Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 6, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press Friday december 6, 1968 13 food stores Quarter pork loin Cut into 9 to 11 chops fresh Cut up Chicken leg quarters breast quarters la. Canada no. 1 Grade California Broccoli fresh Large Bunch Thompson Bird seed 4 49 health 2c off Honey 4 la. Plastic Tidewater Clam chowder Manhatten style 15 of. Or tin regular fancy Long Grain Rice of bag it Goldendale Parchment coloured. Margarine 5 99 Price effective at All stores until closing sat., dec. 7th, 1968 peking tones Down by Robert elegant Hong Kong special tons new wave of moderation is rising in peking the nominal capital of a communist China virtually fragmented by the great proletarian cultural revolution of the past three years. It is Manifest in every major statement emanating from the official organs. The abatement of the violent language and Pur poses of the recent past is apparently designed to reunify country reconcile feuding elements restore a functioning Economy and even China s relations with foreign nations. Have., just indicated a renewed desire to negotiate with the. United states. Their terms Are still basically unacceptable since they require the surrender of Formosa. But those Terras Are unquestionably foreign news exclusive a major Retreat from the demand c n in arc i a t in sep tember that the United states must get out of Asia. A concert Foj world Public opinion is also beginning to Manifest itself -in1 peking although h e chinese have shown no inclination to yield to1 the. Recent Campaign for the release of imprisoned Reuters correspondent Anthony Grey. Wants Congress further Rhode. Peking is anxious to. Convene the Long Congress of the chinese communist party As a Means of Healing deep wounds rather than pressing the purges of the past years. The spirit of Compromise has been forced upon the Rabid followers of party chairman Mao tse Tung by their failure to enact their own extremist policies and by the Power of an informal grouping of senior military leaders. The Peoples liberation army which is imposing virtual military discipline upon the entire country schools and factories Remote farming districts and great metropolises is the Only functioning nation wide institution. The Arajj a wholly than the shattered government in. Peking is. The affective Ftp piles a the will of the because destruction of the the communist left the army As the Active authority Iri to employers Oyefes at 12.01 on january is 1959, the new Ontario employment standards act becomes Law China m month s resist maj degradation of Mao s Arch rival president Liu Shao Chi of fhe chinese been accompanied u Riek petted Efti Jjo Mena stiffening of Ato the maoists and of Liu s policies diverse As military economics. Followers of president advocated a defensive posture based upon Modalj nation of China s armed father than the maoists Peoples wars of liberation abroad and Reliance forces. Mutes Sii port for the past three months peking has significantly muted its support for Hanoi s struggle to conquer South Vietnam. It has further placed increasing emphasis upon sophisticated. Anti aircraft and other technological defensive measures. Lia Tias been unmercifully. Assailed for placing economic Progress before the spiritual regeneration of the chinese people a which was to make them perfect communist men and women by the Alchemy of the magical thought of Mao. But peking s constant Emi Phasis in recent weeks has been upon getting the Economy mov ing again after the stagnation induced by the excesses of the cultural revolution. The emphasis Ripon economic restoration even by immediate doctrinal sacrifices obviously commands a Retreat from the it Dpi n goals of the cultural revolution to restore a functioning Economy. The Domestic enemy with whom peking will negotiate is now the various feuding groups on both the right and left which have broken peking s absolute Power As Well As the newly established revolutionary committees made up chiefly of generals and old line bureaucrats. Even in a country less Given to expressing its meanings by allusion and historical analogy those policies would clearly. Represent a major change in present policy. Since the Chi Nese Are not Only addicted to making their Points indirectly but also suffer a phobia of admitting errors the new line is unmistakable. The new employment standards act provides minimum standards for overtime pay Holiday pay and vacation pay protects against Long hours ensures equal pay for equal for women workers sets higher rates of mini mum wages. Ontario s employment standards program is concerned with the economic Well being of the province s manpower resources. The new act up dates and Broad ens the minimum standards for wages and working conditions to safeguard workers against exploitation and to protect employers against unfair Competition based on lower standards. Liowns of work the working hours of an shall not exceed height in the Day and 48 in the week. Under certain conditions a permit work overtime May be to Jataine from the depart employees whose Only is supervisory or managerial Are exempted 3r6m the hours provisions of Fiche act. A girl under 18 years shall not be required to work than six hours overtime overtime pay the act provides that an employee will receive a mini mum of one and one half times his regular wage rate for any work in excess of the maximum 48 hours per week. In addition to providing Premium pay this require ment is designed to curb the use of excessive overtime. Special overtime provi Sions have been established for the following industries and May be obtained by writing the employment standards Branch of the department sewer and Watermain construction interurban and municipal transport local cartage tourist resort restaurant and tavern fruit and vege table processing taxi ambulance service High Way transport and Road building. Statutory holidays a regular full time employee and certain categories of part time employees who a statutory Holiday must receive a minimum of one and one half times their regular wage rate. The holidays Are Christmas Day new year s Day Good Friday Victoria. Day Dominion Day labour Day and thanksgiving Day. Substitute holidays May be arranged with the approval of the director. Minimum wage increase present rate rate effective Jan a 1969 rate effective oct. General minimum general learner rates 4 months Max construction rate student rate Wertera first hotels tourist resorts restaurants taverns learners in this Industry 1 month deductible allowance for room and taxis-35% of proceeds or delivery Shine boys ambulance Driver Helper work is less than 48 hours per week minimum if hrs. Exceed no records kept equal pay for equal work in order to protect the grow ing segment of women in the labour Force the existing legislation covering equal pay for equal work under the human rights code has been strengthened and transferred to the employment standards act this provision ensures that a woman who does the same Job As a Ryan in the same establish ment is entitled to the same pay. The question of what is equal Wor willbe determined on the basis of skill Effort responsibility and working conditions. Third shift. No girl under 18 years shall work in an establish ment Between Midnight and 6 . If a woman works on a shift that begins or ends Between Midnight and 6 . Her employer must provide transportation from her residence to the Job or from the Job to her Home. Vacations with pay the act provides that every employee shall be Given an annual paid vacation of at least one week after one year of employment. The vacation pay must not be less than 2% of the total pay received in the year in which the Vaca Tion is Given. When an employee works for a period less than one year he is entitled to 2% vacation pay for the period worked. After three years of employment the minimum is two weeks paid vacation and the pay must not be less than 4% of the annual earnings. The vacation with pay stamp Book system for construction workers will be phased out Between january and june Protection for homeworkers any person doing Homework As denied in the new act is now considered to be an employee and is protected by. The legislation. Employers Are required to provide a statement of wages arid deductions to each employee at the time wages Are paid. It must show pay of wages amount of wages All deductions and. The purpose of each allow ances and the net amount being paid the employee. Deductions include those authorized by the employee and such usual deductions As unemployment insurance income tax Canada pen Sion company pension plan and hospitalization. Collection of unpaid wages the department May now collect unpaid wages for an employee including the amount of wages due Over time pay and vacation pay up to a maximum of formerly collection could be made for wages Only up to the level of the minimum wage. Note there Are some industries in the province under the Juris diction of the Federal government such As Banks airlines railways Etc. These industries Are covered by the Canada labour standards code and Are not under the jurisdiction of this act. If you Are in doubt which legislation applies to you Call the employment standards Branch Telephone for information. The above is Only a general summary of the act. For More specific information regarding the act and its regulations concerning overtime permits exemptions for special occupations Etc., Contact employment standards Branch 74 Victoria Street Toronto 1a, Ontario Ontario department of labour Hon. Dalton Bales q.c., minister ;