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Cases for Enforcement of various Provisions of the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1908.

Most of the other cases were for enforcement of section 58 of the Amendment Act for failing to keep wages and overtime book: but the total also includes cases for enforcement of section 5, Amendment Act (taking part in strike and creating a lockout); and section 63. Amendment Act (tailing to exhibit copies of awards in factories. &c.). The following is an analysis showing nature of cases taken under the Act for year ending 31 si March, Mill : Number of Cases Mature ot (Jttence. . , taken. Failing to pay award rate (minimum wage) .. .. .. .. 119 Accepting less than award rate (minimum wage) .. .. .. 59 Failing to pay overtime rates .. .. .. .. .. .. 38 Accepting less than overtime rates .. .. .. .. .. 17 Failing to give preference to unionists .. .. .. .. . . 53 Failing to indenture apprentices .. .. .. .. .. 9 Failing to give notice to the Inspector of the taking on of apprentices* &c, and of the expiration of the probation period .. .. .. 2 Employing more apprentices than allowed by award ill proportion to journeymen .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 18 Failing to pay wages at weekly or fortnightly intervals . . . . . . 29 Deducting from wages, and failing to pay wages in full . . . . . . 28 Dismissing workers because they were entitled to the benefits of an award . . 2 Aiding and abetting and taking part in it strike .. . . . . 68 Creating a lockout .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 Failing to keep wages and overtime book .. .. .. 56 Failing to exhibit copies of awards .. .. .. 5 Having bespoke work done on other than own premises . . . . .. 4 For miscellaneous breaches of awards (by employers) .. .. .. I1U For miscellaneous breaches of awards (by workers) .. .. .. 68 Grand total .. .. .. .. .. 676 Total number of cases againsl employers .. .. .. .. 474 Total number of cases against employees .. .. .. . . 202 Inspectors of Awards have also had a considerable amount of work to do in the collection of penalties imposed by the. Courts, having collected a sum of £5:17 10s. from employers, £88 9s. from employees, and from slaughtermen (who were fined in 1907 for a breach of the strike provisions of the Act), £24 10s. during the year. The following table gives a complete analysis of the collection of these penalties : — Return showing Total Cases and Penalties paid and owing bij Employers as at 'Alst March, 1911. Total number of cases in which penalties inflicted, 1,903. _ s . ( |. Percentage. Total amount of penalties .. .. .. .. 5,266 0 6 Total amount paid to date .. .. .. 4,911 19 8 «.>3J Total amount outstanding . . .. 354 0 10 6f Of the amount unpaid, £137 5s. 6d. is owing by employers who have gone out of business, and whose whereabouts arc at present unknown : several arc reported to have left the Dominion. £54 10s. is owing by employers who have promised to pay off their fines by instalments ; £67 8s. 4d. by employers against whom warrants of distress have been issued, but who have " no effects " (several of these arc bankrupt, and are now working for wages, and are paying in small instalments) : £49 17s. 6d. by employers who, through illness, &c, are in very poor circumstances, and cannot pay at present;

Industrial District. Won. Dismissed. Total. Penalties. Northern Wellington Canterbury Otago and Southland 45 2 .. j 22 52* .. 6 . 5 47 74 6 5 £ s. d. 92 15 0 50 6 (I 6 0 0 5 0 0 Grand totals ; .. .. .. .. 78 54 132 j 154 1 0 *In cases against 50 alleged strikers the Department was nonsuited.