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Provjdmt aad tlttift
5X» Sfe-vc-ral «Koollent ?und» aycj tivallabl*, ?h*y are i-
Pound Sterling Thrift phm m
Pound Sterling Peassanent Total Dleahility Flan*
Pound Sterling Death Benefit plan,
IT.S. Dollar group Life lasursuice plan*
IT* 3* Dollar Thrift plan and Life Inaunmee B plan*
Orerseaa Annuity plan (&aerlo&na)
Rupee Thrift 9 Death Benefit a md Total Dieafc?l.lty
plane (Contreet -m&nm)
ditto - (Hoiv-oextract worker*)
52* Moat oil Coinpani^s in the Middle Saet hare Frorldent
Funds hut I m not aware of qjoj that has suoh a oonplete range
ae Bapoo<> X was particularly interested in the la3t**>naaed? as
it ie the only one known to so in tho Middle Bast* Further,
althou^i the improvidence of the Aral>a is traditional^ it was
iiost gratifying to he told that 78 percent of the eligible
woxfcero were eubeorlhersc As regards the ftoads available to
Rupee contract workers, 100 percent g^re subscribers with only
one abstainer*. X have the booklets describing the plans and
they will be useful to me when advising other firas*
Conc l uding talk with Mr* Rusaol l Brcirn fl ^aneral Manager*
53* At the conclusion of jy viiiit, I raised with Mr*
Hassell Brown -axe aattere roferwid to bellow, »ea» of v&lch are
mentioned in the foregoing p^rag?.uph{j :«>
(a) Daily r&t© workers ai*© not eubjoot to a period
notice of termination of * ^loynent* X pointed
out that, apart frost oamt&l wore era engaged for a
specific period, esployers in most Middle Btoat
oountriem are required by law to give their workers
paid at daily rates a definite period of notice and
quoted tiie Iraq Labour Lew which prescribes the
period as seven days* Also the worker must give the
employer a similar notice* X suggested that this was
an Improved condition of eiaployuent that mig$it wall
be introduced as a load tc others on the Island*
Be promised to consider the suggestion*
(b) Overtime is paid at flat thas rate* I dyer attention
to the ti^end of labour legislat ion in the Middle East
that a worker should be paid & higher rate in respect
©f hours worked in ecccess of the norml* In the
esaae of the X.F.O., aanusil (daily rata) amployeeis are
paid an 0*T, rate of 125$ of the calculated hourly
rate, although the Iraq Labour Law does not prescribe
‘'his* I was not ready to suggest what the higher
rate should be but suggested that Mr* Russell Brown
should consider the principle involved* and I would
furnish details of the practice elsewhere whan
required, This Is smother respect in which the
Company could give a lead and at the seme t dte let
the daily rate workers see that improvements in their
conditions of employment are not neglected*
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