§ Mr. Richard Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for Employment on how many occasions firms covered by wages councils legislation have been found to be in breach of wages councils' regulations; and in how many of these cases prosecutions have ensued.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerThe following are the numbers of firms covered by wages councils legislation found to have been in breach of the regulations in 1973:
Wages Councils Notices—Not posted:
11,200 Wages Councils Notices—Inadequate: 1,051
1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 Industrial and staff canteen undertakings: Wage 9 7 14 18 15 Time 196 243 280 355 370 Licensed non-residential establishments: Wage 555 640 646 392 534 Time 2,968 3,370 3,329 2,071 2,871 Licensed residential establishments and licensed restaurants: Wage 102 111 157 140 109 Time 1,093 1,053 1,237 1,068 1,230 Unlicensed places of refreshment: Wage 139 169 165 200 236 Time 823 831 950 1,029 1,257
Mr. Richard Wain wrigbtasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the total number of firms that were found on inspection by the Wages Council Inspectorate to have (a) no notices posted, and (b) inadequate notices posted in each of the following wages councils: (i) industrial and staff canteens, (ii) licensed non-
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1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 Industrial and staff canteen undertakings: No Notices 510 525 608 656 788 Inadequate Notices 31 30 27 39 56 Licensed non-residential establishments: No Notices 2,062 1,948 1,895 1,415 1,789 Inadequate Notices 236 245 213 147 285 Licensed residential establishments and licensed restaurants: No Notices 740 624 723 616 689 Inadequate Notices 72 56 54 46 54 Unlicensed places of refreshment: No Notices 543 534 634 639 786 Inadequate Notices 32 25 22 29 54
Wages records—Not kept: 2,580 Wages records—Inadequate: 3,084 Time records—Not kept: 19,737 Time records—Inadequate: 3,182 Failure to allow customary holidays: 50 Failure to allow annual holidays: 93 Underpaying wages: 7,524 Underpaying holidays (annual and accrued holiday pay): 3,664 NO employer was prosecuted for a breach of the regulations.
§ Mr. Richard Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the total number of firms in each of the following wages councils that were found not to have kept (a) wage records, and (b) time records, for each of the last five years: (i) industrial and staff canteen undertakings, (ii) licensed non-residential establishments, (iii) licensed residential establishments and licensed restaurants, and (iv) unlicensed places of refreshment.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerThe numbers of firms in the under noted trades were found not to have kept (a) wage records and (b) time records, in the past five years:
residential undertakings, (iii) licensed residential establishments and licensed restaurants, and (iv) unlicensed places of refreshment, for each of the last five years.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerThe numbers of firms in the under noted trades were found to have no notices posted and to have inadequately posted notices, in the last five years:
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§ Mr. Richard Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the number of firms inspected by the Wages Councils Inspectorate due to (a) com-plaints and (b) routine visits for each of:he following wages councils: (i) icensed non-residential establishments, ii) licensed residential establishments and
1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 Licensed non-residential establishments: Complaint 628 730 622 637 727 Routine 6,515 7,136 6,577 4,057 5,408 Licensed residential establishments licensed restaurants: Complaint 1,377 1,291 1,160 1,166 1,181 Routine 1,371 1,282 1,558 1,347 1,610 Unlicensed places of refreshment: Complaint 338 354 326 396 451 Routine 1,375 1,377 1,469 1,653 2,005 Industrial and staff canteens: Complaint 71 80 101 142 128 Routine 1,568 1,687 1,855 2,014 2,463
§ Mr. Richard Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the total arrears paid by firms visited on routine inspections in each of the following wages councils: (i) industrial and staff canteens, (ii) licensed non-residential
1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 £ £ £ £ £ Industrial and staff canteens 1,649 1,455 1,477 1,312 1,401 Licensed non-residential establishments 43,447 38,150 22,579 22,949 33,294 Licensed residential establishments and licensed restaurants 26,458 17,385 13,848 11,995 13,090 Unlicensed places of refreshment 8,803 4,142 2,888 4,549 5,276
§ Mr. Richard Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the total arrears paid by firms because of a complaint in each of the following wages council: (i) industrial and staff canteens, (ii) non-residential undertakings,
1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 £ £ £ £ £ Industrial and staff canteens 969 1,164 1,187 1,016 679 Licensed non-residential establishments 19,197 19,525 11,346 8,241 14,388 Licensed residential establishments and licensed restaurants 19,294 10,175 7,500 6,630 6,738 Unlicensed places of refreshment 4,640 2,641 1,923 2,398 2,512