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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1970-10-15, Page 12PAGE TWELIA ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS THURSDAY, OCTOBER. 15, 1970 iF`_, if Labour A minimum wage of $L 50 which became effective in Ont- ario on October 1, will reach parity with the Federal Govern- ment's minimum wage when it increases to $1. 65 an April 1, 1971. At that time, it will be the highest provincial minimum wage in Canada if those in other provinces remain at pres- ent or indicated levels: Alberta raises its rate to $L, 55 October 1 while British Columbia and Manitoba will move to $1, 50 on the same date. The rate in the construction industry in Ontario increased to $1.75 on October 1, and to $L 90 on April 1, 1971. The current general minimum rate of $1.30 became effective on January 1, 1969. The const- ruction minimum rate at the present time is $1. 55. Labour Minister Dalton Bales said that the purpose in establ- ishing a minimum wage is to give workers whose bargaining power is limited protection ag- ainst exploitation. At the same time, it will set a basic stand- ard for a number of industries and in this way guard against unfair competition. Although precise figures on the number of workers in the province who are receiving be- low the new minimum wage of $1.50 are unavailable, it is est- imated that nearly 200, 000 will be affected by the increase. Several amendments to the Employment Standards Act ad- ministered by the department's Employment Standards Branch, also became effective October 1. The Act will provide protect- ion to employees who are in effect working for one company, partnership or proprietorship to assure that the employee receive overtime pay even though the employee may, during a period, be assigned to a related comp- any or partnership. The employee is to receive, in such cases, overtime pay after 48 hours a week and the other provisions of the Act will apply. The employee's vacation pay rights and notice of termination rights are protected whether or not the business is sold, provid- ?ICED IGH s Minimum Wage ing he stays with the same est- ablishment. Vacation pay is now deemed to be held in trust by an employ er and is considered to have priority over all other claims. The Department will provide assistance to employees to col- lect unpaid wages up to. $2, 000, an increase from $1, 000. Vacations will accrue at the rate of four per cent after the first year of employment and, after two full years, an employ- ee is entitled to two weeks hol- Rejuvenating of Peonies Best In September The best time to divide and replant peonies is in September advise horticulturists with the Ontario Department of Agric- ulture and Food. Plants that have lost vigor due to .old age or encroaching tree roots can be rejuvenated into healthy growing specimens. The plants should be dried carefully so that the roots are preserved intact. The loose earth should be shaken off and the plants left exposed to sun and air for several hours to soft- en their roots. The plants are best divided by using a sharp knife which prevents excessive waste. Divisions with not less than three and not more than five "eyes" are the most easily established. The divisions should be plac- ed in holes large enough to hold the roots without crowding. They should be covered with soil to a depth of 1 to 2 inches above the crown. Too deep a planting may keep the plant from blooming. It is advisable to mulch the plants for the first winter to pre- vent damage from alternate thawing and freezing, Typical blooms will not be produced until the young plants become well established; Flow- er buds formed during the first two years should be removed as soon as they appear. iday with pay. Employers will be subject to a penalty of 10 percent for all unpaid wages, vacation pay and overtime pay. The amended Minimum Wage Regulation reduces the period of the learner rate from four months to one month. It also stipulates that a person can only be cons- idered a learner if he has not previously been employed in a similar occupation. The number of employees who may be employed as learn- ers shall not exceed one-fifth of the employer's total number of employees. Where the numb- er of employees is less than five, only one employee may be em- ployed as a learner. The learner and student rates do not apply to persons engaged in construction. New allowances for meals and rooms have been set out by the Regulation. Maximum al- lowance to be permitted in cal- culating wages will be 65 cents each meal, not more than $13. 50 a week and $6.50 for a room, s d ified Ccnrs Engine changes to out air- borne garbage have made tune-up tolerances more critical, the two men said. Owners of the modified cars are more apt to find them hard to start and hard to stop — they just keep right on running after the igni- tion switch is shut off. Other common complaints are loss of power and ping- ing on regular gas. This doesn't have to be if the car is kept tuned, one of them said. The engines are running hotter with wat- er thermostats up to 200 de- grees. They are burning lean- er mixtures of gasoline and the timing has been retard- ed to see that more of the gasoline is burned. If the timing of the explo- sion and carburetor settings are not just so, then glowing hot spots develop in the com- bustion chamber and fire the gasoline at the wrong time without the assistance of the spark plug, which accounts for the engine running after the switch is shut oil. It can also cause pinging, which is damaging to the engine. Rigors Shorten Plug Life In the old days, the richer gasoline mixtures served to cool the combustion cham- bers and render an easier explosion, even if large quan- tities of unburned hydrocar- bons were dumped into the air. The new rigors inside the combustion chamber also serve to shorten the life of a spark plug. As one of the experts pointed out, one spark plug firing intermit- tently will double the harm- ful exhaust emissions of a standard V-8 engine. SCH OEDER MILLING GRAIN, FEED, SEEDS • SEED BEANS • `Buyers of White Beans' 237-3651 — DASHWOOD THE CAT'S COMING HOME ! ! 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