Industrial relations handbook : An account of the organisation of employers and workpeople in Great Britain; collective bargaining and joint negotiating machinery; conciliation and arbitration; and statutory regulation of wages in certain industries.

  • Great Britain. Ministry of Labour and National Service.
Date:
1944
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Industrial relations handbook : An account of the organisation of employers and workpeople in Great Britain; collective bargaining and joint negotiating machinery; conciliation and arbitration; and statutory regulation of wages in certain industries. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    7. Eligibility.—(a) For membership of the Committee. All adult organised workers with not less than two years’ continuous service at the factory concerned shall be eligible for election. In the case of estab- service qualification may be reduced accordingly. _ (b) Lo vote in the elections.—Workpeople’s representatives on these Committees shall be elected by ballot as outlined in clause 6 and voting is open to all adult workers. 8. Filling Vacancies —In the event of a worker-representative on the Committee ceasing to be employed in the establishment or being transferred to another Shop or Department cr retiring, a successor shall be elected by ballot as provided for in paragraph 6. 9g. Power to Co-opt.—The representatives of the management or of the workpeople shall have the right to co-opt, in a consultative capacity, of a matter under discussion. Such co-opted persons shall be present for the period only during which the particular question is before the Committee. VII. Officers. 10. Chairman.—The Chairman of the Committee shall be appointed by the Management and in the event of his being unable on any occa- sion to act as Chairman, he shall nominate his Deputy. 11. Secretariat.—The Management and the Workers’ sides of the Com- mittee shall each appoint a Secretary from its respective members of the Committee. Such Secretaries shall act as joint Secretaries to the Com- mittee. VIII. Meetings of the Committee 12. Meetings of the Committee shall be held once a month. Additional meetings shall be held when it is mutually agreed they are necessary. 13. Accommodation for Meetings.—Accommodation for holding meet ings of the Committee will be provided by the Management. 14. Payment for Attendance.—Workers representatives on the Com- mittee shall be paid not less than their time rate of wages including national bonus for the time spent in attendance at meetings. IX. Agenda for Meetings of the Committee. 15. Items for the Agenda shall be submitted to the Joint Secretaries not less than four days before a meeting and the Agenda shall be issued by them at least three days before the meeting, except in the case of special meetings. 16. The Joint Secretaries of the Committee shall prepare and issue to the members of the Committee minutes of its proceedings. XI. Sub-Committees. 17. The Committee shall have power to appoint joint Sub-Committees to deal with any particular question. . The Joint Secretaries of the Committee shall function in connection with the work of any such Sub-Committee and prepare a report or minutes of the proceedings of such Sub-Committee for submission to the Com- mittee. XII. Recommendation. . 18. There shall be from the Federation a strong recommendation of these proposals to the Federated Employers. XI. Duration. 19. This agreement shall terminate at the cessation of hostilities. The question of any continuance beyond this point shall be the subject of mutual discussion.