THE HOUSE OF PERNOD AND SONS

The effective working day is fixed at 11 hours; the

minimum wage is 20 centimes per hour for women and 30

centimes per hour for men.

Work is suspended all day on Sunday.

No effort is spared to improve working conditions and to

avoid accidents.

Two collections are taken each day for personnel to also

have the benefit of Christmas gifts at the end of the year.

Every summer an excursion open to all personnel is

organized at the expense of the firm to an interesting town or

to some picturesque site. A band recruited almost exclusively

from among the workmen of the establishment brightens these

outings and contributes at all times to the esprit de corps which

is in any case very strong; the workers of the Pernod factory

regard themselves as privileged to belong to a firm which

assures them of such benefits. Therefore recruitment could not

be easier; applications are always numerous and the firm

suffers only the embarrassment of having to choose from

among the crowds of candidates who show up.

There have never been strikes in the House of Pernod

and Sons.

Commonality of interest has rendered the rapport

between owners and workers cordial and easy. Time and time

again, without any false modesty, the workmen have seized the

opportunity to express to their bosses their appreciation for the

good policies of which they are the object.