Reports on hospitals and the patient and a domestic workers' charter
1931 1931 1930s 22 pages We think there is a danger that while the supply of young women under thirty may be less than the demand, there are many older women who are finding it difficult to get placed. This is a question into which we think the Ministry of Labour should make careful inquiry so as to...
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| Institution: | MCR - The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick |
| Language: | English English |
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London : Labour Party
1931
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| Summary: | 1931
1931
1930s
22 pages
We think there is a danger that while the supply of young women under thirty may be less than the demand, there are many older women who are finding it difficult to get placed. This is a question into which we think the Ministry of Labour should make careful inquiry so as to assure themselves that young women are not being trained to oust older workers. DOMESTIC WORKERS' CHARTER Taking the results of our investigations and dealing with each separate point, we make the following proposals :— 1. Training Training for domestic work should be given after leaving school in centres such as those of the Central Committee on Women's Training and Employment. This will always be best supplemented by training on the job itself, and a combination of these two methods is favoured by 59 persons, including 15 domestic workers. 2. Finding Jobs Private Registry Offices should be replaced by special departments of the Employment Exchanges, free to both employers and employed. It must of course be understood that there must be considerable specialisation by officers trained for the work in any large centres of population, since the task differs a good deal from ordinary placing of workers because of the lack of business knowledge on the part of many of these employers and the fact that there is such a high proportion of employers to employed. We recommend that the Minister of Labour should appoint a committee to investigate the present methods and devise the best system of organising this work by the Exchanges for the future. 3. References Confidential references are a source of great trouble and much injustice. It should be the business of an Exchange Officer to take references from both sides, but the confidential reference from mistress to mistress should be discouraged as it may become the "blacklisting" so well known in industrial life. (18)
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