Published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, under authority of Public Resolution No. 57, approved May 11, 1922 (42 Stat. 541), as amended by section 307, Public Act 212, 72d Congress, approved June 30, 1932. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C. Price, 30 cents a copy. Subscription price per year in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, $3.50; other countries, $4.75 This publication approved by the Director, Bureau of the Budget Unemployment-compensation operations, September 1941----- Adjustment of social-insurance systems in Germany to war conditions_ Operation of New Zealand social-insurance system, 1940-41--------- Right of employee to additional payments under wage-hour law. Detailed reports for industrial and business employment, September 1607 DEPOSITED BY THE JAN 3 '42 This Issue in Brief Federal Personnel. National defense activities accounted for 73 percent of Federal employees in June 1941 as against 47 percent in June 1940. The major part of this increase was in the armed forces. The proportion of Federal personnel engaged in other than national defense activities decreased sharply from June 1940 to June 1941, but the actual number of such workers rose 7 percent. The total number of persons in the service of the Federal Government, including the military service, was 3,119,000 in June 1941. Page 1361. Labor Under Farm Security Program. The farm security program is one having a number of aspects. Its major phases include a wide system of loans to enable rural families to rehabilitate themselves economically, the creation and supervision of a considerable number of rural and subsistence communities, the operation of camps for migratory farm labor, and the provision of housing in connection with the defense program. More than 12 million families had benefited under the program up to June 30, 1941. Of these, by far the larger number (nearly 1 million) were families which had received rehabilitation loans. The various parts of the program are described in an article on page 1368. Union Wages and Hours in Printing Trades. The average union wage rate per hour for all printing trades in the 75 cities covered by the Bureau of Labor Statistics survey was $1.21 on June 1, 1941. This represented an increase of 1.3 percent over June 1, 1940, and of 14.1 percent over 1929. The average maximum workweek provided in the printing trades agreements was 38.7 hours in 1941, representing a decline of one-tenth of 1 percent over the year and of 12.5 percent over 1929. Page 1538. Causes and Prevention of Accidents in Logging and Lumber Mills. High injury rates have been conspicuous in logging and lumber mills, according to a Bureau of Labor Statistics survey dealing with conditions in 1940. To a very considerable extent the basic causes of these high injury rates were the lack of proper training, the lack of adequate supervision, and the lack of suitable and effective mechanical guards. Page 1465. Wage and Price Controls in Canada. Under recent action by the Canadian Government wages in general are limited to those being paid on November 15, with bonuses based on changing living costs. As regards prices, the new regulations in effect "freeze" from December 1, the maximum prices and charges for most goods and services. Page 1392. Hours and Earnings in the Cigar Industry. Hourly earnings of workers in the cigar industry averaged 42.3 cents during the latter part of 1940. Almost three-fourths of the workers earned more than 30 cents but less than 50 cents an hour. Workers on cigars retailing for less than 5 cents apiece earned 38.7 cents, on the average, and workers on the highest grade cigars, 48.0 cents. Page 1514. Increase in Farm Wages. According to reports of the Department of Agriculture farm wages have shown marked increases during the past year. On October 1, 1940, the average farm wage per month without board was $36.84, and in October 1941 the average was $45.47. Per day, without board, the average wage for the same period increased from $1.61 to $2.08. The variations by geographical areas were very great, the highest average daily wage, without board, in October 1941 being $3.73 on the Pacific coast and the lowest $1.33 in the East South Central States. Page 1570. |