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Tho labour Ordinance, now made applicable to persons under
Her Majesty's Jurisdiction by the Queen's Regulation enclosed
with this despatch, attempts to regulate the relations between
employers and employed persons by provisions concerning contracts

of employment und the termination of employment with and without
notice; to provide certain minimum conditions of employment
(hours of work, annual holidays, sick leave, and the payment of
leuving indemnities on termination of employment); to regulate
trade unions, by laying down rules for their formation und
requiring their registration; to provide for conciliation and
arbitration in trade disputes; und to regulate trade disputes
when they occur by requiring the observance of certain procedures.

The Compensation Ordinance provides for the payment of compensation
to employed persons for injuries suffered in the course of their
employment.
5. I am sending a copy of this despatch, with a copy of the
enclosure to it, to the Political Agent in Bahrain.
I have the honour to be,

with the higheot respect,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,

' (B./i.B. Burrows)

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