From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Outlining payment and clocking procedures for factory employees during air raid warnings.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 144\4\ scan0127 | |
| Date | 17th September 1940 | |
| (Handwritten) Hk{Col. T. Harker - Sales} / 1210 Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 1210 (Typed) To:- C. to Works Officials and Superintendents. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2/DK.17.9.40. While the present method of air raid warnings is in force, and in the event of the starting or stopping times of the day or night shifts being during an air raid warning the following method of payment will be made. Stopping Times. In the event of the stopping time being during the warning, employees who have clocked into the factory will be considered as having been in the factory until the official stopping time although they have not clocked off on leaving the factory. Employees may, if they wish, leave the factory after the official stopping time of their shift, even though this is during the warning. They must not enter any of the shops, but must proceed straight from the shelter out through the gate. Starting Times. An employee who clocks on within 15 minutes of the "all clear" will be considered as having been at the factory since the official starting time, and will be paid accordingly. An employee who arrives later than this 15 minutes allowance will be paid from the time he actually clocks on. If the air raid warning sounds after the official starting time, then only those who have already clocked on will be considered as having been at the factory. Throughout this memo. "starting time" means the time of starting a new shift, or the recommencement of work after a meal break, and "stopping time" the end of the complete shift or the beginning of a meal break. By the procedure outlined in this memo. no employee need clock on or off during an air raid warning, as he will receive his correct payment without doing so, but it is still necessary for all employees to clock on AFTER an air raid warning. It is also necessary for employees to clock off at the end of the official overtime period, unless a warning is in progress. | ||