Excerpt from Second Annual Report of the President of Philippines to the President and the Congress of the United States, Covering the Calendar Year Ended December 31, 1937 In furtherance of the government policy to improve the conditions of labor, the Department of Labor was active in safeguarding the we] fare of employees both in industry and agriculture. Factory inspection - Factory inspections covered establish ments employing laborers. These inspections resulted in the more strict enforcement of existing labor laws, especially those relating to the promotion of the safety of the laborers. Wage claims - The number of wage claims settled by the Bureau of Labor was involving the sum of P314,413.42. Of the number of claims settled in 1937, were in favor of claimants, the amount of pi7 having been recovered for them. To this Should be added 197 claims brought by the Bureau of Labor to, and decided by, the courts which awarded to the claimants the amount of ps,369.s4. At the close of the year, cases, involving claimants and the amount of P141,943.33, were pending adjustment. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.