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).
The discontinuation of subsistence allowance for employees working at Belper and Duffield.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 143\3\ scan0321 | |
| Date | 31th May 1940 | |
| [Handwritten notes at top: E V, P Dodd, Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RH{R. Hollingworth}, al, Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/HH] To:- All Officials. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}5/DK.31.5.40. The question of subsistence allowance for employees working at Belper and Duffield has been re-considered. From June 1st, no subsistence allowance will be paid to employees residing in any of the following places. Belper. Allestree. Idridgehay. Kedleston. Duffield. Breadsall. Quarndon. Holbrook. Heage. Ripley. Shottle. Ambergate. Ashbourne. No subsistence allowance will be paid to employees engaged after June 1st, no matter where they live. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||