94. Captain TERRELLasked the Minister of Labour if he will give detailed information as to how he carries out the task of constantly drawing the attention of employers to their obligations to prewar employés now demobilised who were originally promised re-employment on their return; and whether he confined himself to general appeals or admonitions or whether he is ready to bring either directly or through the local employment committees, to the notice of specific employers special cases in which there maybe ground of complaint?
§ Mr. WARDLEWhen specific cases are brought to my notice of failures on the part of employers to fulfil their obligations, the attention of the appropriate local employment committee is drawn to the matter, who then take it up with the employer. I should, however, like to say that, so far as I am aware, employers are, as a rule, loyally carrying out their promises; and the cases to be dealt with by local employment committees are not numerous.
§ Mr. BILLINGIs a verbal undertaking to give a man re-employment after the War considered an obligation by the Government, or must a written statement or contract exist?
§ Mr. WARDLEI should have thought a verbal statement was sufficient in this case.