CO129-527-11 3 Recruitment of Chinese labour for Dutch Borneo 10-7-1930 - 28-2-1931 — Page 18

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or by another official to be designated by the Head of the Government

of the Residency.

V.1. The labourer declares to have received from the employer an amount

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as an advance, which advance shall be refunded as follows,

viz: by deducting the same from the wages earned.

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8.1. The deductions made on account of these and other advances and for

payments made on behalf of the labourer by the employer may not exceed

one fifth of what is due to the labourer for wages during the past

month or for work completed on day-task or on piece-work and not more than one fifth of the wages earned on contract-work, with the proviso

that taxes not yet paid by the labourer at the expiration of the

contract may be deducted in full.

3.2. The labourer is responsible for the tools, implements and materials

furnished to him for the execution of the work assigned to him. If he loses same or if the same go astray through his fault, then the value of same is deducted from his wages, with observance of what has been stipulated in this regard in this article sub: 2.

4.3. The employer binds himself to keep the labourer informed once a

month about the position of his account by posting explicit lists to

that effect on or near his house.

VI.1. The employer cannot claim work from the labourer on the following

days:

on Chinese New Year (3 days)

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the usual half-monthly rest-days, which generally

will be on the 7th and 19th or 20th of each European

month.

2. The labourer, after having finished his daily work is free to go

outside

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