A DRIVER'S HOURS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 34, 10 February 1939, Page 14

A DRIVER'S HOURS.

EMPLOYER CHARGED. •'. i. ■■ . -S:M:':I)isCUS'sES "CASIE; " ■ (From Our Correspondent.) -•'''.■ HAMILTON, Thursday..' • An interesting case, was heard bfefore ■Jlr.;. S. L. Paterspii; S.JL, inVthe''Police Court to-day,"when Andrew; H.. Burn, ' a earner-,./of: Hamilton, -was ■ charged •with employing;a 'driver.for more than 11 hours ph one day. Evidence was given by_ Mr. :G.- D. Treadgold, of the. Labour Department, that defendant's ■ employee, , Percy ■ Smale, had /informed him .that he. had been working for nearly' 12 hours on December 23. . .-•"..-, /' • .Defendant produced a time book which showed that Smnle had been employed for a period ol 12J hours on the date mentioned. He stated, however, that he had allowed. ! Smale; reasonable time .in. which.'to the; jobs--allqtted.i to" him within" the 11 hours provided in the regulations. •'" '"' -' r " : ' Mr. Paterson said the regulation proTided that an employer. must .not cause or permit an /employee to' work "more than ir hours. 0 ;In this : case 'the defendant .allowed reasonable ,time 'for the work to be done within the specified period, and that- being so, it could >not be said that he caused or,permitted a_ breach of the regulation. The information was dismissed. ;. . • .-.--•