Monthly labor review. v. 2, 1916, Volume 2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1916 |
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amending amount annual report arbitration August Austria average award Bulletin Bureau of Labor cent child labor claims coal committee companies conciliation cost of living court December December 31 decree Denmark Department of Labor earned premiums earnings effect employed employment bureaus employment offices ending June 30 establishments factories families fatal Federal fiscal fund girls hours of labor immigration included increase industrial accident industrial commission injuries investigation January July June 30 Labor Statistics manufacturing Massachusetts ment methods mines minimum wage months municipal Norway November number of applications number of employees number of persons occupations October Ohio operation organization paid pay roll payments pensions period permanent ployees premiums public employment rates retail prices scientific management September September 30 strikes and lockouts tion total number trade unem unemployed union United wage earners wages board Watertown Arsenal week Wisconsin women workers workmen's compensation York City
Popular passages
Page 91 - and reasonable treatment, B would have to give the horse proper food and water, shelter, and rest. I decided, therefore, to adopt a standard based on " the normal needs of the average employee regarded as a human being living in a civilized community.
Page 31 - not be less than the prevailing rate for a day's work in the, same trade or occupation in the locality within the State where such public work on, about, or in connection with which
Page 41 - disability to total disability must be determined by taking into account the nature of the physical injury or disfigurement, the occupation of the injured employee, and his age at the time of the injury. The
Page 92 - adult men, a wage which does not allow of the matrimonial condition and the maintenance of about five persons in a home would not be treated as a living wage. As for the secondary wage, it seemed to be the safest course, for an arbitrator not initiated into the mysteries
Page 92 - 2d.) ; but that, as these figures did not cover light, clothes, boots, furniture, utensils, rates, life insurance, savings, accident or benefit societies, loss of employment, union pay, books and newspapers, tram or train fares, sewing machine, mangle, school requisites, amusements and holidays, liquors, tobacco, sickness or death, religion or charity, I could not certify that any wages less than
Page 73 - health of munition workers committee, which was appointed in September, 1915, "to consider and advise on questions of industrial fatigue, hours of labor, and other matters affecting the physical health and physical efficiency of workers in munition factories and workshops,
Page 22 - the working of any person more than 10 hours in one day, in any mill, factory, or manufacturing establishment is injurious to the physical health and well-being of such person and tends to prevent him from acquiring that degree of intelligence that is necessary to make him a useful and desirable citizen of the State.
Page 78 - each with an equal squad of men. One let his men work as they pleased, but as hard as possible. The other divided his men into three sets, to work in rotation, each set digging their hardest for 5 minutes and then resting for 10, till their spell of labor came again. The latter team won easily.
Page 81 - the normal needs of the average employee regarded as a human being living in a civilized community.