TRANSPORT BOARD.
FORTY-HOUR WEEK POLICY. ANNOUNCEMENT AWAITED. Although representative opinion in Auckland is generally perturbed as to the outcome of the Auckland Transport Board's adoption of the 40-hour week principle in regard to all its staff, criticism is being withheld pending an announcement by the board of its policy. It was difficult to~ see, said one man to-day, how the board could make up the heavy extra expenditure of nearly £40.000 involved by the incroase in staff necessary under the new arrangement, without committing the ratepayer to a levy. However, the board had previously stated its policy as being definitely opposed to any rate. What plan it had in mind to raise the additional income, it was difficult to foresee. It was possible that the board was depending on some relief from its overseas commitments. Although on paper, he said, it appeared that the board was in a bad position financially, its condition was generally sound. It had been ably managed through the years of its existence, and although it would require very careful supervision and control in the future, that future need not be feared greatly, Interviewed again regarding the board's plans, the Hon. F. E. Lark, M.L.C., deputy-chairman of the board, said that in the absence of the chairman, the Hon. H. G. R. Mason, he could make no policy statement. A report on the whole position and the plan under which the 40-hour week would operate, would be presented to the board on Monday next. Largely, he said, the board depended on the co-operation both of the public siid of its own staff to make up any discrepancy in finances.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 170, 20 July 1936, Page 8
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