EXEMPTION CLAIM.
40-HOUR WEEK LEGISLATION. WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL. (By Telegraph—awn correspondent.) WELLINGTON, Sunday. Formal application for exemption from the provisions of the legislation concerning the 40-hour week and extra holiday pay is to be made by the Wellington City Council. The step is a precautionary measure, for the council, is not yet in possession of detailed figures which will indicate what will be the effect of the proposed conditions on city finances. "On tlie information at present available it seems that the total additional costs to the city resulting from the recent legislation affecting hours, wages and holidays will reach a sum of approximately £70,000 per annum if the same services are to be maintained," said the Mayor, Mr. T. C. A. Hislop. "The question will be whether the additional moneys are to be raised to meet the whole of the increased expenditure or ■bother there will be a curtailment of i rvices, so as to meet the additional costs within the present revenue."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 140, 15 June 1936, Page 9
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164EXEMPTION CLAIM. Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 140, 15 June 1936, Page 9
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