Annual report / State of Brunei.

Date:
[1956]
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Annual report / State of Brunei. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Additional features of the Company’s wage policy include a temporary cost of living allowance at the rate of 15 per cent of basic pay for married and 10 per cent for single worker, schemes of allowances for workmen working in areas where living accommodation, amenities, etc., are temporarily below the standard provided elsewhere. Other allowances additional to normal pay are given for such work as diving, work of an exceptionally dirty nature, standing by, etc. Hours of work are 43J per week, the working week consisting of 5J days. Shift workers do, however, work 6 shifts of 8 hours per week; but these men are paid a bonus for the afternoon and night shift. Fifty per cent extra pay is paid for all overtime worked. Employees receive annually two weeks’ leave with pay, and, when absent from work through sickness, they receive full pay and cost of living allowance for the first two, and half pay plus high cost of living allowance for the next 10 weeks. On retirement the Company pay an ex gratia payment in accordance with its own regulations on the basis of service and last rate of pay. Of the welfare and amenities provided by the Company for its staff and workers the following are of interest: — Health and Medical Services: From its inception the Company has provided its own medical and health services. These have been open not only to employees, but also to their dependants. The Company operates a well equipped hospital at Kuala Belait with modern X-ray installations and full equipment for medical and surgical treat¬ ment and laboratory examinations. In addition to the hospital there are dispensaries and First Aid points throughout the oilfields to deal locally with staff and labour. These are coupled with an emergency medical and ambulance service which covers the oilfield areas and conveys patients rapidly to the Kuala Belait hospital. For maternal and child welfare the Company runs a pre- and post-natal clinic.