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RAIN and milder weather is expected tor areas in southern Ontario Qucbce and the mari times Snow is forecast for the prairies northern Oatario and Quebec and Nmtioundtand DISTRICT WEATHER accompanied by colder temWr aturci tCl Wirephoto Mild WithDrizzle Forecast Wednesday Lieht null or drizzle will corcr Barrie and region tomoiu row as tuhperaturcs hover at mild 15 degrees Winds will be light Overnight luw will be lit de grccs The mum temperature the Barrie Examiner today was Ll TORONTO Forecasts issu ed at 530 am Synopst Mostly clear skies will gradually giro away to cloud us an urcaot occasional roiuanrt drizzle spre slowly at southern Ontario Mean to orer Northern Ontario colder air will spread slouu ly southward accompanied by snewflurrics Windsor Lake St Clair Luke Eric Cloudy and mild today and Wednesday Occasional light rain or drizzle Winds light Mndon Hamilton Toronto Lake Huron Niagara Lake 0n torio llalihurtuu Southern Geor Increasing cloudiness Wednesday or drizzle Ind Winds light soul to Marie North Bay Sudbuiy Northern Georgian Bay timagcmt Algoma Vant able cloudiness with snow tlurrics and mild today Wednes sunnyanil colder eru James Bay Cloudy with few snmvtlurries and turning colder today Wednesday sunny Intt cool Viudsvlightl Montreal Ottawa sunny with low cloudy periods today Wednesday mairdy cloudy with tow lightshowers or lorries and mild Light winds Forecast Temperatures Low tonlglrl hlgh Wednesday Windsor 32 40 St Thomas 31 10 London a0 40 ltitehene Mount For fit 40 25 niitttnl 25 35 Ilrtmilton 30 4t St Catharines 30 in Toronto 32 40 Peterborough 30 35 Kingston £10 15 Owen Sound 35 Trenton 35 Kiilaloe as Muskoka 35 Noth Bil 20 25 Sudbury 2n DSVilm Sault Ste rie 13 25 Knpuskasing 11 to White River gt10 15 Moosonoe 20 to VTirannS tt 15 Conservatives Unimpressed ByQuqlity Oi LegiSlationa OTTAWA tCtt Couserva tire llPs were not impressed Monday with the quality at govA crnrncnt legislation placed bo tore them Despite the grumbling the Commons gave second reading and sent 011 to committee or clausebyclause readings bills to amend the Canada Evidence Act and the ltistorie Sites and Monuments Act third bill aimed at reducing drug prices by increasing eonipetitioniwas still under dc bate at the it pm adjourn ment It will lead oli House business today Lawyer Eldon Woolliams tPC Calgary Northt said he could not see the urgency in the amendments to the Canada Evi dence Act They dealt with changes in rules or evidence concerning hostile witnesses expert witnesses attadavits and other matters It seems to me that our best procedure would have been to allow the standing committee of itislice to examine the proposed changes in order that the entire Canada Evidence Act could be considered said the leading Conservative spokesman on legal matters Walter Dinsrlale PCDraw donSourist said the proposed amendments to the Historic Sites and Monuments Actwere trivial and complained that the Commons was being asked to go into labor to produce mouse These changes increased the historic sites committee to 15 from 14 members and would give cabinet the power to raise their SZDaday payment while on government work Mr Dinsdalc said Northern Development hi at Jcan Chretieu should have brought in Ittells how an IDB loan business Ask for this booklet you may obtain to assist in starting modernizing or malignant expanding your intsmut DEVELUPMENT BANK min FINANCING FOREANADIANBUSIntSSES voionro am too tlntvmtty AvinurLiuenm nouns more sweeping changes For ex ample he suggested that the historic sites and monument section of Mr Chretiens depart ment be brought under the ad ministratch section as the na tionat museums and the nation at battlefields Gracc Maclnnis tNDPVair cottverKingswayt also had some unkind words for the bill to amend the Patent Act the Trade Marks Act and the Food and Drugs Aet She said the bill didnt go lar enough to combat high drug prices While it was start it was only crumbs when what we need is whole loail Justice Minister Turner told the Commons that he is leading study that could mean com plete overhaul of the Canada Evidence Act He said the rules governing what evidence may he admitted in Canadian courts hare been lrozen it was timé ta adapt them to the computer age not the changes he proposed were too urgent to await the study One change would allow law yer to callas many expert wit nc as they wanted Now to eat more than live lawyers must so indicate at the start of trial Another change would allow lawyers to crossexamine their own witnesses Mr Wool liamssaid the ehanges seemed to favor the Crown He promised more tie taitcd criticism them in com mittee Ran din tNDPKuo tenay West was upsuccmstul in his attempt to get govern ment lands or Nancy Greene ski memorial for Eosslantl EC Mr Chre it said His Canada in the Winle Divin pics was much too lively and much too young to bcturned into an historic site Myer hush Trial Opens TORONTO lCPt 1he Sil prcmc Court trial ol stock promoter Myer Rush opened Monday with testimony that Rush was in need at money in 1955 and got $5000 loan from the wile 01 man he later em ployed in Nassau Manuel Manny Britstone 50 hired by Rush as foreign transfer agent testified that he started the job after hiswiic made the loan to Rush Bri stone said he was supposed to be paidlflétl week Rush 44 was extradited to Canada tram England last year and is being tried on charge 01 unlawlully possessing $5540 worth of cheques gt Special Crown prosecutor Clay Powell told the jury that he will attempt to prove Rush gained possession at live chcyues through illegal stock transactions in 1956 Powell said the case will cenlt tre on groups known as the Brit ish Overseas Mutual Fund and Darien Explorations Ltd along with persons holding worthless stock in tour dormant Ontario mining companies The Crown claims owners or the worthless stocks were adA vised on British Ovaseas lct terhead that the stocks sLill had some value and for transter tee could be exchanged for shares in Dartenni Bntish Greene gold gt medal wmner Overseas At 12913 dnlanuaryist1969thc new Ontario EmploymentStandards Aet The New Employment Standards Act provides minimum standards for overtime pay holiday pay nndvacutionpaymrotecto against long hours on oureo equal pay for equal work for women works sets higher rates of mini mum wages hours bf work Maximum weekly working hours are established at 48 time permits on applications Employees whose only work is supervisory or managerial are exempted from the hours provisions of the Act girl under 18 years shall not be required to work more than siirhours overtime oachweek wage protection Employers are required to provide statement of wages and deductions to each em ployee at the time wages are paid It must show pay period rate 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 aion Company Pension Plan and Hospitalization Present nineteen RateEiieLtito Rate Janl1959 Oct 195 General Minimum filmhr 313011 General Learner Rates months than 90hr 1201 construction Rate 125 hr LEShr Student Rate General 80hr LOUhr First Month Summer 70hr JOhr Hotels lotirist Resorts Restaurants it Taverns Lotthr 115hr SLEDhr learners in this Industry month max SDhr 100 in hr Deductible attowanceior room and board thouwk IZODwk Taxis35 of proceeds or 75hr 115hr 130tir Delivery Shoe Shine Boys GUhr 9Dhr Ambulance Driver Helper tilttut In work is us than it hours prrwvak EMUWk tllt mlnimttm it his extent Si no records tool 55 kt Gym mayobtain oven Minimum Wage Increase Noticet0 Employers SLEmpleees bccamelaw overtime pay The Act provides that an employeewill receive mini mum of one and onehalf times his regular wagerote for any work in excess of the ammonium 48 hours per week Inaddition 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 Wotermain Construction Interurban and Municipal Transport Local Garbage jlourist Resort Restaurant and Tavern Fruit and Vege table Processing Taxi Ambulance Service High way Transport and Road Building statutory holidays Aregulzir fulltime employee and certain categories ofpurb time employees who work on statutory holiday must re ceive mininuim of one and cuehalf times their regular wage rate Theholidays are Christmas Day New Years Day Good Friday Victoria Day Dominion Day Labour Day and Thanksgiving Day Substitute holidays may be arranged with the approval of the Director 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 trans tandards Act This provi sion ensures that woman virho does the same job as man in the same establish ment is entitled to theoome pay The question of whatia equalworkwillbedetermined 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 am If woman works on shift that begins or ends between 1200 midnight and am her employer must provide transportation from her residence to the job or gfrom the job to her home vacations The Act provides that every employee shall be given an nannual paid vacation of at least one week after one year ofemploymentThevaeation paymust not be less than 2of the total pay received intheyearinwhich thevaca tion is given when an employee works for period less than one year he is en titled to vacation pay for Lthéperiocl worked After three years of employment the minimum is two weeks paid vacation andvthe pay must not be less thon4 of the annual earnings The Vacation with Pay stamp book system for construction workers will be phased out between January 1970 and June 30 1970 protection for homeworkers Anyperoon doing homework as defined in the new Act is now considered to be an em ployee and is protected by the legislation Ontario Department of Labour qufl HonvDalton Bales QC Minister ferred to the Employment iaal1hltlslaui7 agricultural warkers Employees engaged in the boarding tarbreeding of ani molo the raising of fur bearing animals veterinth 1H services livestock registra tion egg grading flax pro omng gr eenhouse and nur sery operations landscape gardening mushroom grow ing the growing of flower forretailandwholesaletmde oilvoculture tree trimming and surgery growing trans porting and laying of sod and the commercial dusting or spraying of hedges lawns and trees except orchards are now covered by the min imum wage vacation pay equal pay and wage protec tion provisions of the Act They are excluded from the requirements regardinghoum of workyovertime pay and premium pay for work on holidays Employees en gaged in all other escape the agricultural industry are exempt from all provisions of the Act except equal pay and wage protection collection of unpaid wages The departmient may now collect unpaid wages for an employee including the amount of wagos due over time pay and vacation pay up to maximum of $1000 Formerly collection couldbe made for wagué maly up to the level of the minimum wage NOTE Thom are some indintrios ht 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 thisAct Ifyou are in doubt which legislation appliesto you call the Em ployment Standards Branch for information The above is only agenoral summary of the Act For more specific information regarding the Act and its regulations concerning overtime permits exemp tions for special occupa tions etc contact Employment Standards Branch 74 Victoria Street Toronto 1A Ontario Telephone 3655251 nv=¢Varxnr saunanun