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'File 28/14 Labour employed by the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited, Bahrain' [‎45r] (90/525)

The record is made up of 1 file (258 folios). It was created in 1 Nov 1935-9 Dec 1938. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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tlon pay or tender Enpleyee a sum of money equivalent to salary for
Travel Time and allow Employee a Vacation in accordance with Com
pany's Vacation Plan for Class II Employees in Foreign Service, as
in effect at that time.
(b) Upon termination of this agreement "by Company without no
tice, Company shall furnish or tender Employee Transportation to
Employee's Home and in addition, pay or tender to Employee a sum
of money equivalent to salary for a period of one (l) month and
for Travel Time only (without any vacation or r .llowance therefor),
(c) Upon termination of this agreement by Employee, or by
Company for Cause, Ehnploycc shall pay all expenses of his Return
Passage and shall receive no salary for Travel Time and he shall
forfeit any privileges to which he may have been entitled by reason
of his employment hereunder.
XV
Currency
and
Exchange
Any amounts which may become due Employee from
Company or which may become due Company from Em
ployee, shall bo paid at the rate of exchange
and in the currency that Company considers fair
and equitable.
XVI
Company ? s
Regulations
Employee agrees to comply strictly with all reg
ulations and instructions issued by Company.
XVII
Conduct of Employee agrees at all times to conduct himself
Employee in such manner as not to bring discredit upon
himself or Company and to abide by all general
and local laws of the locality in which he is working. Employee
shall not engage directly or indirectly in any other employment,
service or business whatever nor shall he take part in local pol
itics, Employee shall not, during the term of this agreement, or
thereafter, impart any information relating to the business or
affairs of Company to any one except to those employees of Company
who are entitled to receive such information. If Employee shall
absent himself from his work or duties without permission, he shall
not be entitled to any wage or salary or to any allowance whatsoever
for such day or days of absence.
XVIII
Inventions Company shall be entitled to the sole benefit
and Patents and the exclusive ov/nership of any inventions or
improvements in plant, machinery, processes or
other things used in the business of the Company which may be made
or discovered by Employee while he is in the service of Company and
all patents for the same, and Employee shall do all acts necessary
or required by Company to give effect to this clause.

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The file contains correspondence between the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) representative, the Adviser to the Governement of Bahrain, the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Bahrain and the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. on the employment of Bahrain, Indian, British and American labour by BAPCO for the construction of the Refinery in Bahrain, and on the working conditions in the BAPCO camps. The file includes draft contracts and correspondence on cases of unlawful emigration from India and Persia to Bahrain and on the working conditions of Indian labour.

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1 file (258 folios)
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The documents in the file are arranged in chronological order. There are notes at the end of the file (folios 231-259). The notes refer to documents within the file; they give a brief description of the correspondence with a reference number, which refers back to that correspondence in the file.

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The main foliation, which should be used for referencing, is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. It begins on the front cover, on number 1, and ends on the last folio of writing, on number 259. There is another foliation sequence, not circled and incomplete.

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