§ Major Bruceasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether he will publish a list of the reforms instituted in the Royal Dockyards since the end of the war, affecting the pay, status and other conditions of employment of Royal Dockyard personnel.
§ Mr. W. EdwardsA considerable number of reforms have been instituted in the Royal Dockyards since the end of the war. The most important are as follow:
- (a) Shorter working week.
- (b) Sick leave for industrials.
- (c) Guaranteed weekly wage for 44 hours.
- (d) Extension of "establishment" scheme and revised age limit for establishment.
- (e) Travelling and subsistence expenses for industrials.
- (f) Additional paid holidays.
- (g) Leave for special purposes, e.g., service on local councils.
- (h) Various general increases in pay and allowances.
- (i) "Return home" facilities for redundant transferees.
- (j) Removal expenses.
- (k) Free travel warrants for various purposes.
- (l) Extended provision of hostels and canteens.