§ Mr. T. GRIFFITHSasked the Minister of Labour how many Employment Exchange officials are on the permanent staff; how many are temporary; what salaries are paid to the temporary officials; and what are the conditions under which their engagements may be terminated?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAThere are 4,168 permanent officers and 8,582 temporary officers in the provincial offices of the Employment and Insurance Department. The rates of salary of the temporary officers are fixed according to the town in which the officers are employed. In the case of male clerks they vary from a maximum of£5 a week in London to a minimum of 61s. a week in the provinces, and in the case of women clerks from a maximum of 72s. a week in London to a minimum of 44s. a week in the provinces. The appointments of 2,310 of the-temporary officers are liable to one month's notice of termination on either side; the remaining 6,272 are employed on a casual basis, subject to one week's notice of termination.