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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Sep 11, 1943
Page
2
A bill titled An Act to prohibit Payment of the Wages of workmen in goods or otherwise than to Money has been read a first time by the Commission of Government. The notice provides objects and reasons for information and invites written comments to be sent to the federal good not later than 30 September 1943. Signed by Walh, Labour Relations Officer, August 2, 1943.
The bill standardizes wages in lawful Newfoundland money or cheque within five miles of the employer. Deductions are limited to medical, work clothes, rent and board with written consent. Wages due at intervals under one month require a deduction statement. penalties apply for noncompliance. Excludes loggers, domestic servants, and fishery helpers with exceptions via Governor in Council.
The bill seeks to ban paying workers in goods or non monetary forms. It defines interpretation and applies to hiring contracts, stating wages must be payable in money and detailing advance payments, recovery of unpaid wages, and limits on set offs or employer actions for goods supplied against wages. The act outlines enforcement across sections 1 to 8 with emphasis on monetary remuneration.
The text lists numbered clauses covering wage payments deductions allowances and penalties. It references employer workman relations contract voids on wage expenditure dismissal cheques cashable conditional payments and exemptions along with authority to vary revoke orders and publish provisions.
Be it enacted by the Governor with advice of the Commission of Government this act sets terms for contract employer and goods orders. It defines contract as any wage related agreement overt or covert between employer and workman. It defines employer as all persons and bodies engaged in hiring or supervising labor. It defines orders for goods as any coupon or document exchangeable for goods at the employer’s shop or warehouse.
The act defines workman, restricts wage payments to lawful Newfoundland money or bank cheque on demand, bans improper deductions or setoffs, and forbids wage expending controls by employers. It requires full payment to the worker, limits advance recoveries, and outlines procedures for cheque encashment and exemptions for medical materials, tools, and housing. The law also prohibits employer conditioning wage payments on spendings at prescribed places or with specific persons.
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