April 18/35 June 1/37 Oct. 10/40 Feb. 28/20 July 12/37 July 12/37 Nov. 18/37 Feb. 14/38 May 19/38 June 14/41 to Sept. 13/41 June 1/37 Jan.23/41 June 1/37 Jan. 23/41 March 10/41.... Oct. 10/40 Sept. 26/35 July 1/35 July 1/35 Oct. 20/38 Jan. 30/36 June 2/41 June 1/40 ... Male and female. Male. Male. Male. Male. Male. Male. Male. Male. Male. Male. Male. Male. Female. Male. Male. Male. Male. Male. Female. Female. Male. Male. Female. Female. Female. Male. Male. Female. Female. Female. Male. Male. Female. Female. Male. Female. Male. Male. Male. Female. Female. Female. Female. Female. Male. Male. Male. Male. Male. Male. Male. Female. Male. Male. Male. Bus-drivers (Vancouver Island and Salt- spring Island) Bus-drivers (Vancouver Island and Salt- spring Island) Carpentry (Vancouver and District) j Engineers, Stationary Steam , July 2/37 July 2/37 Nov. 17/37 Feb. 8/38. May 18/38 May 27/41 May 14/37 Jan. 21/41 May 14/37 Jan.21/41 Feb. 25/41 Oct. 8/40 Sept. 25/35 Mar. 29/35 Mar. 29/35 Oct. 12/38 Jan. 24/36 April 22/41. April 26/40 Jan. 19/40 Aug. 29/35 March 23/39... April 23/40 _ March 11/41— Aug. 31/39 Aug. 3/37 July 18/39 June 4/41 Oct. 8/40. Oct. 8/40 Nov. 15/38 Oct. 8/40 Janitor __ Logging and Sawmills (Cost of Board, Office Occupation _— Painters, Decorators, and Paperhangers - Painters, Decorators, and Paperhangers— Jan. 25/40 Sept. 5/35 April 6/39 April 25/40 March 13/41.... Sept. 7/39 Aug. 5/37 July 20/39 June 5/41. Oct. 10/40 Oct. 10/40 Nov. 17/38 Oct. 10/40 Mar. 4/20 Oct. 10/40 Nov. 28/40 Aug. 5/37 Sept. 5/35 April 6/39 May 1/40 March 13/41.... Sept. 11/39 Aug. 16/37 July 20/39 June 16/41 Oct. 10/40 Oct. 10/40 Nov. 17/38 Oct. 10/40 April 5/20 Oct. 10/40 Nov. 28/40 Aug. 16/37 Sawmills Ship-building— _ Taxicab-drivers (Victoria and Vicinity).. Taxicab-drivers (Victoria and Vicinity).. Transportation Transportation Oct. 8/40__ . Nov. 26/40 Aug. 3/37. E 70 DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR. BOARD OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS MINIMUM WAGE ORDERS. The following Orders have been cancelled by amending Orders compiled as at July 2nd, 1941. Serial No. Industry. Date of Order. Date Gazetted. Date effective. Minimum Wage Act. Date cancelled. 7 37 31 40 61 45 12 12a 12b 45a 48 18a 19 32 39 3 3a 21 21A 21B 21c 22 22a 22B 22C 46a 46b 46C 46d 63 47a 47B 47c 47d 52a 52c 5 2d 52e 52f 52g Bartering Box-manufacture- Box-manufacture Bus-drivers (Victoria and District) Carpentry Christmas-trees.. Construction Construction.. Construction.. Construction- Construction (Cancelling 45) — Construction— Engineers, Stationary Steam- Elevator Operators Elevator Operators First-aid Attendants.. Fruit and Vegetable- Fruit and Vegetable- Fruit and Vegetable- Fruit and Vegetable (Emergency) Fruit and Vegetable Fruit and Vegetable _ Fruit and Vegetable Fruit and Vegetable (Emergency) Fruit and Vegetable Fruit and Vegetable Fruit and Vegetable. Fruit and Vegetable.. Fruit and Vegetable (Temporary Emergency) Fruit and Vegetable Fruit and Vegetable Canning- Fruit and Vegetable — Fruit and Vegetable- Fruit and Vegetable (Temporary Emergency) Fruit and Vegetable Fruit and Vegetable Canning Hotel and Hotels) Hotel and Hotels) Hotel and Hotels) Hotel and Hotels) Hotel and Hotels) Hotel and Hotels) Catering Catering Catering Catering Catering Catering (Resort (Resort (Resort (Resort (Resort (Resort July 12/34.... July 12/34.... March 23/36 Oct. 15/35 Dec. 1/36— Nov. 18/38... June 14/37... Sept. 28/34... Feb. 28/38.... July 18/39— July 2/37. July 29/37.... April 17/35.. Feb. 8/35 Nov. 26/35... June 26/36... May 2/34. June 12/34... April 16/35__ Dec. 2/35 July 21/36.... Aug. 26/36- April 16/35.. Dec. 2/35 July 21/36 - Aug. 26/36... Sept. 1/37— Sept. 15/37.. March 4/38- Aug. 12/38... May 23/39— Sept. 1/37.... Sept. 15/37- March 4/38- Aug. 12/38... May 23/39... April 6/38— Aug. 22/38... June 14/39... Nov. 8/39— June 11/40... Sept. 24/40... July 19/34... July 19/34 March 26/36. Oct. 17/35 Dec. 3/36 Nov. 24/38 .... June 17/37- Oct. 4/34.— March 3/38... July 20/39— July 8/37 July 29/37 April 18/35.. Feb. 14/35— Nov. 28/35— July 2/36 — May 3/34— June 14/34- April 18/35. Dec. 5/35— July 23/36— Sept. 3/36 April 18/35.. Dec. 5/35 July 23/36.... Sept. 3/36 Sept. 2/37 Sept. 16/37... March 10/38 Aug. 18/38... May 25/39— Sept. 2/37-- Sept. 16/37... March 10/38 Aug. 18/38- May 25/39— April 7/38— Aug. 25/38- June 15/39- Nov. 9/39 June 14/40... Sept. 26/40 .. Aug. 3/34 Aug. 3/34 April 1/36 Oct. 28/35 Feb. 1/37 Nov. 24/38 July 5/37 Oct. 19/34 March 3/38 July 20/39 July 8/37— July 29/37 April 18/35 March 1/35 Nov. 28/35. Aug. 1/36 May 18/34 June 29/34— April 18/35—. Dec. 5/35 July 23/36 Sept. 3/36 April 18/35 — Dec. 5/35 — July 23/36 Sept. 3/36. Sept. 2/37 to Sept. 15/37 Sept. 16/37 to Sept. 30/37 Mar. 10/38 to May 7/38 Aug.l2/38to Oct. 1/38 June 1/39 to Dec. 31/39 Sept. 2/37 to Sept. 15/37 Sept. 16/37 to Sept. 30/37 Mar. 10/38 to May 7/38 Aug. 12/38 to Oct. 1/38 June 1/39 to Dec. 31/39 June 15/38 to Sept. 15/38 Sept. 16/38— June 15/39 to Sept. 15/39 Nov. 9/39 to June 12/40 June 17/40 to Sept. 14/40 Sept. 26/40 to June 13/41 Male Male Male Male Male Male Male- Male Male Male Male— Male Male.- Male Male Male Female- Female. Female. Female- Female. Female. Male Male Male Male Female- Female Female. Female Female Male- Male—. Male — Male Male—- Female- Female Female Female- Female Female June 14/37 April 1/36 April 4/38 March 17/40 Aug. 20/39 Dec. 31/38 July 8/37 Nov. 28/40 Nov. 28/40 Nov. 28/40 July 29/37 Nov. 28/40 June 1/37 Nov. 26/35 March 3/38 Oct. 10/40 April 18/35 April 18/35 July 12/37 March 31/36 July 12/37 July 12/37 July 12/37 March 31/36 July 12/37 July 12/37 Sept. 1B/3T Sept. 30/37 May 7/38 Oct. 1/38 Dec. 31/39 Sept. 15/37 Sept. 30/37 May 7/38 Oct. 1/38 Dec. 31/39 Sept. 15/38 June 15/39 Sept. 16/39 June 13/40 Sept. 15/40 June 14/41 REPORT OF DEPUTY MINISTER, 1940. E 71 Board of Industrial Relations Minimum WAGE Orders—Continued. Serial Industry. Date of Date Date Minimum Date No. Order. Gazetted. effective. Wage Act. cancelled. 23 April 17/35— April 18/35 April 18/35 May 31/37 23a Sept. 25/35. Oct. 3/35 Oct. 3/35 May 31/37 5a Janitresses (Public Housekeep- Nov. 9/34 Nov. 15/34 Nov. 30/34 Female April 18/35 5b Janitresses (Public Housekeep- April 17/35 April 18/35 April 18/35 Female Oct. 3/35 29 Janitresses Sept. 26/35 Oct. 3/35 Oct. 3/35 Female May 31/37 Laundry, Cleaning and Dyeing- Feb. 17/19 March 31/19— Female. March 10/41 1 Logging.. April 17/34 April 12/43 __. April 27/34 .... Male _ Oct. 9/40 1A Logging Nov. 9/34 Nov. 15/34 — Nov. 30/34 ... Male Oct. 9/40 lc Logging (Skeena and Khyex Rivers) Jan.24/36 Jan. 30/36 Jan. 30/36 Male— March 24/38 9 July 12/34 July 19/34 Aug. 3/34 Male Oct. 19/34 13 Logging (East of Cascade Mountains) Sept. 28/34 Oct. 4/34 Oct. 19/34 Male _ — March 24/38 13a Logging (Skeena and Khyex Rivers) Jan. 24/36. Jan. 30/36 Jan.30/36 Male March 24/38 15 Sept. 28/34 Oct. 4/34 Oct. 19/34 Male — Oct. 4/34 10 Mercantile July 24/34 July 26/34 Aug. 10/34 Male ■_. July 20/36 10 Mercantile (Supplementary, 1934) Nov. 9/34 Nov. 15/34 Dec. 1/34 Male Dec. 31/34 10 Mercantile (Supplementary, 1935) Nov. 26/35 Nov. 28/35 Nov. 28/35 Male — Dec. 31/35 10a Mercantile (Christmas Cards, 1935) Oct. 15/35 Oct. 17/35 Oct. 17/35 Male Dec. 31/35 24 Mercantile (Supplementary, 1935) Nov. 26/35 Nov. 28/35 Nov. 28/35 Female Dec. 31/35 24 Mercantile (Supplementary, 1936) Dee. 1/36 Dec. 3/36 Dec. 3/36 Female Jan.3/37 24 Mercantile (Supplementary, 1937) Nov. 17/37 Nov. 25/37 Dec. 1/37 to Dec. 31/37 Female - - Dec. 31/37 24a Mercantile (Christmas Cards, 1935) Oct. 15/35 Oct. 17/35 Oct. 17/35 Female Dec. 31/35 24b Mercantile (Christmas Cards, 1936) Aug. 26/36 Sept. 3/36 Sept. 3/36 to Dec. 31/36 Female Dec. 31/36 24 Mercantile (Supplementary, 1938) Nov. 18/38 Nov. 24/38 Nov. 28/38 to Dec. 31/38 Female - Dec. 31/38 24 Mercantile (Supplementary, 1939) Dec. 4/39 Dec. 7/39 Dec. 7/39 to Dec. 31/39 Female Dec. 31/39 24 Mercantile (Supplementary, 1940) Nov. 12/40 Nov. 14/40. Nov. 14/40 to Dec. 31/40 Female Dec. 31/40 38 June 26/36 - July 2/36 Dec. 3/36 July 20/36. Dec. 3/36 Male Oct. 20/38 Jan. 3/37 38 Mercantile (Supplementary, Dec. 1/36 Male __ 1936) 38 Mercantile (Supplementary, 1937) Nov. 17/37 Nov. 25/37 Dec. 1/37 to Dec. 31/37 Male _ Dec. 31/37 38a Mercantile (Christmas Cards, 1936) Aug. 31/36 Sept. 3/36 Sept. 3/36 to Dec. 31/36 Male — Dec. 31/36 38b I Mercantile - Aug. 26/36 Sept. 3/36 _ . Sept. 3/36 — Male June 15/39 59 Mercantile (Supplementary, 1938) Nov. 18/38 Nov. 24/38 Nov. 28/38 to Dec. 31/38 Male — Dec. 31/38 59 Mercantile (Supplementary, 1939) Dec. 4/39 Dec. 7/39 Dec. 7/39 to Dec. 31/39 Malp Dec. 31/39 59 Mercantile (Supplementary, 1940) Nov. 12/40 Nov. 14/40 Nov. 14/40 to Dec. 31/40 Male- Dec. 31/40 4 May 2/34 May 10/34 . .. May 25/34 Sept. 15/19 Dec. 19/35 Jan. 30/36 Sept. 11/39 Dec. 31/35 Aug. 14/19 Dec. 19/35. Female Female 27a Personal Service (Temporary)... Dec. 17/35 5 Public Housekeeping May 2/34 . May 10/34 Oct. 3/35 May 25/34 Oct. 3/35 Oct. 3/35 Feb. 14/38 Sept. 15/37 30 Sept. 26/35- . 30A April 2/37 April 8/37 June 15/37 to Sept. 15/37 E 72 DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR. Board of Industrial Relations Minimum Wage Orders—Continued. Serial No. Industry. 2 Sawmills —_ 14 Sawmills (East of Cascade Mountains) 36 Sawmills IB Shingle-bolts 16 Shingle-mills 62 Shingle-mills 20 | Ship-building _ 6 j Taxicab-drivers.. 33 J Taxicab-drivers . 33a j Taxicab-drivers.. 33b j Taxicab-drivers.. 2a I Tie-cutting 26 j Transportation.- 26a 26b 26c 11 35 Transportation- Transportation.. Transportation.. Wood-working.. Wood-working.. Date of Order. April 7/34 Sept. 28/34— March 23/36— Dec. 14/34 Nov. 1/34 March 23/39.... May 28/35 June 13/34 _. Jan. 24/36 Sept. 1/37 Aug. 30/38 May 2/34 June 19/35 June 26/36 Aug. 30/38 Oct. 19/38 Aug. 1/34 March 23/36.... Date Gazetted. April 12/34 — Oct. 4/34 March 26/36— Dec. 20/34 Nov. 8/34 March 30/39 _ May 30/35 June 14/34 —. Jan. 30/36 __ . Sept. 2/37. Sept. 1/38 May 3/34 June 30/35 July 2/36 Sept. 1/38 Oct. 20/38 Aug. 9/34 March 26/36 .. Date Effective. April 27/34 ... Oct. 19/34 — April 1/36 Jan. 4/35 Nov. 23/34 .... March 30/39 June 14/35 June 29/34 Jan. 30/36 — Sept. 12/37— Sept. 1/38 May 18/34 July 4/35 July 20/36 Sept. 1/38 Oct. 20/38 Aug. 24/34— April 1/36. Minimum Wage Act. Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Date cancelled. April 1/36 April 1/36 Aug. 16/37 Oct. 10/40 April 6/39 June 16/41 Oct. 9/40 Jan.30/36 Oct. 10/40 Oct. 10/40 Oct. 10/40 Sept. 30/34 Oct. 10/40 Oct. 20/38 Oct. 10/40 Oct. 10/40 April 1/36 Aug. 16/37 REPORT OF DEPUTY MINISTER, 1940. E 73 SUMMARY OF REGULATIONS MADE PURSUANT TO " HOURS OF WORK ACT." Province of British Columbia. " HOURS OF WORK ACT." BE IT KNOWN that, pursuant to and by virtue of the powers and authority vested in the Board of Industrial Relations by the " Hours of Work Act," the said Board has made the following regulations, namely:— Lumbering East of the Cascades. [1 (a) Consolidated for convenience only. See Regulation No. 26.] 1. (a.) Persons employed in sawmills, plan- ing-mills, shingle-mills, and logging industry, including all operations in or incidental to the carrying-on of logging; pole, tie, shingle-bolt, mining-prop, and pile cutting; and all operations in or incidental to driving, rafting, and booming of logs, poles, ties, shingle-bolts, mining-props, and piles, situate in that part of the Province lying east of the Cascade Mountains may work one hour per day in excess of the limit prescribed by section 3 of the Act, but the total hours worked in any week shall not exceed fifty-four (54). (6.) In the industrial undertakings referred to in clause (a) of this regulation, the limit of hours of work thereby fixed may be exceeded by one hour per day on five days of each week for the purpose of making a shorter work-day on one day of the week, but the total hours worked in any week shall not exceed fifty-four (54). (c.) In sawmills, planing-mills, and shingle- mills situate in that part of the Province lying east of the Cascade Mountains, and which are operated with a single shift of engineers, firemen, and oilers, the engineers, firemen, and oilers may work overtime to the extent of one and one-half hours per day, to cover preparatory and complementary work, in addition to the said fifty-four (54) hours per week set forth in clauses (a) and (b) of this regulation. Lumbering, Night Shift. 2. Persons employed in sawmills, planing- mills, and shingle-mills on night shifts may work a total of forty-eight (48) hours each week in five nights, in lieu of forty-eight (48) hours each week in six nights, but the number of hours worked in any night must not exceed ten (10). Logging. 3. Persons employed in:—■ (1.) The logging industry in:— (a.) Booming operations; or (&.) Transporting logs by logging- railway, motor-truck, flume, horse, or river-driving; or (c.) Transporting workmen or supplies for purposes of the said industry; (d.) Or in the operation and upkeep of donkey-engines: Fish-canning. (2.) Canning fish or manufacturing byproducts from fish, but not those engaged in salting fish; and in Cook and Bunk Houses. (3.) Cook and bunk houses in connection with any industrial undertaking,— are hereby exempted from the limits prescribed by section 3 of the said Act to the extent necessary to surmount extraordinary conditions which cannot reasonably be otherwise overcome. Engineers, Firemen, and Oilers. 4. In all industrial undertakings which use steam as a motive power and which are operated with a single shift of engineers, firemen, and oilers, the engineers, firemen, and oilers may work overtime to the extent of one and one-half hours per day to perform preparatory or complementary work, in addition to the maximum hours of work prescribed by section 3 of the Act. Shipping Staff. 5. Persons employed as members of the shipping staff in industrial undertakings where shipping operations are of an intermittent nature may work such hours in addition to the working-hours limited by section 3 of the said Act as (but only so many as) shall be necessary to surmount extraordinary conditions which cannot reasonably be otherwise overcome. In determining extraordinary conditions the decision of the Board shall be final, and where the Board is of the opinion that, under the provisions of this regulation, the working-hours limited by section 3 of the Act are being unduly exceeded, the Board shall, by written notification to the management, exclude the industrial undertaking from the provisions of this regulation for such period of time as the Board considers advisable. Emergency Repairs. 6. While engaged upon repair-work requiring immediate performance, persons employed in ship-yards, engineering-works, machine- shops, foundries, welding plants, sheet-metal works, belt-works, saw-works, and plants of a like nature may work such hours in addition to the working-hours limited by section 3 of the said Act as (but not more than) may be necessary to prevent serious loss to, or interruption in the operation of, the industrial undertaking for which the repairs are being made. Seasonal Boxes and Shooks. 7. Persons employed in the manufacture of wooden boxes or wooden containers for shipment or distribution of fish, fruit, or vegetables may work during the months of June, July, August, and September in each year such hours in excess of the limit prescribed by section 3 of the said Act as may from time to time be necessary to fill urgent orders. E 74 DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR. Seasonal Soft Drinks Delivery. Note.—Regulation 8 cancelled by 8a, February 13th, 1936. Laundries. NOTE.—Regulation 9 cancelled by 9a, September 26th, 1940. Seasonal Lithographing. 10. During the months of May, June, July, August, September, and October in each year persons employed in the lithographing industry may work such hours in excess of the hours prescribed by section 3 of the said Act as may from time to time be necessary to fill urgent orders. This exemption shall only apply when sufficient competent help is not available. Temporary Exemptions. 11. Temporary exceptions will be allowed by the Board by the granting of written temporary exemption permits limiting by their terms the extent thereof, but only upon being satisfied by application in writing, signed by the applicant or some one thereunto duly authorized, of the urgency and necessity for the exception, that it is of a temporary nature, and that no other means of adequately overcoming such temporary urgent condition is, or has been, reasonably available, and that the additional working-hours applied for will not be more than will suffice for the extra pressure of work requiring the same. Overtime Record. 12. Every employer shall keep a record in the manner required by subsection (1) of section 9 of the said Act of all additional hours worked in pursuance of section 6 of the said Act or in pursuance of any regulation. 12a. Every employer shall furnish the Board with a copy of his pay-roll, or record in such form prescribed by the Board, showing the hours worked and the nature of the work performed by his employees in respect of section 6 of the Act, or Regulations Nos. 6 and 11 of the Board, not later than fifteen (15) days after such hours have been worked. (Effective December 12th, 1940.) 13. Every employer shall notify, by means of the posting of notices in conspicuous places in the works or other suitable place, where the same may readily be seen by all persons employed by him, the hours at which work begins and ends, and, where work is carried on by shifts, the hours at which each shift begins and ends; also such rest intervals accorded during the period of work as are not reckoned as part of the working-hours; these hours shall be so fixed that the duration of the work shall not exceed the limits prescribed by the " Hours of Work Act, 1934," or by the regulations made thereunder, and when so notified they shall not be changed except upon twenty-four hours' notice of such change posted as hereinbefore specified, and in all cases of partial or temporary exemption granted by the Board of Industrial Relations under sections 11 and 12 of the Act or Regulation 11 above, a like notice of the change in working-hours shall be posted, which notice shall also state the grounds on which the exemption was granted. Made and given at Victoria, British Columbia, this 14th day of June, 1934. (Published in B.C. Gazette, June 14th, 1934. Effective June 14th, 1934.) REGULATION No. 14. OCCUPATION OF BARBERING. The occupation of barbering is hereby added to the Schedule of the said Act, the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council to such addition to the said Schedule having been obtained by Order in Council dated the 24th day of July, 1934. Made and given at Victoria, B.C., this 24th day of July, 1934. (Published in B.C. Gazette, August 2nd, 1934. Effective August 2nd, 1934.) REGULATION No. 15. Mercantile Industry. The mercantile industry is hereby added to the Schedule of the said Act, the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council to such addition to the said Schedule having been obtained by Order in Council dated the 7th day of August, 1934. Made and given at Victoria, B.C., this 9th day of August, 1934. (Published in B.C. Gazette, August 9th, 1934. Effective August 9th, 1934.) Regulations No. 15a, 15b, 15c, and 15d cancelled by REGULATION No. 15e. Mercantile Industry. Note.—Regulation 15e cancelled by 29, September 30th, 1939. Regulations No. 16, 16a, 16b, 16c, 16d, and 16e cancelled by REGULATION No. 16f. Mercantile Industry—Drug-stores. 1. Persons employed in drug-store's as registered apprentices, certified clerks, or licentiates of pharmacy may work not more than ninety- six (96) hours in any two (2) successive weeks, but in no case shall the hours of work of any such registered apprentice, certified clerk, or licentiate of pharmacy exceed fifty- two (52) hours in any one week, or nine (9) hours in any one day. 2. Regulation No. 16e of the Board made and given at Victoria, B.C., the 30th day of August, 1938, is hereby, cancelled. Made and given at Victoria, B.C., this 3rd day of April, 1939. (Published in B.C. Gazette, April 6th, 1939. Effective April 6th, 1939.) REPORT OF DEPUTY MINISTER, 1940. E 75 REGULATION No. 17. REGULATION No. 18a. Baking Industry. The baking industry, by which expression is meant all operations in or incidental to the manufacture and delivery of bread, biscuits, or cakes, is hereby added to the Schedule of the said Act, the approval of the Lieutenant- Governor in Council to such addition to the said Schedule having been obtained by Order in Council dated the 6th day of November, 1934. Made and given at Victoria, B.C., this 22nd day of November, 1934. (Published in B.C. Gazette, November 22nd, 1934. Effective November 22nd, 1934.) REGULATION No. 17a. Baking Industry. Employees employed in the baking industry as deliverymen may work six (6) hours per week in excess of the weekly limit prescribed by section 3 of the Act. Made and given at Victoria, B.C., this 22nd day of November, 1934. (Published in B.C. Gazette, November 22nd, 1934. Effective November 22nd, 1934.) REGULATION No. 18. Catering Industry. The catering industry, which includes all operations in or incidental to the preparation or to the serving, or to both preparation and serving, of meals or refreshments where the meals or refreshments are served or intended to be served in any hotel, restaurant, eating- house, dance-hall, cabaret, banquet-hall, cafeteria, tea-room, lunch-room, lunch-counter, icecream parlour, soda-fountain, or in any other place where food is served and a charge is made for the same either directly or indirectly, whether such charge is made against the persons who partake of the meals or refreshments or against some other person, is hereby added to the Schedule to the said Act, the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council to such addition to the said Schedule having been obtained by Order in Council dated the 9th day of November, 1934. This regulation shall come into force on the 1st day of December, 1934. Made and given at Vancouver, B.C., this 9th day of November, 1934. (Published in B.C. Gazette, November 15th, 1984. Effective December 1st, 1934.) Catering Industry. Employees in the catering industry, working on a split shift, are hereby exempt from the provisions of section 3 of the " Hours of Work Act Amendment Act, 1937," being chapter 30 of the Statutes of British Columbia, 1937, to the extent that their working-hours on a split shift shall be confined within fourteen (14) hours immediately following commencement of work; but this exception shall not be applicable unless every employee whose split shift extends over twelve (12) hours is paid at the rate of not less than one and one-half times his regular rate of pay for such portion of the split shift as is not confined within twelve (12) hours immediately following commencement of work. Made and given at Vancouver, B.C., this 5th day of May, 1938. (Published in B.C. Gazette, May 6th, 1938. Effective May 6th, 1938.) REGULATION No. 19. Retail Florists. Persons employed in the establishments of retail florists may work such hours in addition to the working-hours limited by section 3 of the said Act as (but only so many as) shall be necessary to surmount extraordinary conditions which cannot reasonably be otherwise overcome: Provided that the working-hours of such persons shall not exceed ninety-six (96) hours on the average in any two successive weeks. In determining extraordinary conditions the decision of the Board shall be final, and where the Board is of the opinion that, under the provisions of this regulation, the working- hours limited by section 3 of the Act are being unduly exceeded, the Board shall, by written notification to the management, exclude the employer's establishment from the provisions of this regulation for such period of time as the Board considers advisable. Made and given at Vancouver, B.C., this 9th day of November, 1934. (Published in B.C. Gazette, November 15th, 1934. Effective November 15th, 1934.) REGULATION No. 20. The Occupation of Elevator Operator. The occupation of elevator operator is hereby added to the Schedule to the said Act, the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council to such addition to the said Schedule having been obtained by Order in Council dated the 15th day of February, 1935. Made and given at Victoria, B.C., this 28th day of February, 1935. (Published in B.C. Gazette, February 28th, 1935. Effective February 28th, 1935.) . E 76 DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR. Regulations Nos. 21, 21b, 21c, 2lD, 21e, and 21f cancelled by REGULATION No. 21g. Fruit and Vegetable Industry. The fruit and vegetable industry, which includes all operations in or incidental to the canning, preserving, drying, packing, or otherwise adapting for sale or use any kind of fruit or vegetable, is hereby exempt from the operation of the said Acts up to and including the 31st day of March, 1940. Made and given at Victoria, B.C., this 8th day of April, 1941. (Published in B.C. Gazette, April 10th, 1941. Effective April 10th, 1941, to March 31st, 1942.) REGULATION No. 22. Transportation Industry. The transportation industry, which includes all operations in or incidental to the carrying or transporting for reward, by any means whatever, other than by rail, water, or air, any goods, wares, merchandise, article, articles, or material the property of persons other than the carrier, and the carrying or delivering of goods, wares, merchandise, article, articles, or material by or on behalf of any manufacturer, jobber, private or public owner, or by or on behalf of any wholesale, retail, private, or public vendor thereof, or dealer therein, and the carrying or delivering to or collecting from any other carrier of goods by rail, water, air, or road transport, for the purpose of being further transported to some destination other than the place at which such aforementioned carriage or delivery terminates, is hereby added to the Schedule to the said " Hours of Work Act, 1934," the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council to such addition to the said Schedule having been obtained by Order in Council dated the 14th day of June, 1935. Made and given at Victoria, B.C., this 19th day of June, 1935. (Published in B.C. Gazette, June 20th, 1935. Effective June 20th, 1935.) REGULATION No. 23. Transportation Industry. 1. That where used in this regulation the expression " transportation industry " includes all operations in or incidental to the carrying or transporting for reward, by any means whatever, other than by rail, water, or air, any goods, wares, merchandise, article, articles, or material the property of persons other than the carrier, and the carrying or delivering of goods, wares, merchandise, article, articles, or material by or on behalf of any manufacturer, jobber, private or public owner, or by or on behalf of any wholesale, retail, private, or public vendor thereof, or dealer therein, and the carrying or delivering to or collecting from any other carrier of goods by rail, water, air, or road transport, for the purpose of being further transported to some destination other than the place at which such aforementioned carriage or delivery terminates. 2. That employees in the transportation industry, other than those employed as (a) operators of motor-cycles, (6) bicycle-riders and foot-messengers employed exclusively on delivery or messenger work, and (c) drivers of vehicles employed in the retail delivery of milk, are hereby permitted to work six (6) hours per week in excess of the hours prescribed by section 3 of the said " Hours of Work Act, 1934," in accordance with the provisions of Order No. 26 of the said Board of Industrial Relations dated the 19th day of June, 1935, fixing minimum wages in the transportation industry: Provided that no such employee in the transportation industry shall work more than ten (10) hours in any one day. 3. That employees in the transportation industry employed as drivers of vehicles in the retail delivery of milk are hereby permitted to work fifteen (15) hours per week in excess of the hours prescribed by section 3 of the said "Hours of Work Act, 1934": Provided that over a period of seven (7) weeks no such employee shall work more than three hundred and seventy-eight (378) hours, nor more than ten (10) hours in any one day. Made and given at Victoria, B.C., this 19th day of June, 1935. (Published in B.C. Gazette, June 20th, 1935. Effective June 20th, 1935.) REGULATION No. 24. Occupation of Hotel Clerk. The occupation of hotel clerk, which includes the work of all persons engaged as room clerks (day or night), mail clerks, information clerks, cashiers, book-keepers, accountants, telephone operators, and any other persons employed in clerical work in hotels, is hereby added to the Schedule to the said " Hours of Work Act, 1934," the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council to such addition to the said Schedule having been obtained by Order in Council dated the 20th day of September, 1935. Made and given at Vancouver, British Columbia, this 25th day of September, 1935. (Published in B.C. Gazette, September 26th, 1935. Effective September 26th, 1935.) REPORT OF DEPUTY MINISTER, 1940. E 77 REGULATION No. 26. REGULATION No. 28b. 1. That Regulation No. 1 (a) of the Board, dated the 14th day of June, 1934, is hereby amended by striking out the word " and" before the word " shingle-mills," and inserting after the word " shingle-mills " the words " and logging industry, including all operations in or incidental to the carrying-on of logging; pole, tie, shingle-bolt, mining-prop, and pile cutting; and all operations in or incidental to driving, rafting, and booming of logs, poles, ties, shingle-bolts, mining-props, and piles." 2. That this regulation shall become effective on publication in The British Columbia Gazette on the 24th day of March, 1938. Made and given at Victoria, B.C., this 23rd day of March, 1938. REGULATION No. 28. Taxicab Industry. The taxicab industry, which includes the work of all employees in charge of or driving a motor-vehicle with seating capacity for seven (7) passengers or less than seven (7) passengers, used for the conveyance of the public, and which is driven or operated for hire, is hereby added as item No. 12 to the Schedule of the " Hours of Work Act," the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council to such addition to the said Schedule having been obtained by Order in Council dated the 3rd day of May, 1938. Made and given at Victoria, B.C., this 22nd day of August, 1938. REGULATION No. 28a. Taxicab Industry. Persons employed in the taxicab industry, which includes the work of all employees in charge of or driving a motor-vehicle with seating capacity for seven (7) passengers or less than seven (7) passengers, used for the conveyance of the public, and which is driven or operated for hire, may work six (6) hours per week in excess of the weekly limit prescribed by section 3 of the Act, but in no case shall the daily hours worked by any such employee in the taxicab industry exceed nine (9) in any one day. Made and given at Victoria, B.C., this 22nd day of August, 1938. Note.—The taxicab industry having been brought under the " Hours of Work Act," is now subject to the following provision of that Statute:— " The working-hours of employees working on a split shift shall be confined within twelve hours immediately following commencement of work." Taxicab Industry. 1. That where used in this regulation, the expression " taxicab industry " shall have the meaning as assigned to it in Regulation No. 28 of the Board, dated the 22nd day of August, 1938. 2. That persons employed in the taxicab industry in the City of Victoria, the Municipality of the Township of Esquimalt, the Municipality of the District of Oak Bay, and the Municipality of the District of Saanich, may work:— (a.) Two (2) hours per day in excess of the limit prescribed by section 3 of the " Hours of Work Act," provided that such ten (10) hours are confined within eleven (11) hours immediately following commencement of their work: (6.) In excess of the ten (10) hours permitted by clause (a) hereof, provided they are paid not less than the minimum rate for overtime—namely, forty- five cents (45c.) per hour—prescribed by section 5 of Order No. 60 of the Board, dated the 15th day of November, 1938. 3. Regulation No. 28a of the Board, made the 22nd day of August, 1938, is hereby varied accordingly. Made and given at Victoria, B.C., this 15th day of November, 1938. REGULATION No. 29. Mercantile Industry. Persons employed in the mercantile industry, which includes all establishments operated for the purpose of wholesale and (or) retail trade in the Province of British Columbia, with the exception of the City of Vancouver, the City of North Vancouver, Municipality of the District of West Vancouver, the Municipality of the District of Burnaby, the City of Victoria, the Municipality of the Township of Esquimalt, the Municipality of the District of Oak Bay, and the Municipality of the District of Saanich, may work three (3) hours per day in excess of the limit prescribed by section 3 of the said Act, on Saturday of each week and on the day preceding a statutory holiday, when such statutory holiday occurs on a Saturday, but the total hours worked in any one week shall not exceed forty-eight (48). Made and given at Victoria, B.C., this 8th day of November, 1939. COMPILED JULY 2nd, 1941. By BOARD OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS. Adam Bell, Chairman. Christopher John McDowell. Fraudena Eaton. James Thomson. J. A. Ward Bell. E 78 DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR. INDUSTRIAL CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION BRANCH. Head Office - Branch Office . Secretary-Registrar._ _ Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C. -Department of Labour, 789 Pender Street West, Vancouver, B.C. _ B. H. E. Goult. Victoria, B.C., May 31st, 1941. Adam Bell, Esq., Deputy Minister of Labour, Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C. Sir,—Submitted herewith is the third annual report of the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Branch for 1940. During the period ended December 31st, 1940, the Branch experienced its most active year since the passage of the " Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act " in 1937. Renewed evidence of the efficacy of the statute is found in the fact that despite the increased number of complaints received by the Branch and disputes handled by Conciliation Commissioners only one resulted in loss of time. Figures for loss of time in man working-days and the number of employees directly affected thereby are also small in comparison with other years, as the following table covering the period 1931 to 1940 shows. The greatest loss of time in 1940 was caused by the illegal strike of gold-miners at Pioneer, B.C., to which reference is made in the following pages. There was one strike reported during 1940. It affected sixty-two employees and caused a loss of 558 man working-days. The strike at Pioneer, B.C., which began early in October, 1939, and continued until March 6th, 1940, affected 142 employees and caused a loss of 7,952 man-days in the period beginning January 1st and ending March 6th, 1940. Thus, although only one strike is recorded as starting in 194-0, there was a carry-over from the previous year of employees affected and time lost in working-days. The record of industrial disputes in British Columbia since 1931 follows:— Number of Disputes, Number of Employees affected, and Time lost in Working-days, 1931-40.* Year. No. of Disputes. Employees affected. Time lost in Working-days. 1 4 11 16 16 23 17 14 11 11 204 822 837 1,188 5,741 7,321 4,427 2,397 4,136 2,322 8,510 13,803 8,236 30,022 75,311 140,706 73,977 25,760 37,740 79,310 1939 1938f - 1937 1936 . 1935 1934 — - - 1933 1932 — 1931 * The record of the Department includes lockouts as well as strikes. A lockout, or an industrial condition that is undeniably a lockout, is rarely encountered, and strikes and lockouts are therefore recorded together in the statistical tables. The term " dispute " is used in reference to either strike or lockout. Figures shown are inclusive of all disputes which have come to the attention of the Department. Methods taken to secure this information preclude the possibility of serious omission. Since it is not always possible to secure exact information concerning the duration of a dispute or the number of employees involved, revisions are sometimes made in the light of later information. Estimates of time lost are computed by multiplying the number of days a dispute lasts by the number of employees directly involved and not replaced. The number of employees indirectly affected are not included in the computations. f 1938 was the first calendar year in which the "Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act" became effective. An average of the number of disputes, employees affected, and working-days lost for the years 1931-37, as compared with the record of 1938, 1939, and 1940, the three years in which the " Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act" has been effective, shows the marked decrease in the latter period. REPORT OF DEPUTY MINISTER, 1940. E 79 Number of Disputes, Number of Employees affected, and Time lost in Working-days, 1938-40, as compared with Average for 1931-37. Year. No. of Strikes. Employees affected. Time lost in Working-days. 1940 1 4 11 15 204 822 837 3,933 8,510 1939 13,803 1938 - 8,236 1931-37 (average) 66,118 An analysis of disputes by industries reveals the fact that for the second successive year the greatest loss of time was recorded in the mining industry. The strike at Pioneer, B.C., as it has already been pointed out, did not commence during 1940, but lasted from October, 1939, to March, 1940. The figures shown in the following table, covering the loss of time in this dispute, are from January 1st to March 6th. Analysis of Disputes in British Columbia in 1940 by Various Industries. Industry; No. of Employers affected. No. of Employees affected. Time lost in Working-days. 1 1 142 62 7,952 558 Totals 2 204 8,510 A summary of disputes commencing in 1940 follows:— Summary of Disputes commencing in 1940. Industry or Occupation. Particulars. No. of Employees affected. Time lost in Working-days. Hotel waiters, Vancouver Commenced December 23rd, following the refusal of the management to enter into an agreement with the Hotel and Restaurant Employees Union, Local No. 28, covering Union recognition, increased wages, and certain changes in working conditions. Unterminated at December ' 31st, 1940 . _ 62 558 Totals 62 1 I. STRIKES, 1940. RESTAURANT EMPLOYEES, VANCOUVER. No. 1.—A full description of the circumstances leading to the strike of a number of waiters and bus-boys in a Vancouver hotel, which commenced December 23rd, may be found in the record of conciliation (No. 13) which appears hereunder. GOLD-MINERS, PIONEER. Details of the strike of the employees of a gold mine at this point, to which reference has previously been made, may be found in the annual report of the Department of Labour for 1939 (pages 83-84). MEDIATION, CONCILIATION, AND ARBITRATION. The task of conciliation continues to be amongst the most important work of the Indus- The statute makes provision for application to the trial Conciliation and Arbitration Branch. E 80 DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR. Minister of Labour for the services of a Conciliation Commissioner when a dispute exists and the disputant parties are unable to adjust it. On the other hand, the Minister may apprehend a dispute and appoint a Conciliation Commissioner on his own initiative. Complaints made by employers and employees are naturally not all applications for Conciliation Commissioners. In 1940 a total of fifty-six complaints was received by the Branch. Eight of these complaints were not within the scope of the Act. In four cases a dispute as denned by the Act did not exist. In two others, the disputants were subsequently able to come to an amicable agreement. Two complaints made in the form of applications for a Conciliation Commissioner were refused. Twenty-seven cases were referred to Conciliation Commissioners, however, and, of this number, nine were subsequently placed before Boards of Arbitration. Twelve cases were settled by the Commissioners and six were unterminated at the year's end. In four cases the work of the Conciliation officer resulted in agreements being signed, and in two instances a verbal agreement was found satisfactory by the employer and the employees concerned. Additionally, the efforts of departmental officials were successful in settling thirteen complaints. As a result of the findings of Boards of Arbitration (one of which involved seven employers), nine agreements were signed. Partial agreement was reached in three other cases. In one instance, applicants before a Board withdrew before the initial hearing took place. Disputes dealt with by Conciliation Commissioners constituted approximately one-half the complaints received by this Branch of the Department, and investigated and settled by its officers. The following table shows the disposition of complaints received during the year:— Disposition of Complaints received by the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Branch during 1940. Manner of Disposition. No. of Complaints. Application for Conciliation Commissioner refused 2 No dispute found to exist 4 *Not within scope of Act 8 Referred to Conciliation Commissioners 27 Settled through efforts of departmental officers 13 Settled by disputants 2 Total 56 * EXTENSION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE " INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES INVESTIGATION ACT." By authority of Privy Council Order No. 3495, passed November 7th, 1939, under the provisions of the " War Measures Act " (chapter 206, R.S.C. 1927), the " Industrial Disputes Investigation Act " is extended to cover all plants and undertakings where Imperial or Federal war contracts are being carried on, or to all plants and undertakings where such contracts are being carried on conjointly with private projects or contracts. Resultantly, if employers or employees so concerned make application to the Provincial authorities for the services of a Conciliation Commissioner under the provisions of the " Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act," the applicants have been requested to submit the matter to the Western Representative of the Federal Department of Labour in British Columbia. To avoid the possibility of confusion, applicants for the services of a Conciliation Commissioner under the Provincial statute are asked to sign a statement declaring that the employer concerned is not, to the best of their knowledge, engaged in any contract awarded by the Imperial or Federal Governments. Industrial disputes within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Parliament of Canada are dealt with under the " Industrial Disputes Investigation Act " as heretofore. All disputes within the jurisdiction of the Province of British Columbia, with the exceptions noted, are dealt with under the provisions of the " Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act." REPORT OF DEPUTY MINISTER, 1940. E 81 II. CONCILIATION, 1940. Twenty-seven Conciliation Commissions were authorized by the Minister in 1940. The record for the year follows:— 1 AND 2. MOTION-PICTURE PROJECTIONISTS, NEW WESTMINSTER. Projectionists in two New Westminster theatres were allegedly discharged January 1st, and their representatives in making application for the services of a Conciliation Commissioner declared that they were to be replaced with non-union operators. It was claimed that a dispute had arisen pursuant to section 2 (c), " Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act." A Conciliation Commissioner was appointed, and later reported that arrangements satisfactory to the disputants had been made for the employment of Union projectionists and a theatre representative on a pro rata basis until such time as business improved. Application was later made by the employees to withdraw from arbitration proceedings. 3. SAWMILL-WORKERS, PORT ALBERNI AREA. On January 29th, application was made by the logging employees of a sawmill in the Port Alberni area, who had asked their employer for an increase in wages of 50 cents per day per man. They also asked that all differences that arose between the men and the Company be negotiated by the management and representatives of the employees, and that a roof be placed over the vehicle used to transport the men to the woods. A Conciliation Commissioner was appointed the following day. He investigated the matters in dispute, and was able to report that the employer had agreed to an upward revision of wages and to the other requests made by the employees. 4. FIRE-FIGHTERS, SAANICH. Early in April, application was made by the Saanich firemen for the services of a Conciliation Commissioner. The men had requested an upward revision of wages, holidays with pay, and had asked that uniforms be provided them. A Conciliation Commissioner was appointed April 13th. Following a number of meetings which he arranged between the representatives of the men and municipal officials, it was arranged that uniforms should be provided and that an upward revision of wages would be considered, dependent upon the increased efficiency and co-operation of the firemen. The request for annual holidays with pay was refused. 5. BAKERY SALESMEN, VICTORIA. Following unsuccessful negotiations with a Victoria bakery over the signing of a proposed Union agreement covering wages and working conditions, representatives of the employees affected made application to the Minister of Labour for the appointment of a Conciliation Commissioner. This officer was appointed April 20th and, following careful investigation of the dispute, found there was little likelihood of bringing the disputants to a settlement. He therefore recommended that the matter be referred to arbitration, and a Board of Arbitration was thereafter constituted. (Details of the majority award of the Board may be found under " Boards of Arbitration, No. 2, 1940.") The employees unanimously accepted the award, August 9th, but the employer could not see his way clear to do so. 6. BAKERY AND CONFECTIONERY WORKERS, VICTORIA. When negotiations over the signing of a Union agreement covering wages and working conditions proved unsuccessful, representatives of the majority of the bakery and confectionery workers of a Victoria bakery made application to the Minister for the appointment of a Conciliation Commissioner. The commission was issued April 20th. Efforts of this officer to compose the dispute failed, however, and the matter was referred to a Board of Arbitration. (Details of the majority award of the Board may be found under " Boards of Arbitration, No. 3, 1940.") 6 E 82 DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR. The employees unanimously accepted the award, September 26th, but the Company informed the Department by letter, dated October 19th, that it could not see its way clear to accept the award. On December 4th, however, following further consideration, the employer agreed to accept the award, and made the recommended scale of wages retroactive. 7. TRANSPORTATION EMPLOYEES, VANCOUVER, VICTORIA, AND NEW WESTMINSTER. Representatives of an organization of transportation employees having branches in Vancouver, Victoria, and New Westminster submitted a suggested list of changes in their working agreement to officials of the employing Company, who declared them to be unacceptable. Requests made by the men covered wages and a number of working conditions. Application was therefore made on April 19th by a representative of the employees for the appointment of a Conciliation Commissioner. Following a series of conferences between the conciliation officer, the Company, and representatives of the men, the former submitted a basis of settlement which was found acceptable to both parties, and which was thereafter endorsed by them. 8. RESTAURANT EMPLOYEES, VANCOUVER. On April 29th, the attention of the Minister of Labour was drawn to a dispute existing between the majority of the waiters and waitresses employed by the proprietor of a Vancouver restaurant. The dispute was apprehended the same day and referred to a Conciliation Commissioner, pursuant to section 12, " Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act." It was ascertained that the employer took objection to the terms of a proposed agreement submitted by representatives of the employees, containing provisions for Union recognition, wage increases, and changed working conditions. Since the proprietor was not prepared to submit an alternative agreement, the Conciliation Commissioner recommended that the dispute be referred to a Board of Arbitration. A Board was therefore constituted by Order in Council No. 652, June 4th, consisting of His Honour Judge Andrew M. Harper, chairman; T. W. R. Garlick, employer's arbitrator; and W. Burgess, employees' arbitrator. The preliminary meeting of the Board was held in Judge Harper's Chambers, the Courthouse, Vancouver, June 14th. On this occasion Mr. Burgess informed his colleagues that due to the fact that all employees but one, affected by the dispute, had left the employ of the restaurant there was little use in proceeding further with the sittings of the Board. Mr. Burgess was thereupon advised to communicate with the Hon. the Minister of Labour, asking leave to withdraw from arbitration proceedings. 9. PACKING-HOUSE EMPLOYEES, VANCOUVER. On May 14th, application was made to the Minister of Labour by the majority of the meat-cutting and packing-house employees of a Vancouver concern for the services of a Conciliation Commissioner. The employer took exception to a proposed agreement covering Union recognition, wages, and working conditions. A Conciliation Commissioner was immediately appointed, and on June 18th reported that he had canvassed every possible means of having the parties to the dispute agree on a settlement, but that he had failed to have them do so. He therefore recommended that the matter be referred to a Board of Arbitration. (Details of the majority award of the Board may be found under " Boards of Arbitration, No. 5, 1940.") The employees adopted the award November 20th, but the employer advised the Department on December 3rd that acceptance was impossible. Subsequently the firm changed hands, and the majority of the employees returned to work for the new employer. 10. LAUNDRY-WORKERS, NEW WESTMINSTER. On May 13th, laundry and dry-cleaning workers employed in a New Westminster establishment made application to the Minister of Labour for the appointment of a Conciliation Commissioner. This official was appointed the following day. REPORT OF DEPUTY MINISTER, 1940. E 83 The employees presented an agreement to the employer during conciliation proceedings covering Union recognition, increased wages, and certain changes in working conditions. The employer thereupon submitted counter-proposals, which were not agreeable to the employees and which were rejected by them. The Conciliation Commissioner therefore recommended that the dispute be referred to arbitration, and a Board was thereafter constituted. (Details of the unanimous award of the Board may be found under " Boards of Arbitration, No. 4, 1940.") The award was accepted by the employees, September 9th, and partially accepted by the employer the following day. 11. MACHINISTS AND FITTERS, VANCOUVER. Machinists and fitters employed by a Vancouver concern presented a Union agreement, covering wages and working conditions, to the employer, and were informed that he could not accept it. On June 20th, therefore, the employees made application to the Minister of Labour for the appointment of a Conciliation Commissioner, and the commission was issued the same day. Following a series of meetings, the Conciliation Commissioner was able to bring the disputants to an amicable understanding, and as a result an agreement was signed, effective from June 2nd. 12. HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES, VANCOUVER. Early in June, application was made to the Minister of Labour for the appointment of a Conciliation Commissioner to investigate a dispute which had arisen between the management of a Vancouver hospital and certain lay employees regarding wages and working conditions. On June 25th, after satisfying himself that the application was properly made, the Minister appointed a Conciliation Commissioner. Thereafter the employees' requests were fully discussed and submitted to the Board of Directors of the hospital. A reply made by the hospital, dealing with each point raised by the employees, was rejected by the latter, July 16th, and it was requested that the matter be submitted to a Board of Arbitration. A Board was thereafter appointed and returned a unanimous award. (Details of the unanimous award of the Board may be found under " Boards of Arbitration, No. 6, 1940.") The award, which was made September 9th, was accepted by the employees in a letter dated September 23rd and by the hospital on September 25th. The matters then in dispute were thus disposed of. 13. RESTAURANT EMPLOYEES, VANCOUVER. On July 16th, application was made by the representatives of certain restaurant employees of a Vancouver hotel for the services of a Conciliation Commissioner. An agreement had been submitted to the employer covering an increase in wages and changed working conditions, and the employer had rejected the increases asked. A Conciliation Commissioner was appointed the following day, and after making full inquiry into the dispute reported there was little likelihood of the increases being considered by the employer. On July 31st, therefore, he recommended that the dispute be referred to arbitration. A Board of Arbitration was thereafter appointed and returned a unanimous award, November 7th. The text of the award was submitted to the disputants the following day. (Details of the unanimous award of the Board may be found under " Boards of Arbitration, No. 9, 1940.") Notice of acceptance of the award by the employees was received by the Department, November 13th. The hotel advised the Department of its partial acceptance of the award November 22nd. Immediately upon the receipt of the latter communication, the Department used its best efforts to promote the mutual acceptance of the award. Since these efforts were not successful, the conditional acceptance of the employer was transmitted to the representatives of the men, November 27th. The management of the hotel took exception to the closed-shop clause in the agreement; that part of clause 9 which gave the employees the option of dispensing with certain meals E 84 DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR. and taking a monetary consideration therefor, and offered an amendment to clause 6, stating that the hotel would agree that there should be no discrimination against employees because of their affiliation with any labour organization. The employees refused to accept the agreement with the suggested amendments, and struck. Other employees in the hotel, including cafeteria waitresses and members of other Unions, continued at their work. The walkout affected forty-one waiters and twenty-one bus-boys, who left their work at 11.30 a.m., December 23rd. Officers of Hotel and Restaurant Employees Union, No. 28, requested the Provincial Department of Labour to give further assistance in bringing about a settlement of the dispute, and suggested the matter should be brought to the attention of the Federal Department of Labour. This was done, but the efforts of both the Federal and Provincial authorities to compose the differences were unavailing. An effort at conciliation by the Mayor of Vancouver was also unsuccessful. Later, the strikers sought the aid of officials of the Vancouver, New Westminster, and District Trades and Labour Council in obtaining a settlement, and the men returned to work on the morning of January 24th, 1941. Thirty-three men were re-engaged, but the connection of twenty-five others with the hotel was severed. Waiters rehired were given 33 cents an hour straight time and 35 cents an hour split time, plus meals. Commencing January 1st, the hotel made a number of replacements of members of the staff on strike. A total of 1,960 man-days was lost by the strikers. Replacements by the hotel reduced this loss by 1,160 man-days, leaving a net loss of 800 man-days. Of this total, 558 man-days were lost in 1940 and 242 lost from January 1st to January 23rd, inclusive. The outcome of the strike was favourable to the employer. 14. THEATRE PROJECTIONISTS, NEW WESTMINSTER. On July 20th, an application for a Conciliation Commissioner was received by the Department from representatives of projectionists employed by two moving-picture theatres in New Westminster. The total operating time of these theatres equalled nine days weekly, and the dispute resulted from a request by the employer to alter an arrangement voluntarily entered into by both parties, March 28th, 1940. By the terms of this agreement, the manager of the theatres (who was also a projectionist, but not a member of the Union) would be allowed to work as a projectionist three day a week, while the Union projectionists worked the remainder of the time. The manager had later suggested that he work six days a week and the Union projectionists three days. The projectionists would not agree to the proposed change, and a counter-proposal was then considered whereby the employment available should be worked equally between the employer and his employees. The suggestion was rejected by the employees. The matter was referred to a Conciliation Commissioner on July 22nd, who was unable to bring the disputants to an amicable settlement. Both parties expressed themselves desirous of having the matter referred to arbitration, and their suggestion was implemented by the recommendation of the Conciliation Commissioner, made August 6th. A Board was thereafter appointed, whose members returned a majority award. (Details of the majority award of the Board may be found under " Boards of Arbitration, No. 7, 1940.") The employer agreed to accept the award, October 8th, and on October 9th the employees advised the Department that they favoured its acceptance " save and except clause 6." Negotiations between the management and the employees were continued after the award had been received by them, and as a result of these negotiations the Department was advised, on October 22nd, that an agreement between the parties had been signed. 15. LITHOGRAPHERS, VANCOUVER. Employees of a lithographic and printing concern in Vancouver prepared an agreement covering wages and working conditions which they submitted to their employer. The representatives of the employees asserted that the management would not discuss the proposed agreement with them, and on July 24th made application for the appointment of a Conciliation Commissioner. The appointment of this official followed on July 25th. REPORT OF DEPUTY MINISTER, 1940. E 85 On August 2nd, the employees involved communicated with the Department of Labour, declaring that they had been assured of a fair hearing to settle the dispute and that they would deal with the employer directly. They asked that all previous proceedings and the appointment of the Conciliation Commissioner be cancelled. A similar request was also made to the Commissioner who, in his report, dated August 7th, made a like recommendation, to which effect was given. 16. BAKERS, VANCOUVER AND NEW WESTMINSTER. On July 24th, an application for a Conciliation Commissioner was received from the representatives of seven bakery companies in Vancouver and New Westminster. The Union, to which the majority of the bakery and confectionery workers in the concerns belonged, had submitted a proposed agreement covering wages and working conditions. The bakers declared they were unable to consider the wage increases asked. A Conciliation Commissioner was appointed the next day, and on August 7th reported that every basis of settlement in the dispute had been thoroughly considered, but had failed to meet with the approval of disputants. He therefore recommended that the matter be referred to a Board of Arbitration, which was thereafter constituted. (Details of the majority award of the Board may be found under " Boards of Arbitration, No. 8, 1940.") The employees concerned accepted the award December 21st, while the bakeries forwarded their acceptance to the Department December 30th. The acceptance was subject to the arrangements and understanding between themselves and representatives of the bakery and confectionery workers. It is understood that agreements, based upon the award, were thereafter signed by representatives of the employees and bakeries affected. 17. LATHERS, VANCOUVER. On August 29th, an application for the services of a Conciliation Commissioner was received from representatives of master lathers in Vancouver. The application followed a request by workmen for an increase in rates, to which the master lathers agreed under protest. A Conciliation Commissioner was appointed the same day. After a number of conferences between the disputant parties and the Commissioner, an amicable settlement of the matter in dispute was arranged September 10th, resulting in an upward revision of wages as requested by the employees. 18. DAIRY-WORKERS, VANCOUVER. Cheese-makers employed by a Vancouver dairy, working under an agreement with their employer, made application for a change in the agreement and suggested an upward revision in their wage-scale. The employer refused this request; whereupon the employees concerned made application for the appointment of a Conciliation Commissioner, who was appointed September 5th. As a result of joint meetings between representatives of the employer and the employees, the Conciliation Commissioner was able to report that the parties had agreed to an amicable settlement, which was to be committed to writing and filed with the Department. 19. LOGGING EMPLOYEES, PORT RENFREW. On September 5th, representatives of employees at a Port Renfrew logging operation made application for the services of a Conciliation Commissioner. The men requested a working agreement, containing provision for the payment of Union dues through the office of the Company and the institution of a seniority ruling. The agreement affected two camps, and the management took exception to the terms proposed. A Conciliation Commissioner was immediately appointed. On September 8th, employees at one of the camps called a meeting and were addressed by the manager of the Company. Thereafter, they withdrew their support from the bargaining committee by secret ballot. Similar action was taken by the employees at the second camp the following day. The Conciliation Commissioner, feeling that the results of the balloting repudiated the action of the committee making application for his services, recommended that his commission be cancelled. E 86 DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR. 20. FIREMEN, NORTH VANCOUVER. In September, North Vancouver firemen made application to their employer for the restoration of the wage-scale effective prior to March 1st, 1938. On October 5th, when the requested increases were not forthcoming, they asked for the appointment of a Conciliation Commissioner. This commission was issued October 7th. Following a series of conferences and meetings between the disputants arranged by the Conciliation Commissioner, he was able to report on November 22nd that an amicable settlement had been reached. The agreement, which became effective January 1st, 1941, covered workmen off duty due to accidents, sick leave with pay, and increased wages. 21. GARAGE EMPLOYEES, VANCOUVER. Garage-workers employed by a Vancouver transportation company suggested a number of proposed changes in their agreement with the Company, covering wages and working conditions. The management took exception to several of these requests, and the representatives of the employees thereupon made application for a Conciliation Commissioner, who was appointed October 17th. The Commissioner in his report, dated December 18th, declared he had thoroughly considered all submissions as a possible basis for settlement, but that he had been advised by both parties that they had failed to agree and that it was their desire that the matters in dispute be referred to arbitration. , A Board of Arbitration was subsequently appointed, but the matter was unterminated at the year's end. (For the purposes of giving as complete a picture as possible of proceedings which commenced in 1940, the text of the majority award of the Board, to which reference has been made, and the minority report will be found under " Boards of Arbitration, No. 1, 1941.") The employer concerned advised the Department of the acceptance of the award by the Company, March 7th. The employees, however, rejected the award, and so advised the Department March 11th. Negotiations between the disputants continued, but proved unsuccessful. The men thereupon struck early in the morning of March 30th. Approximately forty-four employees were directly affected and they remained on strike until April 4th. Meanwhile the strike halted the service provided by certain bus-feeder lines under the management of the British Columbia Electric Railway Company, Limited. Mr. W. G. Murrin, president of this Company, suggested that the men return to work pending the hearing of matters in dispute by a sole arbitrator, who was to be a Judge and whose findings were to be binding. It was further suggested that the arbitrator be appointed by the Hon. George S. Pearson, Provincial Minister of Labour. It was agreed that the gains made by the men in the prior arbitration be reserved to them. Both parties agreed to Mr. Murrin's proposal and the men returned to work. (The findings of Mr. Justice Smith may be found following " Boards of Arbitration, No 1 1941 ") ' ' 22. LAUNDRY-DRIVERS, NANAIMO. Representatives of the drivers for a Nanaimo laundry submitted a Union agreement to the employer covering wages and working conditions. The employer declared his unwillingness to accept the agreement, and an application for a Conciliation Commissioner was therefore made by the drivers. A Commissioner was appointed October 31st. Several meetings of the disputant parties followed, and eventually an agreement was signed covering working conditions and an upward revision in wages. The matters in dispute were thus satisfactorily adjusted December 9th. 23. TAXICAB-DRIVERS, VANCOUVER. Taxicab-drivers employed by a Vancouver cab company requested an increase in wages and overtime rates of pay. The employer could not see his way clear to grant these increases and the employees thereupon made application for the appointment of a Conciliation Commissioner. The application was granted and the Commissioner appointed December 13th. The dispute was unterminated at the year's end. (On January 30th, 1941, the Conciliation Commissioner was able to report that the disputants had agreed upon a settlement of the matters in dispute and that a Union agree- REPORT OF DEPUTY MINISTER, 1940. E 87 ment had been entered into between the two parties, including an upward revision of wages and provisions relating to overtime and conditions of work.) 24 AND 25. FIREBOSSES, NANAIMO. Firebosses employed in two mines in the Nanaimo area requested the signing of an agreement with their employers covering wages and working conditions. The employers were unable to agree to these conditions and the firebosses made application for the appointment of a Conciliation Commissioner. A commission was issued in the case of each dispute, but the same Commissioner w
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