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 59 STAT.] COSTA RICA-AGRICULTURAL WORKERS-MAY 22, 29, 1944 Commission or his authorized representative as pro- vided herein. The initial engagement between the worker and his first employer shall be for a period of not less than 90 days and during such period of employment, the worker shall be afforded an oppor- tunity to work not less than 480 hours, but hours worked on Sundays or in excess of 10 hours in any 24 hour period shall not be included in this 480 hour guarantee. On the termination of this initial engage- ment, the period of employment may be renewed or extended by mutual agreement of the worker and the employer subject to the approval of the Chairman of the War Manpower Commission or his authorized representative; provided that such renewal or exten- sion shall be made on terms no less favorable to the worker than those required by this agreement. (2) Where the initial engagement of the worker is not renewed or extended and at the termination of such initial engagement, there is not available work with a new employer on terms no less favorable to the worker than those required by this agreement, then the worker shall be returned to Costa Rica by the Government of the United States. 11. Every employment contract to which a worker admitted under this agreement is a party shall con- tain provision for the deduction from his wages of fifty cents a day for each day for which he received in wages a sum of not less than three dollars. The sums so deducted shall be remitted to the National Bank of Costa Rica for the credit of the worker upon his return to Costa Rica. The sums so de- ducted shall be remitted at such times and in such manner as may be agreed upon between the Govern- ment of Costa Rica and the Chairman of the War Manpower Commission. 12. Workers shall have the right to discuss any problems of living or working conditions with their employers in accordance with procedures to be established by the employer. This shall not prevent the worker from using any appeals procedure which may be estab- lished by the War Manpower Commission. 13. At the expiration of the contract or any renewals thereof, the authorities of the United States shall consider the continued stay of the worker in the territory of the United States to be illegal from an immigration point of view, with the exception of cases of physical impossibility of the worker to return to Costa Rica and in that event only as long as such impossibility exists. 1287 Termination of enm ployment period. Wage deduction. Discussion of prob- lems. Continued stay of worker.

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