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‘File 16/50 A Conditions of employment of Indian staff in Messrs Gray, Mackenzie & Company.’ [5r] (9/24)
The record is made up of 1 file (10 folios). It was created in 11 Mar 1945-10 Mar 1949. 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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No. lolfl- 16/50. A
Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
,
The 19th March,
Bahrain,
1945.
To
Messrs. Gray Mackenzie & Co., Ltd.,
Bahrain.
Dear Sirs,
Please refer to your letter No.L.147 dated the 11 th
March 1945 regarding Indian staff agreements.
2. Under Article 12 the empl/yee is held to forfeit his
claim to repatriation if he does not avail himself of a
passage offered to him. By this I presume is meant "repat
riation at the expense of the Company" and I shall be glad
if you will donfirm that the Company will at all times be
responsible for meeting the cost of repatriation of its
Indian employees.
3. There is no article in the memorandum of agreement
which provides for compensation in cases of disability from
injury arising out of or sustained during employment.
I.consider provision for this should be made and suggest
the inclusion of an article to read as follows:-
"Compensation will be paid in all cases of disability
from injury (Including occupational disease and death;
when the injury shall proximately cause death) arising
out of and sustained ih the course of employment and
in determining the amount of such compensation the
Company will be guided by the Workmen^ Compensation
Act in India and in no event shall the Company be
liable for the payment of compensation in excess of
that provided in said Act for a disability of the nature
suffered by employee."
The above is a replica of Article 7 of the Foreign Service
Agreement in force in the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited.
4. You may wish to include the words "or by air" after
"by water” at the end of the first sentence of article 2 .
You also may desire to provide a more up to date means
of transport than "horse or mule”.
Yours faithfully,
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.
, Bahrain.
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Two sets of correspondence between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain and the Bahrain office of Gray, Mackenzie & Company, both relating to the rights and employment terms for Indians employed by Gray, Mackenzie & Company in Bahrain. The first set of correspondence is dated 1945, and relates to an employment agreement devised by Gray, Mackenzie & Company, with discussion focussing on repatriation costs at the end of employment, and compensation in cases of disability arising from injury at work (ff 2-7).
The second set of correspondence comprises two letters dated 1949, sent by employees of Gray, Mackenzie & Company to their employer (with copies also sent to 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 to the Governments of India and Pakistan) complaining that a recent wage increment is not in line with terms established by the Bahrain Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. on pay for foreigners in Bahrain (ff 8-9).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (10 folios)
- Arrangement
The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (ff 10-11) mirror the chronological arrangement.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 12; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-7; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- IOR/R/15/2/1561
- Title
- ‘File 16/50 A Conditions of employment of Indian staff in Messrs Gray, Mackenzie & Company.’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 5r:5v, 7r:7v, 10r:11v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence