1966-67

VICTORIA

DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR

AND INDUSTRY

REPORT

FOR THE

YEAR ENDED 3 I sT DECEMBER, 1966

J>HF:SENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SEUfiON 17 OF THE LABOUR AND INDUSTRY ACT 1958.

[Approxima/4 Cost of Report.-Preparation, not given. Printing (225 copies), $550,]

By Authority: A. C. BROOKS, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, MELBOURNE.

No. 28.-801/67.-PRIOE (35 cents)

ANNUAL REPORT, 19 6 6

Department of Labour and Industry,

110 Exhibition-street,

Melbourne,

The Honorable V. F. Wilcox, M.P., Minister of Labour and Industry.

SIR,

I have the honour to submit, in accordance with the provisions of the Labour and Industry Act 1958, the following report for the year ended 31st December, 1966.

Yours obediently,

M. W ALSH, Secretary.

CONTENTS

PAGE PART I.-INTRODUCTION­

ScoPE OF THE REPORT ..

PART 11.-TEXT-

LEGISLA TION DURING 1966

REGISTRATION OF FACTORIES AND SHOPS ..

EMPWYMENT ..

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS-Wages Boards Industrial Disputes Breaches of Determinations Industrial Appeals Court Annual Holidays ..

INDUSTRIAL SAFETY, HEALTH, AND WELFARE­Factory Buildings .. Safety Inspection Safety Promotion .. Fatal Accidents Lifts and Cranes .. Boilers and Pressure Vessels

APPRENTICESHIP

HouRs OF WoRK AND TRADE

MISCELLANEOUS-Departments of Labour Advisory Committee Effect of Federal Awards International Labour Organization Administration

PART IlL-STATISTICS-

DEFINITIONS

FACTORIES AND SHOPS-

Table 1.-Trade and Regional Classification of Factories Registered during 1966 and Persons

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Table 11.-Trade and Regional Classification of Shops Registered during 1966 and Persons Employed Therein 23

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS-Table IlL-Operation of Wages Boards during 1966 . . 25

MISCELLANEOUS-Table IV.-Analysis of Prosecutions Taken during 1966 Table V.-Industrial Accidents, 1962-63, 1963-64 ... Table VI.-Inspection Activities during 1966 Table VIT.-Staff Employed in the Department at 31st December, 1966 Table VIII.-Departmental Expenditure and Revenue, 1965-66

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L~!'S:~ETAR'(FOR LABOUR AND INDUSTRY I (M. Walsh, LL.B.l

ASSISTANT SECRETARY (M. S. Jeans, B.Com., Dip. Pub. Admin.)

Chief Clerk Chief ln:\pector of Factories and Shops (I>. F. Prior, A.A.S.A.) (K, J. Fitzgcrald, A.A.S.A., J.P.)

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Secretary. Apprenticeship Cornmn. (L. R. Brown, A.A.S.A., A.C.I.S., D.P.A,)

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0/c Secretariat Industrial Officer Accountant Research Otlkcr Records Officer Industrial Officer Schooling Officer

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REPORT

PART I.-INTRODUCTION.

SCOPE OF REPORT.

1. This Report gives, in respect of the period under review, details of the activities of the Department and relevant statistics.

The Acts administered in the Department at 31st December, 1966, were the following :­

The Apprenticeship Act 1958.

The Boilers Inspection Act 1958.

The Bread Industry Act 1959.

The Employers and Employes Act 1958.

The Footwear Regulation Act 1958.

Part V. of the Goods Act 1958 (except insofar as it relates to goods being, or used in the preparation of food, drink, medicine or medicinal preparations for man).

The Industrial Safety Advisory Council Act 1960.

The Labour and Industry Act 1958.

Sub-sections (4), (5), (6), (7), and (8) of section 200 of the Licensing Act 1958.

The Lifts and Cranes Act 1959.

The Master and Apprentice Act 1958.

The Servants Registry Offices Act 1958.

The Unemployment Relief (Administration) Acts (except insofar as they relate to duties placed upon the Treasurer and except insofar as they relate to the Employment Council of Victoria).

2. The annual report of the Apprenticeship Commission for the year ended 30th June, has already been submitted to the Minister in accordance with requirements under the Apprenticeship Act.

PART 11.-TEXT.

LEGISLATION DURING 1966.

3. Four amending Acts were passed by Parliament during 1966, viz.

The Labour and Industry (Sheltered Workshops) Act 1966.

The Labour and Industry (Petrol Shops) Act 1966.

The Boilers Inspection (Amendment) Act 1966.

The Labour and Industry (Amendment) Act 1966.

The first three of these, passed in the Autumn Session, came into operation during the year, but the last-mentioned, passed late in the Spring Session, had not been brought into operation by the end of 1966.

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4. In the Spring Session also, the Labour and Industry (Bread) Bill 1966 was introduced and although passed by the Legislative Assembly was defeated in the Legislative Council.

5. Particulars of the legislation passed during 1966 will be found in the appropriate sections of this Report.

6. The following Regulations, Rules and Orders were made during the year :-

Act. Date. Reference.

Labour and Industry Act 1958 .. 8.3.66 S.R. 108/66 ..

Labour and Industry Act 1958 .. 2.8.66 S.R. 212/66 .. Labour and Industry Act 1958 .. 20.9.66 S.R. 269/66 ..

Labour and Industry Act 1958 .. 2.11.66 S.R. 320/66 ..

L(fts and Cranes Act 1959 .. 18.10.66 S.R. 300/66 . . Boilers Inspection Act 1958 .. 2.11.66 S.R. 319/66 . . Bread Industry Act 1959 .. 17.5.66 . . . . Bread Industry Act 1959 2.8.66 . . .. Labour and Industry Act 1958 .. 2.11.66 . . .. Labour and Industry Act 1958 .. Nov.-Dec. . . . .

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. . Labour and Industry (Factories, Shops, Offices and Warehouses) (Amendment) Regulations 1966

. . Labour and Industry (Lead Processes) Regu-lations 1966

. . Labour and Industry (Foundries) Regulations 1966

. . Labour and Industry (Wages Boards) Regulations 1966

. . Lifts (Amendment) Regulations 1966

. . Boilers Inspection (Board of Reference Fees and Travelling Allowances) Regulations 1966

. . Bread Industry Order 1966

. . Bread Industry Order (No. 2) 1966

. . Industrial Appeals Court-Remuneration of Members Order 1966

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Various Orders of exemption from shop closing hours in holiday resorts under Section 80A

NoTE.-This list does not include Proclamations or Regulations made under the Apprenticeship Act 1958, particulars of which are to be found in the Annual Reports of the Apprenticeship Commission.

REGISTRATION OF FACTORIES AND SHOPS.

7. The number of registered factories for the current year was 18,575 and the number of employees as indicated by occupiers was 373,067. Similarly, there were 41,423 shops registered during 1966 with 152,738 employees. For details of current registrations reference should be made to Tables I. and II.

EMPLOYMENT.

8. Several enactments during the year amended the law with respect to particular aspects of employment.

9. Sheltered Workshops.-The Labour and Industry (Sheltered Workshops) Act 1966 provides that no Determination of a Wages Board or the Industrial Appeals Court shall apply to a handicapped person employed in a sheltered workshop but, if by virtue of freedom from the provisions of Determinations, a sheltered workshop engages in unfair competition with normal businesses, an Order in Council may be applied to require the observance of appropriate Determinations by such sheltered workshop. This enactment was sought by the Victorian Society for Crippled Children and Adults, and other charitable organizations, and enables such organizations to use the methods or remuneration commonly in use in sheltered workshops without the possibility of being in breach of the law.

10. Aged, Infirm and Slow Workers.-In introducing the Sheltered Workshops Bill, the Minister drew attention to the existing provisions for handicapped workers contained in Section 135 of the Labour and Industry Act, whereby licences may be granted to aged, infirm or slow workers to enable them to be employed at less than the Determination rate of wages. The Minister suggested that more use could be made of these provisions, so as to enable otherwise unemployable persons to obtain useful and remunerative work.

11. Children in Factories.-It has long been a principal of our industrial law that no child shall be employed in a factory. Until the raising of the school-leaving age to 15 years, a "child" meant a boy under 14 years or a girl under 15 years, but a girl of 14 years could be granted a permit to work in a factory if the poverty of the parents made it desirable and it were in the interests of the child. The school-leaving age was raised to 15 years in 1964, but under the Education Act the responsible Minister may grant certain exemptions from the requirement to attend schooL The matter of permits under Section 130 of the Labour and Industry Act was reviewed during 1966 and the Labour and Industry (Amendment) Act 1966 includes a provision to enable a permit to be granted to a child of 14 years of either sex to work in a factory if there are special circumstances making this desirable and if the child is exempted from attendance at school.

12. Practical Experience for Students.-Section 200 of the Labour and Industry Act provides for the granting of permits to certain students to be employed at less than the Determination rate of wages for the purpose of acquiring practical knowledge or skill. However, this permission was restricted to students of the University of Melbourne or full-time students in technical schools.

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The Labour and Industry (Amendment) Act 1966 extends its application to any university in Victoria, the Victoria Institute of Colleges and affiiliated colleges of that Institute, hut specifically restricts the issue of permits to cases where the work involved is directly related to the course of study of the applicant.

13. Servants' Registry Ojjices.-The Labour and Industry (Amendment) Act 1966 also provided for the repeal of the Servants' Registry Offices Act 1958, legislation which was first introduced in 1897. Its objective was to protect the unemployed against exploitation by unscrupulous employment agency operators ; its method was to require registration of the operators, for that purpose to require that they be found to be of good character and to regulate the fees that might be charged to both masters and servants. The legislation appears to have been effective for that purpose hut has little relevance today because of full employment and the provision of placement services by the Commonwealth Employment Service. As a result, there are now very few private employment exchanges remaining in Melbourne which cater for manual workers­which are the only kind of workers to which the Act applies.

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS.

WAGES BOARDS.

14. Wages Boards Appointed.-At the 31st December, 1966, there were 240 Wages Boards constituted or authorized, three more than at 31st December, 1965. A list of these Boards with relevant details will be found in Table Ill.

NEW BOARDS, CHANGES IN TITLES AND ALTERATIONS TO POWERS.

15. (1) Shops Board No. 6 (Chemist and Dispensaries) was appointed on the 21st June, 1966, for the process, trade, business or occupation of any person or persons or classes of persons employed in a shop or a Friendly Society's Dispensary in dispensing, compounding or selling medicines, drugs or medicinal preparations. These powers were previously conferred on two Wages Boards-the Shops Board No. 6 (Chemists) and the Dispensaries Board, which are now abolished. The Determination of the new Board applies to the whole of the State.

(2) The Dockmens Board was appointed on the 4th October, 1966, for the occupation of a Dockman employed by the Melbourne Harbor Trust Commissioners and the area of operation was defined as the whole of the State.

(3) The Hospital Resident Medical Officers Board was appointed on the 25th October, 1966, for the occupation of a legally qualified medical practitioner employed in a hospital as a Resident Medical Officer (but excluding a Medical Superintendent, Deputy Medical Superintendent, Specialist, Trainee Specialist or Assistant Specialist).

(4) The Hospital Medical Ancillary Services Board was appointed on the 25th October, 1966, for the occupations of medical laboratory technician, physiotherapist, dietitian, radiographer, radio-therapy technician and hospital librarian (including trainees in any of these occupations) in or in connexion with any hospital or benevolent homes registered pursuant to the Hospitals and Charities Act 1958, and the powers of the Hospital and Benevolent Homes Board were appropriately adjusted.

(5) The Hospital Administrative Officers Board was appointed on the 25th October, 1966, for the occupations of secretary, assistant secretary, manager, assistant manager, chief clerk, accountant, assistant accountant, personnel officer, pay master, credit officer, public relations officer, medical record officer, purchasing or supply officer, catering officer, engineer, laundry manager and any other similar administrative occupation in or in connexion with any hospital or benevolent home registered pursuant to the Hospitals and Charities Act 1958, excluding-

(i) any occupation subject to the Hospital Resident Medical Officers Board, Hospital Pharmacists Board, Hospital Nurses Board, or the Hospital Medical Ancillary Services Board ; and

(ii) the occupations of clerk, interpreter, stenographer, typist, operator of a calculating or ledger keeping machine and telephone switchboard attendant.

At the same time the Hospital Executives Board whose powers had been conferred on the Hospital Administrative Officers Board was abolished and the powers of the Hospital and Benevolent Homes Board appropriately adjusted.

(6) These changes in the constitution of Hospital Wages Boards were introduced as the result of a comprehensive examination of industrial organization in hospital employment, made following representations from various organizations in recent times. The Determinations of the aforementioned Hospitals Wages Boards will, when made, apply to the whole of the State.

(7) On the 18th October, 1966, the short title of the Meat Preservers Board was altered to the Meat Preservers and Vegetable Oil Processors Board.

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(8) On the 25th October, 1966, the area of operation of the Port Phillip Seamen's Board was extended to include Westernport Bay and Port of Portland and the short title was altered to the Seamen's Board.

(9) The Floor Coverings (Printed Felt Base) Board was appointed on the 15th February, 1966, for the trade of manufacturing printed felt-based floor coverings but not including any trade or branch of a trade for which a Wages Board had heretofore been appointed. The Determinations of this Board will also apply to the whole State.

(10) On the 28th June, 1966, the powers of the Bricklayers Board were extended so that it now has the power to determine any industrial matter in relation to the process, trade, business or occupation of any person or persons or classes of persons (other than labourers) wheresoever employed in the process, trade or business of a bricklayer, including the applying and placing of all plastic or castable refractory substances or other materials used in the construction of, or repairs to, gas retorts, stills, towers, acid-resisting brickwork, boilers, bakers' ovens, furnaces and chimney stacks.

(11) On the 12th July, 1966, the powers of the Commercial Clerks Board were extended so that it now has the power to determine any industrial matter in relation to the process, trade, business or occupation of a person or persons or class or classes of persons (by whatever name called) employed wholly or principally in clerical work in connexion with a trade or business-

(a) including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, stenographers, typists, tele-type operators, switchboard attendants and operators of machines used to perform or assist in performing clerical work ; but

(b) excluding any person employed by a banking company, insurance company, trustee company, or barrister or solicitor ;

(c) excluding any person subject to the Determination of the Clerks (Meat Works) Board or the Totalizator Employees Board.

16. Basic Wage lncrease.-On the 8th July, 1966, the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission announced its decision in the Metal Trades and Pastoral Industry Cases. Subsequently applications were received for 196 Boards to meet to incorporate the decision in the Determinations of these Boards. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 45B of the Labour and Industry Act 1958, the Minister referred the applications to the Industrial Appeals Court for determination. The Court granted an increase of $2 in the male Basic Wage for persons subject to all these Determinations, to operate from the first pay period to commence on or after 11th July, 1966. Increases appropriate to the provisions of the Determinations accrued to juniors and females.

17. Margins Increase.-On the 22nd December, 1966, the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission granted an interim increase in margins in the Metal Trades Award. The increases ranged from 1 per cent. to 2! per cent. of the total wage and were ordered to operate from the beginning of the first pay period to commence on or after 23rd January, 1967.

18. Boards of Reference.-Thirty-four Wages Boards have made provisions in their Determinations for the appointment of Boards of Reference. Fourteen Boards of Reference have at some time been appointed and have met. Only one Board met during 1966, which seems to indicate that the provision in the Act for their appointment is not serving any useful purpose. This may well be due to the very limited powers at present conferred upon the Boards.

19. Decimal Currency.-Conversion to decimal currency has been progressively effected as Boards met during the year. At the end of the year covered by this Report the rates in 111 Determinations were expressed in decimal currency.

20. Increase in Staff.-Over the last few years the activities of the Wages Boards Secretariat have greatly expanded in terms of frequency and length of meetings and of work associated therewith. Jt became apparent that some increase in staff and changes in organization were necessary in order to provide and maintain adequate and efficient service to the Boards, the public and the Department. Accordingly, during 1966, an officer-in-charge and two additional secretaries were appointed. Each Chairman now has the services of two secretaries and work can be allocated in such a fashion that relief can be provided from continual attendance at meetings for time to write minutes, draft Determinations and to perform other duties.

21. Publication of Determinations.-From time to time the volume of work associated with the printing of Determinations, occasioned by intense Wages Board activity, or the reference of a common matter to the Industrial Appeals Court, such as changes in margins or basic wages, has produced excessive delays in printing. In such circumstances Determinations generally have either not been available to the public until many months after the date of operation, or when available have already been superseded. This year discussions were held with the Government Printer in

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an effort to remedy the situation. As a result, new procedures were adopted, and these, together with close co-operation between the Department and the Government Printing Office, have reduced the time lapse between drafting and publication to a minimum, and ensured, in the case of Basic Wage amendments this year, that Determinations were on sale to the public within a reasonable time.

22. Publication of Notice of Meetings.-Provision is made under the Labour and Industry Act 1958 (Section 30 (3) ) for organizations or persons interested in proceedings before Wages Boards to be heard or give evidence in matters of relevance to them. In order to provide members of the public with prior notice of impending meetings of Boards, an advance weekly list is now supplied to two daily newspapers, and the information is published in the " Law Lists " of these papers. This is in addition to the lists of meetings which are supplied to interested organizations. For many years a need has existed, particularly in the legal profession, for ready access to authentic reports of proceedings in the Industrial Appeals Court. The matter was investigated more than once by the Department but problems, principally of a financial nature due to the limited circulation envisaged, prevented action until this year. The introduction in Victoria of Victoria County Court Reports by Butterworth and Co. (Aust) Limited has made it possible to arrange for the inclusion of Industrial Appeals Court judgments in the new publication. This facility will, no doubt, be of interest to all engaged in industrial management in the State.

23. Increase in Members' Fees.-The Labour and Industry (Wages Boards) Regulations 1966, which were made on the 2nd November, increased the fee for each member for each meeting from $2.50 to $5 and fixed a maximum fee of $10 for all attendances on any one day.

INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES.

24. No serious stoppage of work occurred during 1966 in any field of employment within the Victorian industrial system, although minor stoppages occurred in the meat industry, in hospital employment and in a few other fields.

25. As usual, a number of disputes were settled through the goods offices of departmental officers, but the most pleasing feature has been the greater willingness of industrial organizations to use the procedures under Section 41 (2) of the Act. This requires the notification of a dispute to the Chairman of the appropriate Wages Board, who is thereupon required immediately to call a meeting of the Board. When so summoned the Boards have exercised the full powers available to them to bring about the settlement of disputes. Accordingly this type of procedure has proved most effective in maintaining harmony and limiting disputes.

26. During the year there were 53 Wages Board meetings called under Section 41 (2). It is noted elsewhere that the Board of Reference procedure has fallen into disuse, due to lack of power, and it appears that the Section 41 (2) procedure has now taken its place as a means of dispute settlement. The 53 meetings were concerned with 45 disputes : 21 of these were settled at the first meeting, three at the second, one required six meetings and eleven disputes developed into industry matters and were subsequently dealt with at ordinary meetings of the Boards. In six cases the parties were referred into conference and settled the issues themselves.

BREACHES OF DETERMINATIONS.

27. During the year an amount of $73,384 was recovered for complainants without recourse to prosecution, and an amount of $15,205.06 was obtained by Court orders following prosecution. (See Table IV. for particulars of prosecutions.) Ancillary to the Department's primary objective of securing compliance with the law, is the objective of recovering payments due to complainants. In cases appropriate for settlement by a court the Department is required to discharge a heavy onus of proof with respect to the offence, before a court is entitled to enter upon the question of making an award for arrears of payments to the employee. Thus in some instances ordinary civil proceedings may succeed where action taken by the Department would, most likely, faiL It should perhaps be emphasized that the Department does not, and in fact cannot, act for an employee in the same manner as a solicitor. Whilst the recovery of payment due may be of primary importance to the employee, the Department may only give this objective its consideration once satisfied that a breach of the law does exist.

INDUSTRIAL APPEALS COURT.

28. The jurisdiction of the Industrial Appeals Court under the Labour and Industry Act was exercised as follows during the year :-

Section of Act.

45 .. 45B .. 46 ..

47 .. 153 ..

Nature of Action.

Appeals against Determination of a Wages Board . . . . Reference of a matter common to ten or more Wages Boards . . . . . . Transfer of procee~ings fron: lower court when defence raised that relationship of employer

and employee did not exist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appeal against decision of Court of Petty Sessions .. Exemption from long service leave provisions of Act

No. of Cases.

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6 15 6

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29. The matter referred under Section 45B was the decision of the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission in the "National Wage Case", determined in July, 1966. The reference involved the Determinations of 196 Wages Boards and it is pleasing to note that this procedure, introduced by the Labour and Industry (Amendment) Act 1965, has enabled such matters to be dealt with most expeditiously, and the parties concerned are generally happy with it. It does, however, impose an additional burden of administrative work on the Department. Apart from a considerable volume of work associated with the reference of a matter to the Industrial Appeals Court, the Department must also maintain its administrative facilities to Wages Boards, which, now free of matters appropriate for reference to the Court, are able to proceed with other business during reference proceedings.

30. The Labour and Industry (Amendment) Act 1966 introduced a provision that decisions of the Industrial Appeals Court on questions of law shall be binding on the Metropolitan Industrial Court, which is a court of petty sessions, and on other courts of petty sessions dealing with industrial matters, either under the Labour and Industry Act 1958, the Apprenticeship Act 1958 or the Bread Industry Act 1959. In the year 1942 the Industrial Appeals Court, as at present constituted, was established and invested with exclusive jurisdiction to hear all appeals from decisions of the Metropolitan Industrial Court and other courts of petty sessions in proceedings under the Labour and Industry Act and its antecedent, the Factories and Shops Act. Subsequently, it was vested with similar appellate jurisdiction in respect of proceedings arising from the other two Acts mentioned. It seemed reasonably clear that in these circumstances decisions of the Industrial Appeals Court on questions of law should be binding upon the courts of petty sessions from which appeals had been taken. However, on quite a number of occasions, magistrates sitting in courts of petty sessions have declined to follow these decisions. In the interests of consistency, the Government proposed and Parliament agreed that decisions of the Industrial Appeals Court should be binding on the lower courts on questions of law.

31. The Industrial Appeals Court-Remuneration of Members Order 1966 increased the fees payable to members of the Industrial Appeals Court-other than the President.

ANNUAL HOLIDAYS.

32. The Labour and Industry (Amendment) Act 1966 introduced changes in Division 3 of Part VIII. of the Act, which is the Division dealing with annual leave entitlements, in the interests of those workers who draw their entitlements directly from the Division. The Act originally conferred on workers an entitlement to two weeks annual leave, with the proviso that, where a worker gained more favourable annual leave entitlements from some other enactment or determination or contract under which he was employed, he would be entitled to the more favourable benefits instead of the basic provisions set out in the Division itself.

33. Whilst for some years most workers have enjoyed an entitlement to three weeks annual leave, which they draw from awards or Determinations made by the various industrial tribunals which governed their conditions of employment there is still a residue of workers who derive their rights directly from the Act. Although this residue is small compared with the total numbers of workers in employment, it covers quite a wide range of occupations, in which the people concerned do not have access to any industrial tribunal.

34. The amending Act therefore revised Division 3 of Part VIII. of the Principal Act so as to provide that persons who derive their rights to annual leave from the Act itself should have those rights determined by Order of the Governor in Council upon the recommendation of the Minister after he has consulted with the President of the Industrial Appeals Court. This is a provision, then, which does not itself confer an entitlement to three weeks leave on any person, but provides the machinery by which standards of leave can be varied from time to time in accordance with the standards generally prevailing in the community.

INDUSTRIAL SAFETY, HEALTH, AND WELFARE. FACTORY BUILDINGS.

35. Approval of Plans.-The demand for the services of the Factory Standards Branch continued at a high level and 1,420 plans for new factories and additions to existing factories were approved. A table of the total area of new buildings and additions for which plans have been submitted in recent years is as follows :-

1963

1964

1965 1966

6,578,540 sq. ft. 8,970,955 sq. ft.

12,295,621 sq. ft. 11,114,677 sq. ft.

The continued use of Inspectors withdrawn from field work to assist in the Factory Standards Branch has been of great value to architects, builders and factory owners, as by their long experience in inspections of actual conditions in factories, Inspectors are in a position to advise on the various problems associated with each type of industry. The benefit of having the requirements

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of the law in relation to health and safety clearly indicated at the planning stage has made the intending occupier more sympathetic to the Department's aims. Recommended welfare standards, such as the provision of amenities not required by law, are often incorporated into designs during this planning stage and in recent years the standard of amenities provided has been generally high. It still remains difficult, of course, to secure similar standards in older factories, most of which are located in inner suburbs. On the other hand, the spread of factories into outer areas makes the task of regular inspection more difficult.

36. Legislation.-The Labour and Industry (Amendment) Act 1966 introduced two amendments in relation to factory buildings. First, action was taken to resolve the deadlock that sometimes arises from the objection by municipal councils to the registration of factory premises pursuant to Section 51 of the Labour and Industry Act 1958. The Act, in brief, requires that a person desiring to establish a factory shall serve notice, both on the Department of Labour and Industry and on the municipal council in whose district the premises to be used are situated, of his intention to establish a factory. The purpose of the notification to the Department is to enable it to ensure that the provisions of legislation administered by it, principally relating to the safety, health and welfare of persons working in the factory, are complied with. There is no jurisdiction vested in the Department to determine where a factory may be established. This is a matter reserved to other authorities, amongst them municipal councils. The amended legislation enables the Minister to resolve a deadlock, should such occur.

37. However, the Government accepted another amendment, designed to assist in the co-ordination of the functions of the Department and the municipal councils in this field. Section 51 makes it an offence to commence factory building before obtaining the Department's approval of the plans. The amendment requires that the submission of plans to the Department be accompanied by a statement in writing by the council that the building works would not be in contravention of that law.

SAFETY INSPECTION.

38. Inspection.-It has been noticeable in recent years that many large factories have better safety standards than factories with a small number of employees. The interest in safety performance shown by the managements of these larger factories appears to be the principal reason for their safer operation. Inspectors, during routine visits, endeavour to prompt the occupiers of small factories to take active steps to prevent accidents at their works. They use the success of the larger factory as an example to follow.

39. The basic departmental activity in the industrial safety field is the inspection of factories to ascertain whether the dangerous parts of the factories and of their plant and equipment are guarded as required by law. In this connexion, factory occupiers (and others) are required to notify " lost time " accidents to the Department. The investigation of accidents which have been reported to the Department is of great importance. The fact that an accident has happened is often strong evidence that a hazard exists, and the investigation which follows does serve to draw the attention of all concerned to the necessity for remedial action and provides the opportunity in many cases, for a general review of accident prevention in the work.

40. Advice.-Inspection activities are not, however, confined to accident investigation ; much advisory work is done by Inspectors on a day-to-day basis, as part of their normal routine. A special example of this is the inspection of sheltered workshops.

41. Since the introduction of the Labour and Industry (Sheltered Workshops) Act 1966, Wages Board Determinations no longer apply to handicapped persons employed in such places. However, because of the need for special precautions to ensure the safety of handicapped persons, visits were made by a Supervising Inspector of Factories and Shops to 41 of these establishments. Advice concerning the guarding of machines, the provision of fire escapes and the recommended standards for amenities was tendered and accepted willingly by the workshop occupiers.

42. Statistics.-Vseful detailed statistics of Victorian industrial accidents occasioning absences of seven or more days are now published by the Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics. These statistics are compiled from returns submitted by insurance companies, which provide the most comprehensive source of this information. Certain aspects of this information are shown in summary form for the years 1962-63 and 1963-64 in Table V. of this Report.

43. Rural Safety.-The mechanization of agricultural work, particularly by the introduction of tractors, has, according to the scanty records which are available, introduced new hazards into rural life. As the records show, many accidents arising from this source have proved fatal. It seems that the use of machinery in agriculture is likely to be extended and not reduced, and so it would appear that in the interests of the community at large, but particularly of those in rural life, whether proprietors or employees, serious consideration must soon be given by the Government to instituting steps to reduce and ultimately to eliminate the damage suffered by individuals and the community from this source. Steps have been taken by the Department to bring the hazards involved in the use of tractors and farm machinery to the notice of users. In order to further examine and discuss methods of improving safety in the rural industry, the State Departments of Labour in association with the Commonwealth Department of Labour and National Service, will conduct a seminar in Canberra about mid-1967.

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44. The Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Queensland has been engaged in a tractor safety project for some time. A progress report issued in December, 1966, states that the addition of a safety frame or safety cab to a tractor can do more to prevent tractor fatalities and injuries than any other single step.

45. Regulations.-A revision and consolidation of regulations under the Labour and Industry Act has been proceeding during the last few years. Those in the safety, health and welfare field that have been completed are-

1965-Labour and Industry (Factories, Shops, Offices and Warehouses) Regulations. Labour and Industry (General Safety) Regulations. Labour and Industry (Machinery) Regulations. Labour and Industry (Explosive-powered Tools) Regulations.

1966-Labour and Industry (Lead Processes) Regulations.

In addition, during the year substantial progress was made with the revision of the regulations relating to spray painting and the use of nitro-cellulose products. It is hoped that the programme will be completed during 1967.

46. A new field of regulation was entered with the making of the Labour and Industry (Foundries) Regulations 1966. Regulations for securing the safety, health and welfare of persons working in foundries have been in force in most other States for some years. The preparation of similar regulations in Victoria took some considerable time, as it was desired that the fullest possible measure of agreement be obtained from the employers' associations and trade unions concerned. In the end, almost complete agreement was obtained for which the parties are to be congratulated.

SAFETY PROMOTION.

47. Industrial Safety Bureau.-The activities of the Bureau, which include research, education, information and advisory services on matters affecting industrial safety, were expanded during the year to include a number of aspects of rural safety.

48. Lectures, &c.-Thirty-six lectures were given to Industrialists, District Safety Groups, Technical Schools, Farmers' Organizations and other State Departments. Film screenings to industry had audiences totalling 1,300 persons, while screenings on rural safety at Agricultural Shows attracted 30,000 persons. In addition 50 films were loaned by the Department to industry with a viewing audience totalling 750 persons.

49. Training Within Industry Courses.-Thirty-seven Job Safety and Job Instruction Courses were held for personnel totalling 280 and to meet the needs of employers unable to spare their supervisors for the 10-12 hours required by this programme, the abridged 4-hour Accident Appreciation Course for Supervisors was presented on six occasions to 113 persons. The film strip series of Safety for Foremen was presented on five occasions to 75 persons.

50. Displays.-This year the accent has been on Rural Safety. Displays of farm and tractor safety were exhibited at Field Days at Warragul and Longerenong. The Royal Agricultural Society provided an excellent site at the Showgrounds for a display on aspects of rural safety during the Royal Show. This attracted many visitors and created a great deal of interest amongst members of the farming community.

51. Films and Equipment.-Four new films were purchased during the year to add to the departmental library of safety films. A good reference set of photographs of work situations showing good examples of housekeeping, machinery guarding and amenities has been prepared and is being widely used by the inspectorial staff. Suitable photos have been made into 35 mm. slides which are used to illustrate lectures.

52. District Safety Groups.-Safety Groups, which now cover the whole of the metropolitan area and Dandenong, continued to operate successfully. Officers of the Department investigated the possibility of forming Safety Groups in provincial centres. As a preliminary, to test local reaction to the idea, the first of a series of one-day seminars was held at Wangaratta.

53. Special Activities.-(a) The guarding of dangerous machinery in sawmills, joinery works and furniture factories required by the Labour and Industry (Machinery) Regulations 1965 received special attention during the year.

(b) Following the promulgation of the Labour and Industry (Foundries) Regulations 1966, and at the request of the Victorian Chamber of Manufactures an explanatory lecture was given by an officer of the Department to employers in the industry.

(c) Safety surveys of six technical schools were made and follow-up inspections at two rehabilitation centres were carried out.

54. Radio Talks.-Five radio talks on Rural Safety were given at Warragul, Horsham and Geelong.

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55. Safety Award.-Officers of the Department assisted in the judging of the Victorian finalist for the A.C.E.F. Safety Award.

FATAL AcciDENTS.

56. Thirty-seven fatal accidents were reported to the Department during 1966 and the circumstances are summarized below:-

(i) The operator of circular saw was killed when struck by a piece of the saw blade which had shattered during use.

(ii) An employee investigating the cause of smoke from a briquette bunker above a boiler was killed when the bunker exploded.

(iii) The operator of a grinding machine was electrocuted when a faulty power lead electrified the body of the grinder with which he was in contact.

(iv) A worker assisting in unloading a van-body from a trolley was killed when a plank of wood used in the operation was ejected, striking him on the jaw.

(v) The cleaner of a concrete-mixer used for brick manufacture was killed when the machine was operated with the cleaner still inside.

(vi) A paper-mill employee was killed when drawn into the moving rollers of a paper processing machine. (vii) AQ employee died from the effects of ammonia fumes inhaled when attending to a refrigerated van. (viii) A farm worker was killed when a plough being towed by a tractor he had been driving, descended upon him

whilst he was examining its plough shares. tix) A tractor operator was crushed to death when the tractor overturned on him at the edge of a silage pit. (x) An electrician was killed in a fall from a ladder when the vehicle against which it was leaning was driven off.

(xi) A tyre service employee was killed when struck by a well-base rim thrown from a tyre he was inflating. (xii) An employee died from the effect of burns received when fire followed the collapse of a hose on a testing device

for aeroplane fuel pumps.

(xiii) A sawmill employee died when crushed beneath logs which slipped from a truck he was unloading. (xiv) An employee using a tractor to load logs on to a truck was killed when the logs rolled on him.

(xv) A farm worker using a tractor to clear land was killed when a tree, the roots of which he had severed earlier fell on him.

(xvi) A worker was killed when a stack of steel girders collapsed and pinned him against a semi-trailer.

(xvii) An electrical contractor was electrocuted when a metal-backed insulating material he was using was blown across power lines.

(xviii) A farmer making silage backed his tractor to drive on to the silage heap. An insufficiently inflated tyre rolled from the rim-the tractor tipped and fell on to the driver.

(xix) A child 61 years of age who had been pestering a farmer for a ride on the tractor was placed on the top of a large scrub-slasher. When the farmer reversed the tractor the child fell forward from the slasher under the tractor wheel.

(xx) An employee on a farm was killed when the fan of a hammer mill disintegrated and he was struck by a flying blade.

(xxi) An elderly farmer was killed when his long overcoat which was being worn as a protection against flying mud and scrub from a slasher he was towing, became tangled in an unguarded power-take-off on the tractor.

(xxii) An employee holding back tree branches for an orchardist mowing between rows of trees with a tractor-towed slasher was killed when he slipped and fell beneath the slasher.

(xxiii) A 15-year-old boy was killed when a stack of pipes rolled on to him.

(xxiv) The owner of a sawmill was killed when a flitch of wood contacted the back of the saw and was thrown forward hitting him.

(xxv) The owner of a sawmill was killed when he became caught in a multiple belt drive from a power unit.

(xxvi) An employee of a tyre repair service was killed when a tyre spreader broke and part of the spreader hit him on the head.

(xxvii) An employee of a firm installing machinery in a factory fell from the top of the machine and died as a result of the injuries he received.

(xxviii) A building construction worker was killed when a brick wall just constructed collapsed on him.

(xxix) A boiler attendant died from the effects of burns received when an explosion followed the overheating of a water tube boiler.

(xxx) An unskilled and unauthorized operator of a fork lift truck was killed when the vehicle overturned on him.

(xxxi) Tack welding being used temporarily to support a crane maintenance platform under construction gave way, causing a man to fall to his death.

(xxxii) The driver of a front end loader was killed when he lost control of his machine, allowing it to roll backwards downhill, mount a bank and overturn.

(xxxiii) A dogman received fatal injuries when faulty skids holding a load of timber suspended from a crane snapped, causing the load to fall.

(xxxiv) A person assisting the driver of a winch truck to unload poles from a semi-trailer was fatally injured when struck on the head by a pole.

(xxxv) A mobile crane, being used to remove decking from a barge, was loaded beyond its capacity, allowing it to overbalance and fall into the sea. The driver was drowned.

(xxxvi) A man was struck by the falling shovel of an excavator. He died later in hospital.

(xxxvii) A man died from the injuries he received when he fell from the elevated forks of a fork lift machine.

NoTE.-The above summary of accidents includes all reported to the Department in accordance with the provisions of the Labour and Industry Act 1958. The investigation into the causes of these accidents is not, in all cases, the responsibility of the Department of Labour and Industry.

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LIFTS AND CRANES.

57. Lift Inspections.-All lifts recorded with the Inspectorate were inspected during the year. Seventy-five lifts were placed out of use, so that the total number of lifts, including the year's registrations, was 3,709 at 31st December, 1966. This total is made up as follows :-

Electric 3,194

Hydraulic 293

Oil e1ectro-hydraulic

Others

148

74

Lifts removed from service during the year were of the following types :­

Electric, 44 ; hydraulic, 30 ; hand-powered Goods, 1.

58. The past year set a record for the number of lifts tested by the Inspectorate and subsequently placed in service. Particulars of new lifts are set out in the following table

Type.

Electric Passenger Lifts

Oil Electro-Hydraulic Passenger Lifts ..

Electric Escalator Lifts

Electric Goods Lifts ..

Oil Electro-Hydraulic Goods Lifts

Hand-powered Goods Lifts

Totals ··I

No. of Forms of

Approval Issued.

94

12

2

53

10

172

No. of Lifts Tested.

129

9

24

67

13

242

59. Permits to Maintain Lifts.-There are now 340 persons holding permits authorizing them to engage in the maintenance of lifts and in some cases to conduct tests of lift safety gear. An additional 27 permits were issued during the year. A mechanized system has been introduced to facilitate the annual renewal of permits.

60. Standards Association of Australia.-Officers of the Lifts and Cranes Branch continued to co-operate with various committees of the Standards Association of Australia with regard to the following Codes :-

Chain Blocks Chain Blocks Flexible Cables for Lifts Lifting Tackle and Gear Fork Lift Trucks Cranes and Hoists Lifts Platforms Gangways and Ladders

(Manual Operation) No. AS-Bl04 (Power Operation) (in course of preparation) No. AS. C-307 (in course of preparation) (in course of preparation) No. AS. CB2-l963 and amendments No. AS. CA3 No. AS. CAlO

61. Cranes Notification and Inspection.-A total of 3,197 schedules dealing with the manufacture, erection and alteration of overhead travelling cranes, mobile cranes, conveyors, hoists, stiffleg derricks, tower cranes, wharf cranes, pile drivers, tow trucks, fork lift trucks and other specialized lifting equipment for the year ending 31st December, 1966, were received by the Inspectorate for appraisal and site inspection.

62. Lectures.-Lectures on the application of the Lifts and Cranes Act 1959, Cranes Regulations 1964 and safe working practices for cranes and associated gear were given, on request, to Industrial Safety Groups and other interested bodies.

63. Amending Regulations.-The Lifts (Amendment) Regulations 1966 increased the maximum permissible distance of travel of an oil-electric hydraulic lift from 30 feet to 50 feet.

64. Accidents.-Nineteen lift accidents were reported during the year ending 31st December, 1966, all but one of a minor nature. The majority of the accidents resulted from the misuse of escalators by children. A more serious accident occurred when an electrician put his head through a lift door from which pickets had been removed and was struck by a descending lift car.

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65. A total of 123 accidents involving cranes and lifting gear were reported, the majority of a minor nature. Eight however, were fatal and short descriptions of these are included in the list of fatal accidents reported to the Department and recorded above. Misjudgment and faulty operational techniques accounted for 60 per cent. of all crane accidents. More than half of the total number of accidents investigated occurred in the building and engineering industries.

66. An analysis of crane accidents into industry classification is as follows:-

Building and Civil Engineering Industries

Engineering Industry, including Foundries and Steel Handling

Timber Industry

Other Industries

The type of equipment involved in the 38 per cent. " Other Industries "

is as follows :-

Fork Lift Trucks

Conveyors

Hoists, Chain Blocks and other Manual Lifting Equipment

Others

BOILERS AND PRESSURE VESSELS.

% 27

25

10

38

% 15

13

6

4

67. General.-There was a continued growth in the number of boilers and pressure vessels in use in the State. During the year 26 boilers and pressure vessels were condemned and 392 repairs were ordered. One hundred and twenty-four notices relating to " dangerous " installations were served on owners or lessees. Table VI. shows the number of inspections made during 1966.

68. Accidents.-As mentioned, one fatal accident occurred at a milk processing plant due to overheated water tube boiler. One serious, but non-fatal, accident was due to the careless opening of a large brick retort door. Eleven shortages of water occurred in steaming boilers causing heavy damage and loss of production ; in all cases they were due to improper maintenance and testing of the automatic devices. The latter half of 1966 showed a reduction of these accidents which may be due to the advice on maintenance given to the boiler attendants by Inspectors of Boilers and Pressure Vessels during annual inspections. Two cracked boiler seams were discovered before disastrous rupture could take place. One cast iron plate fractured from internal defects was projected through a roof, but no person was injured. One Freon 12 (Refrigerant) gas cylinder not subject to the Boilers Inspection Act exploded one hot day, but no serious injuries were sustained.

69. Board of Reference.-A Board of Reference is constituted under the Boilers Inspection Act 1958 to examine applicants for boiler welding certificates and applicants for the position of Inspector of Boilers. Board meetings were held on eight occasions during the year. The results of the examinations conducted for welding certificates are listed below :-

No. of Applications Received. No. of Applicants listed for No. of Applicants attended for No. Passed the Examination. examination. examination.

743 623 593 *152

• Results are not yet available in respect of 274 candidates examined during November, 1966.

70. Ninety-three applications for certificates were approved by the Board in cases where the candidate's previous qualifications and for experience satisfied the requirements of the Regulations.

71. Legislation.-The Boilers Inspection (Amendment) Act 1966 permitted a more flexible approach to be taken to the whole question of periodic inspection of pressure vessels on site. Previously, the Act required every vessel to be inspected annually, although in fact it had never been possible to do this. The amendment permits a period of up to four years to elapse between inspections of air receivers and gas receivers. The change was made on the expert technical advice of the Board of Reference and permits the Department's inspection resources to be applied to those classes of inspection that are the most urgent.

801/67.-2

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APPRENTICESHIP.

72. The annual report of the Apprenticeship Commission for the year ended 30th June, 1966, showed that there were 25,512 apprentices employed in the trades proclaimed as apprenticeship trades under the Apprenticeship Act. Such a proclamation means that conditions of apprenticeship are determined under the Apprenticeship Act instead of under the Labour and Industry Act and Wages Board Determinations, and supervision and training of apprenticeship is placed in the hands of the Commission.

73. In recent years the Commission has initiated action to have almost all proclamations apply to the whole of the State. During 1966, wood-machining was proclaimed, for the whole of the State, and during 1965-66 the proclamations of the following trades were extended from the Metropolitan District to cover the remainder of the State :-Bricklaying, plastering, metal moulding, watchmaking, cooking, pastrycooking, footwear manufacturing, furniture manufacturing, bread baking and hairdressing. The result of these actions, particularly as to the two trades last mentioned, is that there will be very few apprenticeships in the future that are not subject to the Apprenticeship Act and, therefore, very few that will be subject to the Labour and Industry Act and Wages Board Determinations. For this reason, it has been arranged that the office of the Apprenticeship Commission will in future attend to all apprenticeship matters falling within the Department's administration.

74. The eleventh meeting of the Australian Apprenticeship Advisory Committee was held in Perth in August, 1966, as part of Western Australia's "Technical Training Year" activities for that year. All States and the Commonwealth Government were represented.

HOURS OF WORK AND TRADE.

75. General.-The regulation of hours of work and trade continued to be a matter of controversy. The most significant developments during the year concerned shop trading hours in holidays resorts, shop trading hours for petrol service stations and hours for baking and carting of bread.

76. Holiday Resorts.-The first exemptions granted under Section 80A were issued at the close of 1965. Orders of exemption were granted for most holiday resorts to which the section could be applied, with respect to the Christmas-January holiday period, Easter, school vacations and some public holiday "long week-ends". However, observations suggest that full advantage was not taken of the trading hours available, which seems to indicate that only in a few cases was late trading profitable.

77. The municipalities concerned were advised that all orders of exemption would be reviewed late in 1966. This was done and in appropriate cases fresh orders were issued for the twelve months from December, 1966.

78. Petrol Shops.-The Labour and Industry (Petrol Shops) Act 1966, which came into operation on 1st August, 1966, had the effect of removing all restrictions on trading hours of "service stations", excepting on Good Friday, Christmas Day and Anzac Day. Fear was expressed by reseller groups that their suppliers would exert pressure on them to trade unreasonably long hours, as a result of which provisions were included in the legislation to making the bringing of such pressure an offence.

79. In fact, the changeover has occurred remarkably smoothly. Observation indicates that the trading pattern of most resellers has changed very little.

80. Bread.-The illegal baking and delivery of bread at week-ends continued to be a difficult problem, and culminated in direct action being taken by trade interests (including picketing of bakeries by trade unions) in an attempt to suppress all illegal trade. Co-operation between the Police and the Department was obtained to prevent breaches of the peace and law and order finally prevailed.

81. The Government introduced the Labour and Industry (Bread) Bill 1966 in another attempt to permit some baking to be carried on between 2 p.m. on a Friday and 11 p.m. on a Sunday, with limited deliveries. This Bill which represented quite a new approach to the problem, like its predecessors, was defeated in the Upper House. Some breaches of the law are still being detected and the Department's Trading Inspection Section has been active in investigating these (see the details of prosecutions given later in this Report).

MISCELLANEOUS.

DEPARTMENTS OF LABOUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

82. The annual meeting of the Departments of Labour Advisory Committee was held in Adelaide during April and was attended by representatives of the Labour Departments of all States and the Commonwealth. This is a consultative committee, to facilitate exchange of views and information.

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EFFECT OF FEDERAL AwARDS.

83. The difficulties caused by the impact of Federal Award prescriptions of conditions of apprenticeship and of industrial safety, health and welfare constitute one of the major problems affecting the administration of State industrial laws. While this is a problem in all States, it is especially so in Victoria because of the high incidence of Federal Awards in this State.

84. In a number of cases during 1966 the State of Victoria successfully intervened in Federal Award proceedings in order to save the operation of State laws, but there are considerable disadvantages involved in this method. Examination of alternative courses of action is continuing. It seems, in fact, that if full effect were given to Section 53 of the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Act by the appropriate authorities, in the manner in which the tribunals of this State effectuate Section 33 of the Labour and Industry Act, the need for intervention of any kind in most cases would disappear.

INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION.

85. The 50th Session of the International Labour Conference was held in Geneva in June, 1966. The Conference this year adopted four instruments dealing with conditions for fishermen and the role of co-operatives in the social development of developing countries.

ADMINISTRATION.

86. Particulars of departmental revenue and expenditure for the financial year 1965-66 are shown in Table VIII. Particulars of staff employed as at 31st December, 1966 are shown in Table VII.

PART ID.-STATISTICS.

DEFINITIONS.

The following definitions apply to the Tables included in this Part :-

" Factory."-A factory is defined by the Labour and Industry Act as being "any premises or place where any manufacturing process is carried on and where-

(a) two or more persons are directly or indirectly employed in such process (whether on their own account or behalf or for hire or reward) ; or

(b) if-(i) steam water gas oil or electric power (exceeding one-half horse-power)

is used in any manufacturing process ; or

(ii) any goods made of bamboo or wicker or any prescribed substitute therefor or any furniture is prepared or manufactured ; or

(iii) any process is used involving mixing or pasting or smelting in connexion with the manufacture or repair of electric accumulators or involving the use of a compound of lead ; or

(iv) any bread or pastry is made or baked for trade or sale or any confectionery or cereal food for human consumption is prepared or manufactured for trade or sale ; or

(v) fish or poultry are prepared for trade or sale by wholesale-

one or more persons is so employed-

and includes any premises or place where electricity is generated or mechanically transformed for the supply of heat or light or power or where coal gas is made and any clay pit or quarry worked in connexion with and occupied by the occupier of any pottery or brickyard ; but does not include any part of a poultry farm where poultry are not dressed for trade or sale by wholesale or the premises of an outside worker who is licensed under this Act".

"Shop. "Shop" is defined by the Labour and Industry Act as being-" any building or place or portion of a building or place or any stall tent vehicle or pack in which goods are exposed or offered for sale by retail, and includes any rooms of hairdressers or barbers, boot repairers' shops, farriers' workshops, the rooms of dyers and clothes cleaners commonly known as dyers' shops and clothes cleaners' shops and of agents of any such dyer or clothes cleaner, lending libraries, undertakers' establishments and the rooms of tailors or photographers".

VICTORIA

STATE REGIONAL BOUNDARIES

MAL LEE

LODDON

~

EAST GIPPSLAND

TABLE I.-TRADE AND REGIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF FACTORIES REGISTERED DURING 1966 AND PERSONS EMPLOYED THEREIN.

Class of Industry.

A. Treatment of Non-Metalliferous Mine and Quarry Products

B. Bricks, Pottery, Glass, &c.

C. Chemicals, Dyes, Explosives, Paints, Oils and Grease

D. Industrial Metals, Machines, Convey­ances ~.

E. Precious Metals, Jewellery and Plate

F. Textile and Textile Goods (Not Dress)

G. Skins and Leather (Not Clothing or Footwear)

H. Clothing (Except Knitted) ..

J. l. Bread Bakeries

J. 2. Other Food, Drink and Tobacco

K. Sawmills, Joinery Works, Wood Turning and Carving

L. Furniture of Wood, Bedding, &c.

M. Paper, Stationery, Printing, Book­binding, &c.

N. Rubber ..

0. Musical Instruments

P. Miscellaneous Product•

Q. Heat, Light and Power

Totals

Port Phillip Region.

Number of

I Employees.

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] 0

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t.2 .o~ ~ ss z~ " :;;

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ri 'il E " ""

3 0

"'

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~

" " ::;

Number of Employees.

] "' 8 " ""

~ "'

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.... 0 •

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Number of Employees.

,;

~ 8 ~ ~

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Number of Employees.

Glenelg Region.

~ ] ~ ~ "' ::; " "" "'

50

11

674

2 N 284 -

2

79

89

705

450

4

87

25

87

16

-2,568

Class of Industry.

A. Treatment of Non-Metalliferous Mine Products

B. Bricks, Pottery, Glass, &c.

C. Chemicals, Dyes, Explosives, Paints, Oils and Grease

D. Industrial Metals, Machines, Convey­ances ..

E. Precious Metals, Jewellery and Plate

F. Textile and Textile Goods (Not Dress)

G. Skins and Leather (Not Clothing or Footwear)

H. Clothing (Except Knitted) ..

J. 1. Bread Bakeries

J. 2. Other Food, Drink and Tobacco

K. Sawmills, Joinery Works, Wood Turning and Carving

L. Furniture of Wood, Bedding, &c.

M. Paper, Stationery. Printing, Book-binding, &c.

N. Rubber .. 0. Musical Instruments

P. Miscellaneous Products

Q. Heat, Light and Power

Totals

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TABLE 1.-TRADE AND REGIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF FACTORIES REGISTERED DURING 1966 AJ:\'D PERSDNS EMPLOYED THEREIN-continued.

Goulburn Region. Loddon Region. Mallee Region. Upper Goulburn Region. Upper Murray Region. Wimmera Region.

~- ~

Number of Number of Number of Number of Number of Number of Employees. Employees. Employees. Employees. Employees. Employees.

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5,546

5,735

13,951

140,204

2,100

35,383 N N

3,811

47.673

2,801

46,015

14,469

6,829

34,828

7,798

154

13,982

1,788

--373,067

TABLE II.-TRADE AND REGIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF SHOPS REGISTERED DURING 1966 AND PERSONS EMPLOYED THEREIN.

Class of Shop.

Foodstuffs.-A. Grocers B. Butchers C. Fish .. .. D. Bread, Cakes and Confectionc"ry E. Dairy Produce, Cooked Meat F. Fruit and Vegetables G. Others

Hairdressers and/or Tobacconists.-· H. Hairdressers

Jewellery.-J. Jewellery

Clothing, Drapery, &c.-K. Clothing .. L. Footwear--Sales M. Footwear-Repairs

Hardware and Builders Supplies.­N. Hardware, &c.

Electrical Goods.-0. Electrical Goods

Furniture and Floor Coverings.-P. Furniture and Floor Coverings

Motor Vehicles, &c.-R. Motor Cars-New and Used S. Petrol, &c. T. Others

Other Goods.-U. Booksellers and Newsagents V. Chemists . . , .

Port Phillip Region. ~~· ~arwon Region. I Centr~1 Highlands Region. .~~rangamite Region. East Gipps1and Region. I West Gippsland Region.

Number of ) Number of I Number of I Number of I Number of I Number of

Glenelg Region.

Number of Employees.

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1,9411 3,783'1 3,8151 7,5981ll 1161 24) 2871

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5211' 8001 2411 212 368 580 1291. 1491 3171 466 781 581 125 183[ 2371' 2311' 48311

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1351 227. 511 48l. "I .,1 ,1 "I , ,! ,! ,1 .,,1 ,,, 6051 s1ol 90611,7t6l' 261 421 43 85

1

2o zs[ 291. 541 19.1 2s 241 49 12\ 141 to 24 26 29 351 641

I I I I I ' i I I I 3,2ooj 4,2361 7,759,11.9951 to9 217'l

1 382 599 1171 3241 531 855')• 65

1•. 1341 244, 378 40\ sol 91 141 111 102 291 393

1

1 541 699·:· 1,106 1 ,805, 18 28 64 92 27, 321 67· 99 17. 25 341' 591 101• 14 171 31 37 41 57J 98 388 463 150 6131 2L 281 81

1

36 271 33 7 40 13

1

1 17, 4 211 9 11' . . 11 13 111 8\ 19

I I I 'I I I I . I I I 8341 2,8961 1,0821 3,9781 541 206' 167 373 561 179 55 234 41 1131 341 1471 211 1211 551 176 671 2121 711 2831

5591 1.6811 595\ 2.2761 32

1

94 30 124 461

109

1

47

1

156 37 126

1

331

159 91 14~. ..J , ,! "'I "I 2121

'"I L" <I '"I '·"'' "' " " '"' " " I " "" " "j n " 'I ,I ' " "I "I " m 296J 1,7841 3541 2,1381 231 70' ts sal 26 109

1 21 130 si zoil 5 25 61 781 11 95 12 641 tsi 79

2,022 5.866 835 6,701 164 4031 85 488 177 3941 106 500 102 266 67 333 9411 2791 851 364 221 555 145 700

10

7 56 26

~ ,...

109 108

14 289

14 48

107

8~

36

108 62 9

114

73

50

30 261 178 420 2,650 407 3,057 31 146 23 1691 42 149 22 171 40 192 26 218 221 92 20 112 44 1501 31 181

1,129 1,731 2.586 4,317 60 101 165 266 44 76 140 216 32 47 105 152 161 26 55 81 49 681 157 225 25 38 74, 112 773 1,247 1,450\ 2,697 331 46 73 119 431 45'1 72 117 25 361 52 88 15 zo

1 351 551 35 51. 86 1371 21 33 351' 68

3,255 7,909 13,439121,348 252 620 553 1,173 2731 501 459 960 229 516 420 ~ 1481 314 319 6331 351 770 7981 1,568 184 498 4201 918

_______________ z_s_.4_63--52_.,_z~o_-_53,4s2f~~~~~~~--:.:~~ 5,625~~~~~ 3,822 ----:1~--::: ~~--~ z.sss!--:::1~ I.S72 1,2241 2,796

W. Mixed Goods and Others

Totals

N w

Class of Shop.

Foodstulfs.-A. Grocers B. Butchers C. Fish . . .. .. D. Bread, Cakes and Confectionery E. Dairy Produce, Cooked Meat F. Fruit and Vegetables G. Others

Hairdressers and /or Tobacconists.­H. Hairdressers

Jewellery.­J. Jewellery

Clothing, Drapery, &c.-K. Clothing •• L. Footwear-Sales M. Footwear-Repairs

Hardware and Builders Supplies.-N. Hardware, &c. • •

Electrical Goods.-0. Electrical Goods

Furniture and Floor Coverings.-P. Furniture and Floor Coverings

Motor Vehicles, &c.-R. Motor Cars-New and Used S. Petrol, &c. T. Others

Other Goods.-U. Booksellers and Newsagents V. Chemists . . . . W. Mixed Goods and Others

Totals

TABLE Il.-TRADE AND REGIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF SHOPS REGISTERED DURING 1966 AND PERSONS EMPLOYED THEREfN-COntinued.

Goulburn Region.

'-0

],; se. oo zr;l

] "' ~

Number of Employees.

rl

" E ~

'-0

... ],n

~ a c. o_g z"'

Loddon Region.

] "' ::.:

Number of Employees.

,;

" " E " ""

'-0 ... ~r..i

" E"" 0 ,_g f-< 7-l:ll

Malice Region.

.... 0

rl "' " ~ .!l s "' ::.: ~ f-<

Goulburn Region.

,;

~

Number of Employees.

] "' E " ""

" 0 f-<

Upper Murray Region.

.... 0

l!i ';;; ~

Number of Employees.

~

" 8 " ""

-;;; 0 f-<

.... 0 ,.. ]vi S"" ,_g Ztn

Wimmera Region.

Number of Employees.

Total All Regions.

'0 ... ~:ti ~ ac. " ';::) 0 ';I z~ ~

Number of Employees.

6,933

2,304 ~

16,081 2,560

829

6,310

3,564

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TABLE III.-OPERATIONS OF WAGES BOARDS DURING 1966.

Title of Board.

Aerated Water Trade .. Agricultural Implements Agricultural and Pastoral Workers Ambulance Services .. Animal Manure Artificial Manure Asbestos Cement Workers

Bagrnakers .. Bedstead-makers Biscuit Boarding Houses Boarding School Employees Boilermakers Boot Bottle Covers Breadcarters .. Bread Trade Brewers Bricklayers .. Brick Trade Brushmakers Builders' Labourers Building Sheets (Compressed Straw) Bulk Grain Workers Butter Factories

Canteen Workers Cardboard Box Trade Caretakers .. Carpenters .. Carters and Drivers .. Cement Cement Articles Cemetery Employees Chaff cutters Cigar Trade Cleaners (formerly Charworkers) Clerks (Meat Works) Clothing Coal and Coke Coal Miners Commercial Artists Commercial Clerks Commercial Travellers Condenseries Confectioners Coopers Cordage Cork Trade Country Fire Brigade Officers (b) Cycle Trade

Dairy Farm Workers Dental Technicians Dispensaries (j) Dockmens (a) Draughtsmens .. Dress, Shirt, and Underclothing Dry Batteries .. Dyers and Clothes Cleaners

Electrical Trade Electroplaters Engineers and Brassworkers (Skilled) .. Engineers and Brassworkers (Unskilled) Engravers

Wages Boards.

Entertainment Employees (Non-performers) (b) .. Entertainment Employees (Performers) Excavation or Road Work

Factory Engine-drivers Farriers Fellmongers Felt Hatters (b) Fibrous Plasterers Filemakers .. Fire Brick and Refractories Firefighters .. Fire Brigade Officers

: Area Covered. !

Victoria

"

" "

"

"

" " "

"

"

" "

" " "

" "

"

"

" "

"

"

"

"

" "

"

" " " "

Number of Meetings.

3 4

3

1 7

3

5 2 3 1

4 2 9 5 1 1

1 1 1

3 1 2 1

1

3

2

5 1

1 4

Boards of Reference.

Whether Number of Appointed. Meetings.

Yes

Yes

Yes

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TABLE III.--OPERATION OF WAGES BoARDs DuRING 1966-continued.

Wages Boards. Boards of Reference. ~·

i Title of Board. Area Covered. i Number of Whether Number of

Meetings. Appointed. Meetings.

Flock .. .. .. .. .. .. . . Victoria . . . . .. .. Floor Coverings (Printed Felt Base) (a) . . .. ..

" . . . . . . . .

Flour .. .. .. .. .. .. .. (d) . . .. . . Flour (Country) .. . . . . . . .. .. (e) . . . . .. Frozen Goods . . .. . . . . .. . . Victoria . . 5 Yes .. Fruit Growers . . .. . . .. .. ..

" . . . . .. ..

Fruit Packing .. .. .. . . . . .. , .. .. .. . . Furniture .. .. . . .. . . .. .. , . . 1 .. .. Fur Trade .. .. .. . . . . . . ..

" .. 1 .. ..

Garden Employees .. .. . . .. .. . . " .. 2 .. . .

Gas Meter .. .. .. .. .. .. " . . . . .. . .

Gas Works . . .. . . .. .. .. "

. . .. .. . . General .. .. .. . . . . . . . . , .. .. . . .. Glass Workers .. .. .. .. .. . .

" .. . . .. . .

Glue and Gelatine . . . . .. .. .. .. "

.. . . . . . . Gold Miners .. .. .. . . . . . .

" .. . . .. ..

Gramophone Records (b) .. . . .. .. .. "

. . .. .. . . Grocers Sundries . . .. . . . . .. .. , . . . . ..

I . .

Grocers (Wholesale) . . .. .. .. .. .. " . . 1 .. ..

Hairdressers .. .. .. . . .. .. , .. 1 . . . . Ham and Bacon Curers .. .. .. .. ..

" . . . . .. . .

Headwear and Straw Hat .. . . .. .. .. " .. 1 .. . .

Horsehair .. .. .. .. .. " .. 1 .. . .

Hospital Administrative Officers (a) .. .. .. .. "

. . . . .. .. Hospital and Benevolent Homes .. .. .. . .

" .. lO . . ..

Hospital Executives (j) .. .. .. .. "

. . 10 . . .. Hospital Medical Ancillary Services (a) . . .. ..

" .. . . .. . . Hospital Nurses .. .. .. .. .. ..

" .. 6 .. . .

Hospital Pharmacists . . .. .. .. , .. 6 .. .. Hospital Resident Medical Officers (a) . . .. ..

" .. .. .. . .

Hotel and Restaurant .. .. .. .. .. , .. 2 . . .. Ice .. .. .. . . .. . . ..

" .. 3 . . . .

Ice Cream .. .. .. .. .. .. .. , .. . . . . .. Industrial Gases . . . . . . . . .. .. , .. 1 .. . . Industrial Life Assurance Canvassers (b) .. .. .. , .. . . . . .. Iron Moulders . . .. .. .. . . ..

" . . 3 .. . .

Iron and Steel Rolling .. . . . . . . .. , .. . . Yes .. Jam Trade .. . . .. . . .. .. ..

" .. . . .. . .

Jewellers .. .. .. .. . . .. . . "

.. . . .. . . Journalists .. .. .. .. . . . . .. , .. 1 .. . . Kindergarten Teachers .. .. .. .. .. , .. 3 . . .. Knitting Trade .. .. . . . . .. . .

" .. 1 . . .. Laundry Workers .. .. .. . . .. ..

" .. 7 .. ..

Law Clerks .. .. .. . . .. .. . . "

.. 2 . . . . Leather Goods .. .. .. .. .. . .

" .. .. .. . . Lift . . . . .. . . .. .. .. , . . .. .. . . Lime Burners .. .. . . . . . . . . " .. .. .. . . Malt . . . . .. . . . . . . .. .. .. .. . . . . Manufacturing Chemists .. .. .. .. . . .. .. 2 .. . . Marine Stores . . .. . . .. .. ..

" .. . . .. ..

Meat Preservers and Vegetable Oil Processors . . . . . . "

.. 8 Yes . . Millet Broom .. .. .. .. .. . . .. . . . . . . . . Mineral Earths . . .. . . .. . . .. .. . . . . . . . . Mining Engine-drivers . . .. . . .. . .

" . . . . .. . .

Mothercraft Nurses .. . . . . .. .. .. " . . . . . . . . Motor Drivers .. . . . . . . .. .. .. . . ~ .. .. Musical Instruments . . .. .. . . . . .. .. . . 1 . . . . Musicians .. .. . . .. .. .. ..

" . . 3 . . . . Nailmakers . . .. . . .. .. .. . . , . . 1 .. . . Newsvendors . . .. .. . . .. .. , . . 1 .. .. Nickelware .. .. .. .. .. . .

" .. .. .. ..

Non-ferrous Metals . . . . .. .. . . .. .. . . 1 . . . . Nurseymen's .. .. .. .. . . .. .. .. . . .. . . Opticians . . .. . . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Organ .. .. .. .. . . .. . . .. . . 1 . . . . Ovenmakers . . .. .. .. .. . .

" . . .. . . .. Paint and Colour . . .. . . .. . . .. " .. 1 . . .. Painters . . .. . . .. . . . . .. " .. 3 .. . . Paper .. .. . . .. .. . . . .

" . . . . . . . . Paper Bag Trade .. . . .. .. .. ..

" . . 1 . . . . Pastrycooks .. .. .. . . . . ... . .

" . . 2 .. . .

Photographers .. .. .. .. .. .. " .. .. . . . . Photographic Goods . . . . . . .. .. .. " . . .. .. . . Plan Copying .. .. . . . . .. . .

" .. . . I . . . . Plasterers .. . . .. .. .. .. ..

" .. 2 .. .,

27

TABLE lli.-0PERATION OF WAGES BOARDS DURING 1966-continued.

Wages Boards. Boards of Reference,

Title of Board. Area Covered. Number of Whether Number of Meetings. Appointed. Meetings.

Plaster of Paris .. .. .. .. .. .. Victoria . . 2 .. ., Plastic Moulding .. .. .. .. .. . .

" .. .. ..

Plate Glass .. .. .. .. .. . . . . "

.. 1 .. Plumbers .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

" .. 7 .. ..

Posterhangers .. .. .. .. .. . . "

.. .. . . .. Pottery .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

" .. 13 .. . .

Poultry Farm Workers .. .. .. .. .. "

.. .. .. . . Pre-School Play Leaders .. .. .. .. .. (g) .. 1 .. .. Printers .. .. . . .. .. .. .. 1 . . .. Printers (Country) .. .. .. .. .. . . (h) .. .. . . Printers (Provincial) .. .. .. .. .. . . (i) .. .. . . Process Engravers .. .. .. .. .. . . Victoria .. 1 .. . . Production Planning .. .. .. .. .. . .

" .. .. Yes . .

Quarry .. .. .. . . .. .. .. .. .. 5 .. ..

Rabbit Processing .. .. .. .. .. .. "

.. 3 .. . . Radio .. .. .. .. .. .. .. "

.. .. . . .. Radio Announcers .. .. .. .. .. . .

" .. .. .. ..

Retail Dairy .. .. .. .. .. .. "

.. 2 .. . . Road Patrolmen's .. .. .. .. .. ..

" .. 2 .. . .

Roofing Tiles .. .. .. .. .. .. "

.. 10 .. . . Rubber Trade .. .. .. .. .. .. " .. .. .. ..

Saddlery and Harness .. .. .. . . .. "

.. . . .. . . Saltworkers .. .. .. .. .. ..

" .. . . .. . .

Sand Pit .. .. .. . . .. .. .. , .. . . .. .. Sausage Casings .. .. .. .. . . ..

" .. 9 Yes ..

Scientific and Technical Workers .. .. .. .. "

.. 10 Yes 1 Seam ens .. .. .. .. .. .. . . (f) 6 .. . . Sewage Distribution .. .. .. .. . . . . Victoria .. 1 . . .. Sewer Builders .. .. .. .. .. ..

" .. 1 .. . . Shearing Industry .. .. . . .. .. ..

(d) .. .. .. . .

Shops Board No. 1 (Boot Dealers) .. .. .. .. 1 .. . . Shops Board No. 2 (Boot Repairers) .. .. .. .. Victoria .. 1 . . .. Shops Board No. 3 (Butchers) .. .. .. ..

" .. 6 Yes .. Shops Board No. 6 (Chemists} (j) .. . . .. ..

" .. 3 .. ..

Shops Board No. 6 (Chemists and Dispensaries) .. .. "

.. 3 .. .. Shops Board No. 7 (Country Shop Assistants) .. .. (e) 3 .. .. Shops Board No. 8 (Delicatessens) .. . . . . .. (d~ 1 .. .. Shops Board No. 9 (Drapers and Men's Clothing) .. .. (d 1 .. .. Shops Board No. 10 (Fish and Poultry) .. .. .. Victoria .. 3 .. .. Shops Board No. 12 (Fuel and Fodder) .. .. . . (d) 1 .. .. Shops Board No. 13 (Fuel and Fodder-Country} .. .. (e) 1 . . .. Shops Board No. 14 (Furniture Dealers) .. .. . . (d) . . .. .. Shops Board No. 15 (Grocers) .. .. .. . . (d) 2 .. .. Shops Board No. 16 (Hardware) .. .. .. .. (d) . . .. .. Shops Board No. 17 (Tobacconists) .. .. . . (d) .. .. .. Shops Board No. 18 (Miscellaneous Shops) .. .. .. (d) .. . . . . Shops Board No. 19 (Confectionery, Pastry, Fruit and Vegetable) (d) .. . . .. Shops Board No. 21 (Booksellers and Newsagents) .. .. (d) . . .. .. Shops Board No. 22 (Motor Requisites) .. .. .. (d) . . .. .. Shops Board No. 23 (Electrical and Radio Goods) .. .. (d) . . .. .. Slaters and Tilers .. .. . . .. .. . . Victoria . . 2 .. .. Slaughtering for Export .. . . .. . . .. , . . 36 Yes .. Soft goods-Wholesale . . .. .. .. .. , .. .. . . .. Special Service Firemen's .. .. .. .. . . (c) 1 .. .. Sports Ground Maintenance . . .. .. . . .. Victoria .. 5 .. .. Stationery .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. Stone Cutters .. . . . . .. .. .. " .. 4 .. .. Storemen, Packers, and Sorters .. .. .. ..

" . . 5 Yes ..

Sugar Refiners .. .. .. .. .. .. " .. 2 .. .. Synthetic Filament Yarn .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

Tanners .. .. .. .. .. . . .. "

.. 1 .. .. Tanners (Furred Skins) .. .. .. .. . . .. .. .. . . .. Tar and Bitumen .. .. .. . . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Teachers (Day Training Centres) (b) .. .. .. ..

" .. 2 . . ..

Teachers (Girls' Schools) .. .. .. .. .. "

.. 1 Yes .. Tea Packing .. .. . . .. . . . .

" .. 1 .. .. Tennis Strings .. .. .. .. .. . .

" .. 5 Yes ..

Tentmakers .. .. .. .. .. . . "

.. .. .. .. Theatre Managers .. .. .. .. . . . .

" .. .. .. ..

Tiemakers .. .. .. .. .. . . .. "

. . .. .. .. Tilelayers .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

" . . 11 .. .. Tinsmiths .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

" .. .. . . ..

Totalizator Employees .. .. .. .. . . "

.. 3 .. .. Tow Truck Drivers .. .. .. .. . . . .

" .. .. .. I ..

Tramway (b) .. .. .. .. .. . . .. .. .. . . .. Tramway Conversion .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Tuck p ointers .. .. .. .. .. . . . . l

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TABLE Ili.-0PERATION OF WAGES BOARDS DURING 1966-continued.

Title of Board.

Umbrella .. . . .. Underground Clay Mining .. Undertakers .. .. ..

Vegetable Growers .. .. Vehicle Building Industry ..

Watch Cases .. .. Watchmakers .. .. Watchmen's .. .. Waterfront Watchmen's .. Waterproof Clothing .. Wharfs and Jetties .. .. Wicker and Baby carriage .. Wire Fence and Tubular Gate Wireworkers .. .. Woodworkers . . .. Woollen and Cotton Trade ..

Totals .. ..

NOTEs.-{a) New Board. (b) No Determination in force. (c) Metropolitan Fire District.

..

..

..

..

..

.. ..

..

..

..

..

..

.. ..

..

..

..

Wages Boards.

Area Covered. Number of Meetings.

.. .. . . Victoria .. ..

.. .. .. " .. ..

.. . . .. "

.. 5

. . .. .. "

.. .. .. .. ..

" .. 1

.. .. . . "

.. .. .. .. ..

" . . ..

.. .. .. , .. . .

.. .. .. " .. 2

.. .. .. " .. . .

.. .. .. "

. . 1 .. .. ..

" .. 2

.. .. .. "

.. 2 .. .. ..

" . . 1

.. .. .. " . . 1

.. .. . . " . . 1

.. .. . . 240 387

Boards of Reference.

Whether Number of Appointed. Meetings.

. . . .

. . . . . . ..

. . . .

.. ..

.. . . .. . .

.. ..

. . . .

. . ..

. . ..

. . . .

.. ..

.. .. .. . .

. . .. 14 1

(d) Urban Area (Metropolitan District ; Cities of Battaarat, Bendigo, Geelong, Geelong West, Warrnambool, Newton and Chilwell ; Boroughs of Eaglehawk and Sebastopol).

(e) Whole State outside Urban Area. (f) Port Phillip Bay, Hobson's Bay, Corio Bay, the Port of Melbourne, the Port of Geelong, and Geelong Harbour, Westernport Bay and

the Port of Portland. (g) Metropolitan District. (h) Whole State outside Urban Area and City of Mildura. (I) Cities of Ballaarat, Bendigo, Geelong, Geelong West, Mildura, Warrnambool, Newt0\\'11 and Chilwell; Boroughs of Eaglehawk and

Sebastopol. (j) Abolished this year.

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TABLE IV.-ANALYSIS OF PROSECUTIONS TAKEN DURING 1966.

Convictions, &c. Dismissals.

Number '

Arrears With· Particulars of Offence. of Ordered

Cases. to be paid. Costs drawals. Number. Fines. Costs. Number. Against

Department.

$ $ $ $ Labour and Industry Act 1958

Annual Holiday Pay .. .. 121 81 1,068.00 707.73 3,403.811 2 .. 38

Bread-Employing persons at bread

making/baking outside pre-scribed hours .. . . 30 25 965.00 28.20 .. 4 .. 1

Making or baking outside hours (employers) .. .. 12 11 445.00 4.10 .. 1 .. ..

Making or baking outside hours 42 42 449.50 .. .. .. .. .. (employees) . . . .

Being engaged at bread making/ baking prior to 11 p.m. on a Sunday .. .. .. 30 30 615.00 12.80 .. . . .. . .

Carting and delivering bread outside prescribed hours .. 61 60 1,441.00 36.15 .. 1 .. ..

Employing at bread delivery .. 12 12 166.00 3.20 .. .. .. .. Being engaged at bread making/

baking when not an employee 4 4 62.00 .. .. . . .. Being in occupation of premises

in which there was a con-travention .. . . 66 65 4,921.00 38.20 .. 1 . . ..

Determinations of Wages Boards-Underpayment of wages .. 135 92 1,489.00 1,392.28 11,069.85 20 30.00 23 Failing to give notice or pay in

72.00 18.00 lieu .. . . .. 12 8 292.13 3 .. 1 Miscellaneous breaches .. 1 1 15.00 15.36 .. .. . . .. Failing to post copy of Deter-

2.00 mination .. .. .. 1 1 .. .. .. . . . .

Inspector-Threaten .. .. .. 3 3 60.00 .. .. . . . . .. Refuse to admit .. .. 20 19 700.00 3.56 .. .. . . .. Attempt to intimidate .. 1 1 20.00 0.50 .. .. .. .. Assault . . .. . . 2 2 40.00 .. .. .. . . ..

Factory-100.00 Occupying unregistered factory 4 3 18.60 .. .. .. 1

.. 20.00 Long Service Leave .. .. 8 1 85.44 439.20 2 .. 5

Machinery .. .. .. 16 16 571.00 224.76 . . .. .. .. Shops-

13,166.00 Failing to close at legal hour .. 557 545 215.77 .. 4 .. 8 Failing to display permit .. 5 5 46.00 2.00 .. .. .. .. Occupying unregistered shop 4 3 16.00 .. .. .. .. .. Publishing statement that shop

would be open when required to be closed .. . . 5 5 127.00 1.10 .. . ' .. ..

Time Book-Failing to cause to be kept .. 3 3 11.00 .. .. .. .. ..

Other Offences-Director of Corporation guilty

of offence .. .. 12 11 184.00 .. .. 1 .. .. Failing to report accident .. 2 2 20.00 .. .. . . .. .. Failing to place boiler in charge

80.00 16.40 of a certificated person I 1 .. .. .. .. Failing to keep annual holiday

2.00 record .. .. 1 1 .. .. . . .. .. Employing ~ ·child in a factory 3 3 50.00 12.10 .. . . .. ..

Apprenticeship Act 1958 10.00 Breach of General Regulations I I 10.40 .. .. .. ..

Failing to comply with an Order of the Apprenticeship Corn-mission .. .. .. 1 1 8.00 .. .. .. . . ..

Employment of new improver 5 5 10.00 14.02 .. .. .. ..

Boilers Inspection Act 1958

Offences under . . .. 2 2 60.00 45.00 . . .. .. ..

Lifts and Cranes Act 1959

Offences under .. . . 18 15 410.00 142.06 .. 3 .. .. Totals .. .. 1,201 1,080 27,421.50 3,047. 73 15,205.06 I 42 30.00 79

NoTEs.-(!) This table shows the final results of all prosecutions, incorporating decisions of the Industrial Appeals Court mentioned in paragraph 28.

(2) In addition to the amount of $15,205.06 shown above as arrears of wages &c., ordered by the Courts to be paid, an amount of $73,384.00 was recovered by the Department for claimants in cases in which prosecution was not ordered.

30

TABLE V.-INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS* 1962-63, 1963-64.

Number of Accidents. Cost of Claims. Industry Group.

1962-63. 1963-64. 1962-63. 1963-64.

$ $ ('000) ('000)

Primary .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . . 1,694 1,705 402 338 Mining and Quarrying .. .. .. . . . . . . 214 151 56 44 Manufacturing .. .. .. .. . . . . . . 14,607 15,336 3,182 3,328 Electricity, Gas, Water, Sanitary .. .. .. . . . . 243 260 44 54 Building and Construction .. .. .. . . .. .. 3,613 3,829 824 974 Transport, Storage and Communication .. .. .. .. 1,727 1,594 268 287 Commerce .. .. .. .. .. .. . . 4,040 4,465 628 775 Community Services, &c. .. .. .. .. . . .. 1,755 2,059 342 372 Amusements, Personal Services, &c. . . .. .. .. .. 1,198 1,311 220 271 Government, Semi-Government, Finance and Other .. . . .. 4,017 5,867 920 1,131

Total .. .. .. .. . . . . . . 33,108 36,577 6,886 7,574

• Source : Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics. Definition : An industrial accident is defined as a compensated work injury causing death, permanent disability, or absence of the injured person

from work for one week or more, excluding journey cases, cases occurring during a recess period, and all disease cases.

TABLE VI.-SUMMARY OF INSPECTION ACTIVITIES DURING 1966.

PART I.-INSPECTORS OF FACTORIES AND SHOPS.

Inspection Duty. Number of Visits. Type of Premises. Visits.

General Inspection .. .. .. 23,130

Requirements re Premises .. .. 15,252 NoTE.-This is a dissection of the figures appearing n 0

Accidents .. .. .. .. 2,016 the left on the basis indicated above :

Wages, &c. .. .. Shop Trading .. .. Bread Baking and Carting

Labelling of Goods .. Miscellaneous ..

Total ..

Shop Trading

Bread Making and Carting

Shop Registration

Other

.. . .

.. ..

.. ..

.. ..

.. ..

.. ..

Total Visits and Interviews ..

12,395

406 Factory .. 123 Shop .. 308 Farm ..

8,549 Other ..

62,179 Total

PART H.-TRADING INSPECTORS.

Inspection Duty.

.. .. . .

.. .. . .

.. . . ..

.. . . . .

.. . . ..

45,819

7,573

373

8,414

62,179

Number of Visits.

16,350

2,098

4,833

1,178

24,459

Boilers

Unfired Steam Vessels ..

Air and Gas Receivers

Total Inspections

31

PART Jll.-INSPECIIONS OF BOILERS AND PRESSURE VESSELS.

Type of Equipment Inspected. Numbers.

2,783

9,001

12,764

24,548

TABLE VII.-STAFF EMPLOYED IN THE DEPARTMENT SUBJECT TO THE PUBLIC SERVICE ACT AT 31sT DECEMBER, 1966.

Classification. Males. Females. Total.

Permanent Officers-

First Division .. .. . . .. .. . . .. . . 1 .. Administrative Division .. .. .. .. .. .. . . 122 2

Professional Division .. .. .. .. .. .. . . 1 . . Technical and General Division .. .. .. .. . . .. 85 14

Temporary employees .. .. .. .. . . . . . . 13 21 •

Totals .. .. .. . . .. . . .. . . 222 37

TABLE VIII.-DEPARTMENTAL EXPENDITURE AND REVENUE, 1965-66.

Expenditure.

1. Salaries and Overtime-Staff 2. Travelling Expenses-Staff 3. Members' Salaries, Fees and Expenses--Wages

Boards, Industrial Appeals Court, Appren­ticeship Commission, Industrial Safety Advisory Council, Board of Reference under the Boilers Inspection Act

4. Stores, Printing, Postage, Telephones, &c. 5. Subsidies Paid to Country Apprentices

$

882,675(1) 55,484

11,559 100,573(2)

7,768

Total .. 1,058,059

NoTEs.-{!) Includes payments in lieu of long service leave ($19,149).

Revenue.

$

1. Fees--Registration or Inspection of Factories and Shops, Lifts, Boilers, &c. 686,058

2. Sundries 14,028

Total . . 700,084(1)

(2) Includes cost of printing Determinations ($27,151) chargeable to the Department. (3) Excludes repayments to credit of Votes ($1,396) Appropriations Former Years ($72) and Treasury Trust Fund ($2,429).

By Authority : A. C. BROOKS, Government Printer, Melbourne.