tions, orders and other acts of the Soviet authority intended to safeguard the lives and health of the wage earners; (e) To assist the trade unions and works committees in their efforts to ameliorate the labor condition in individual enterprises as well as in whole branches of industry. 132. The officers of labor inspection are authorized to adopt special measures, in addition to the measures mentioned in the preceding section for the removal of conditions endangering the lives and health of workmen, even if such measures have not been provided for by any particular law or regulation, instructions or order of the People's Commissariat of Labor or of the Local Department of Labor. Note. Upon taking special measures to safeguard the lives and health of wage earners, as authorized by the present section, the officers of inspection shall immediately report to the Local Department of Labor, which may either approve these measures or reject them. 133. The scope and the forms of activity of the organs of labor inspection shall be determined by instructions and orders issued by the People's Commissariat of Labor. 134. The enforcement of the instructions, rules and regulations relating to safety is entrusted to the technical inspectors. 135. The technical inspectors shall be appointed by the Local Departments of Labor from among engineering specialists; these inspectors shall perform within the territory under their jurisdiction the duties prescribed by section 31 of the present code. 136. The technical inspectors shall be guided in their activity, besides the general regulations, by the instructions and orders of the People's Commissariat of Labor and by the instruction issued by the technical division of the Local Department of Labor. 137. The activity of the sanitary inspection shall be determined by instructions issued by the People's Commissariat of Health Protection in conference with the People's Commissariat of Labor. APPENDIX TO SECTION 79 j. Rules Concerning Unemployed and Payment of Subsidies 1. An "unemployed" shall mean every citizen of the Russian Socialist Federated Soviet Republic subject to labor duty who is registered with the local Department of Labor Distribution as being out of work at his vocation or at the remuneration fixed by the proper tariff. 2. An "unemployed " shall likewise mean: (a) Any person who has obtained employment for a term not exceeding two weeks (section 25 of the present code); (b) Any person who is temporarily employed outside his vocation, until he shall obtain work at his vocation (sections 29 and 30 of the present code). 3. The rights of unemployed shall not be extended (a) To persons who in violation of sections 2, 24 and 29 of the present code, have evaded the labor duty, and refused work offered to them; (b) To persons not registered as unemployed with the local Department of Labor Distribution (section 21 of the present code); (c) To persons who have wilfully quit work, for the term specified in section 54 of the present code. 4. All persons described in section 1 and subdivision "b" of section 2 of these rules shall be entitled to permanent employment (for a term exceeding two weeks) at their vocations in the order of priority determined by the list of the Department of Labor Distribution for each vocation. 5. Persons described in section 1 and subdivision "b" of Article 2 of these rules shall be entitled to a subsidy from the local fund for unemployed. 6. The subsidy to unemployed provided in section 1 of the present rules shall be equal to the remuneration fixed by the tariff for the group and category on which the wage earner was assigned by the valuation commission (section 61). Note. In exceptional cases the People's Commissariat of Labor may reduce the unemployed subsidy to the minimum of living expenses as determined for the district in question. 7. A wage earner employed temporarily outside of his vocation (subdivision "b" of section 2) shall receive a subsidy equal to the differences between the remuneration fixed for the group and category in which he is enrolled and his actual remuneration, in case the latter be less than the former. 8. An unemployed who desires to avail himself of his right to a subsidy shall apply to the local funds for unemployed and shall present the following documents: (a) his registration card from the local Department of Labor Distribution; and (b) a certificate of the valuation commission showing his assignment to a definite group and category of wage earners. 9. Before paying the subsidy the local funds for unemployed shall ascertain, through the Department of Labor Distribution and the respective trade union, the extent of applicant's unemployment and the causes thereof, as well as the group and category to which he belongs. 10. The local funds for unemployed may for good reasons deny the application for a subsidy. 11. If an application is denied, the local fund for unemployed shall, within three days from the filing of the application, inform the applicant thereof. 12. The decision of the local fund for unemployed may within two weeks, be appealed from by the interested parties to the local Department of Labor, and the decision of the latter may be appealed from to the District Department of Labor. The decision of the District Department of Labor is final and subject to no further appeal. 13. The payment of the subsidy to an unemployed shall commence only after he has actually been laid off and not later than after the fourth day. 14. The subsidies shall be paid from the fund of unemployed insurance. 15. The fund of unemployment insurance shall be made up: (a) from obligatory payments by all enterprises, estab lishments and institutions employing paid labor; (b) from fines imposed for default in such payments; (c) from casual payments. 16. The amount and the manner of collection of the payments and fines mentioned in section 15 of these rules shall be determined every year by a special order of the People's Commissariat of Labor. APPENDIX TO SECTION 80 K. Rules Concerning Labor Booklets 1. Every citizen of the Russian Socialist Federated Soviet Republic, upon assignment to a definite group and category (section 62 of the present code), shall receive, free of charge, a labor booklet. Note. The form of the labor booklets shall be worked out by the People's Commissariat of Labor, 2. Each wage earner, on entering the employment of an enterprise, establishment or institution employing paid labor, shall present his labor booklet to the management thereof, and on entering the employment of a private individual to the latter. Note. A copy of the labor booklet shall be kept by the management of the enterprise, establishment, institution or private individual by whom the wage earner is employed. 3. All work performed by a wage earner during the normal working day as well as piece work or overtime work, and all payments received by him as a wage earner (remuneration in money or in kind, subsidies from the unemployment and hospital funds), must be entered in his labor booklet. Note. In the labor booklet must also be entered the leaves of absence and sick leave of the wage earner, as well as the fines imposed on him during and on account of his work. 4. Each entry in the labor booklet must be dated and signed by the person making the entry, and also by the wage earner (if the latter is literate), who thereby certifies the correctness of the entry. 5. The labor booklet shall contain: (a) The name, surname and date of birth of the wage earner; (b) The name and address of the trade union of which the wage earner is a member; (c) The group and category to which the wage earner has been assigned by the valuation commission. 6. Upon the discharge of a wage earner, his labor booklet shall under no circumstances be withheld from him. Whenever an old booklet is replaced by a new one, the former shall be left in possession of the wage earner. 7. In case a wage earner loses his labor booklet, he shall be provided with a new one into which shall be copied all the entries. of the lost booklet; in such a case a fee determined by the rules of internal management may be charged to the wage earner for the new booklet. 8. A wage earner must present his labor booklet upon the request: (a) Of the managers of the enterprise, establishment or institution where he is employed; (b) of the Department of Labor Distribution; (d) Of the officials of workmen's control and of labor protection; (e) Of the insurance offices or institutions acting as such. APPENDIX TO SECTION 5 Rules for the Determination of Disability for Work 1. Disability for work shall be determined by an examination of the applicant by the Bureau of Medical Experts, in urban districts, or by the provincial insurance offices, accident insurance offices or institutions acting as such. Note. In case it be impossible to organize a Bureau of Medical Experts at any insurance office, such a Bureau may be organized at the Medical Sanitary Department of the local Soviet, provided, however, that the said Bureau shall be guided in its actions by the general rules and instructions for insurance offices. 2. The staff of the Bureau of Experts shall include: (a) Not less than three specialists in surgery; (b) Representatives of the Board of Directors of the office; (c) Sanitary mechanical engineers appointed by the Board of Directors of the office; (d) Representatives of the trade unions. Note. The specialists in surgery on the staff of the bureau shall be recommended by the medical sanitary department, with the consent of the Board of Directors, preferably from among the surgeons connected with the hospital funds, and shall be confirmed by a delegates' meeting of the office. 3. During the examination of a person at the Bureau of the Medical Commission, all persons who have applied for the examination may be present. 4. An application for the determination of the loss of working ability may be made by any person or institution. 5. Applications for examination shall be made to the insurance office nearest to the residence of the person in question. 6. Examinations shall take place in a special room of the insurance office. Note. If the person to be examined cannot be brought to the insurance office, owing to his condition, the examination may take place at his residence. 7. Every person who is to be examined at the Bureau of Medical Experts shall be informed by the respective insurance office of the day and hour set for the examination and of the location of |