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Table 3. —Termination of Employment in Essential Industries and Undertakings

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(Position as at 31st December, 1942) Number of Workers affected. Industrial Group. fWerin-p Males. Females. Coverage. Primary industries — Sawmilling .. .. .. .. .. 7,960 101 8,061 Mining (including coal) and quarrying .. 6,165 8 6,173 Building, construction, and allied industries — Defence (including hospital) building and construction, and allied 14,210 88 14,298 industries Transport— Railways and certain motor-transport services, including maintenance 38,523 3,538 42,061 Gas and electricity supplyProduction and supply of gas and electricity, including maintenance 5,704 666 6,370 Secondary industries — Engineering (including munition-manufacture) .. .. .. 9,546 3,159 12,705 Shipbuilding and ship-repairing .. .. .. .. 2,403 130 2,533 Pood-manufacture (including butter, cheese, moat, and other food 25,428 3,989 29,417 canning, preserving, and processing) Clothing-manufacture .. .. .. •• •• 1,974 11,629 13,602 Other essential secondary industries .. .. .. .. 19,787 9,691 29,478 Public administration and professional — Government Departments (not including defence construction, 26,400 12,149 38,549 railways, or teaching) Education (public and private) .. .. .. .. 4,071 7,381 11,452 Other essential services— Hospitals, Eire Boards, sanitation, &c. .. .. .. 4,994 10,319 15,313 Accommodation and meals .. .. .. .. .. 3,454 8,747 12,201 Miscellaneous essential undertakings .. .. .. •• 3,146 282 3,428 Total .. 173,765 71,876 245,641

Applications from Results of Applications received : Position as at 31st March, 1943. Total. Employers. Employees. Total number of applications received up to 31st March, 1943 .. 20,742 41,552 62,294 Of these applicationsNumber subsequently withdrawn .. .. .. 165 563 728 Number in which permission to terminate employment was refused 955 7,447 8,402 Number in which permission to terminate employment was granted 19,473 33,044 52,517 Number still under action on 31st March, 1943 .. .. .. 149 498 647 Percentage of refusals to cases dealt with .. .. .. •• 4J5 18- .1 13-6 Number. Percentage of those traced. Of all cases in which permission was granted—■ Transfers to another employer in the same industry accounted for .. . . 9,912 21-9 Transfers to an employer in another " essential " industry accounted for .. 22,832 50-6 Transfers to an employer in an industry not declared essential.. .. .. 2,134 4 • 7 Losses to industry through ill health, retirement, marriage (of women), &c., 10,276 22-8 accounted for Cases untraced at close of period .. .. .. .. •. • • 7,363 Totals 52,517 100-0 Appeals from Total. Employers. Employees. Appeals arising from the above decisions — Total appeals lodged up to 31st March, 1943 . . .. .. 252 908 1,160 Percentage of appeals to applications dealt with by 31st March, 1943 1-2 2-2 1-9 Disposal of appeals — Withdrawn . . . . .. .. • ■ • • 58 155 213 Upheld .. .. .. .. •• .. 46 253 299 Dismissed .. .. .. . ■ • ■ • • 136 436 572 Awaiting hearing at close of period .. .. .. 12 64 76 Percentage of appeals upheld to total appeals determined .. 19 -2 30'0 27 -6