Nanking, Oct 15.
Regulations governing the contract tual employment of Chinese Isbourers abroad, approved by the Executive Yuan, have been officially Jannounced by' the National Government. Henceforth, Chinese labourers engaged to work on plantations or in {factories in foreign lands and their foreign or Chinese employers, will be required to sign an employment contract prepared by the Overseas Affairs Commission, which specifies whether the work involves risk to life, In the case of risky work, the fempleyer must provide Ife insur-fence, and, in the event. of injury oF death, pensions.
Another rule provides that, in case the factory or concern in which a labour is engaged closes before his contract expires, the employer shall provide funds for repatriation as Well as lost wages. Before the Chinese labourers are permitted to go abroad, they must undergo examinations, falling which epermission will be' withheld.
Chinese Legations of Consulates, or Overseas Chinese Affairs Bureaux, practice—Central News.
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