English Translation

119 Protector Neurath was called from the Reich Ministry of Economy to the Office of Reich Protector in Bohemia in Moravia, where he led the department of economy and finance. The new Ministry was created in the framework of Heydrich's administrative reforms by merging the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Trade, the Ministry for Public Works and the Ministry on Social and Health Administration, and it also took over part of the competences of the Ministry and the Finance Ministry and became a key institution for the explosion of human and material resources of the Protectorate together with the Labour Offices. Working book An important standard for directive labour management became Government Regulation No. 241/1941 Coll., introducing working books from June 28th. (320) These cards became not only an instrument of effective control of compliance with labour obligations, but also a central register of labour by individual occupational groups was established. The Labour Offices did not have to use estimates to deal with the labour force, because they had precise records available. (321) Re-establishing workbooks, which were abolished after the establishment of the Czechoslovakia by Act No. 571/1919 Coll. on the abolition of work and family books from October 17th, meant the restoration of an old institution on a much wider base, as the main feature of this employment institution was its universality. It is clear from the provision that all workers and employees are obliged to have contractual contracts, apprentices, interns, soloists, homeworkers, home tradesmen and homework intermediaries, as well as their family members, if they cooperate with them. The age limit for this obligation has been set at 14 years. Only the so-called protectorate employees in the service who did not have to have them had certain privileged positions when introducing workbooks. Already, when defining the occupational categories that were required to have a work book, certain competences were granted to the employment authorities. They decided in doubt - and there were many such cases whether a certain activity constituted an obligation to have a work book. In Article 2 (3) (c) of the Regulation, it is stated, among other things, that "in doubt whether an activity constituted a duty to have an employment book, the employment office in whose territory the company's registered office is situated decides,