Bisbee daily review., 1918-06-05
COPPER QUEEN TO MAKE PERMANENT BONUS WAGE PLAN

| yearly bonus basis beginning July l next, and regardless of salary of po- sition will receive SlO0 for the first years continuous service, with yearly increase for each succeeding year, according to announcement of the Phelps Dodge Corporation, Copper Queen branch, yesterday Employees of the Calumet & Arizona and Shat tuck companies in this district and of the c. & A. shelter at Douglas, will be placed on the same basis, it was also announced. The order effects some 4500 men in the Warren dis trict and about half that number in Douglas. =
 On January 1, last. the Copper Queen company and other mines of the district started a bonus plan. At that time they distributed to each man who had been in continuous service fer the year succeeding a substantial check. They announced then tha. it was their hope to establish the plan in the future as a permanent insti- tuition of the company. Now, they have announced the establishment of the permanent bonus system and the plan upon which it shall be paid in a bulletin which will be distributed tc employees.
 Plan of Payment.
 Under the plan men who received bonuses last January will be consid- cred in their second years employ ment and men who have received po- N-; -fv ha sidered in their first years employ ment. Payment of the bonus checks will be made on the first payday following the completion of years continuous service. Observance of the thirty-day holiday rule is es- pecially urged in the bulletin, which makes provision for the manner in which each man must notify the en- plcyment agent of leaves from work i granted. Leave because of sickness does net count againt the years em- | ployment
 Following is the statement of the company outlining the new plan and giving details of how it shall be worked:
 When bonus was paid last Janu- ary we stated that we hoped to an nounce later it would be permanent. 1 This announcement has been made recently and We desire to present the plan more in detail. as follows: q. After July l, 1918, every em- ploye who has remained in the serv- i ice of the company continuously for | one year will receive a bonus of $1OO | on completion of his years service, | and for each additional year of con ! tinuous service an additional S1O will be paid until the annual bonus amounts to $250, when no further ln- crease will be made in the annual | bonus. Wage Rate Oisregarded. "2. The bonus is in no way re- lated to the wage rate, or kind of work done. It is flat bonus for con l tinuous service and the same amount | will be paid to every employe regard | less of his daily wage, monthly salary or nationality.
 "3. In order to receive the bonus | you must remain continuously with | the company, but time lost on ac- count of sickness or accident will not count against you after you return to work Also you will be allowed to lay | off for a total of thirty days during | any years service period, provided | you obtain written permission from your boss or foreman and hand it to the employment agent before you leave. Your layoff may be taken all | at one time or may be taken few days at a time but must not be for more than thirty days total in any service year.
 How to Figure Year.
 "4. Every man receiving bonus | last January will have his second years service begin January 1, 1918. so he will be entitled to a bonus of S110 at the end of this year if his service is continuous according to the rules. Men who began work with the company after July 1, 1917, or since January 1, 1918, will be considered in their first years service until their year is completed. To illustrate. if you began work. say on July ,, 1917, or any other date after July 1st, your first years service will be completed on July ,. 1918, or a year after you began work, and if your service is con tinuous, in accordance with the rules. you will receive your first years bo- nus or SlOO on the next pay udy dltSi your kear's service is completed. In other words, bonuses will be paid on the next pay day following the com pletion of any years service. Those of you who began work last July and have continued with the com pany since then, have but a short your years service is completed In Time Off Factor
 "5. It is important that you ob- serve the rule covering absences from work. If you lost time because of sickness you will have company doctor and the records of our medical department will show that fact. IT you lost time because of accident, the medical department will show that also. If you desire to lay off, even for one day, you should obtain per mission from your boss or foreman, on the proper form for that purpose, and hand it to the employment agent so that your record there will be clear PHELPS DOGE CORPORATION, COP
 PER QUEEN BRANCH,
 "G. II. DOWELL, Manager. |