ARBITRATION COURT.

Press, Volume LV, Issue 16506, 25 April 1919, Page 4

ARBITRATION COURT.

I X:;\V AXD AMENDED ATTAKDS. j A ".-irso o! an-.cr.£.-iior.:3 so •xislin?; ' a'.v.cds, and some r;v.- award?., were Hied at Supreme Court '.vith t!;e Flegistrur ci : Av-irds vest^rdar. The following aro the chief poin'.3 in. tin* a;n<'rc]:n' , v.ts to avsris: — Canterbury Murir.c. :iml Soap Wo'STs—A bmiiii of Old per hour is to be yiui:' unks* end m:ii! the Court otherwise cirec:. (":i4 is <1c;i n<: . :< ; a pvnviclsu thai overti:no at the o: time and a hsh" shall ><0 paid ior the firs', three hour?, 'nil double time nftT. The w;;r bonus is r.ot to taken into account in nr.rins ovorlijr.P. TilO amendment operates .rom May nth. Canterbury Tailors ;tr.<l Tniionises—The ■r.inimr.iv. ace for men employed o'.: weekly wares, including pressor?, shall hg £3 13s per 'he minimum fcr in--1 ci 1:r 1 ir.tr machinist*? and iaiioressor. o'.i ladies' 1 work, 'shall lx i'l 15s pop wer-U l'or_ tiie ftr3t 3:-c months r I'U-r the compieticn of apprentice liiip. ard '.horea'.le- not '.v.-s than il'2 tier week. Fcr '.vcekly hand 3 o'<?rtin;o from C p.m. till !J p.iv. to be paid at the rate or time and a. hail", thereafter at c'ouble rates. From 6 a.m. to S a.m. at the rate of tian and a half. Pisce workers from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the rate of &cl per hour extra, thereafter 13 6d per hour extra. From 6 to S a.m. 3d per hour extra is to be paid. Tho order operates from May ."th. Tailoressea, cutters, and prcssers—lu a memo concerning the application for an amendment o? the Dominion Factory Tailorosaos, Machinists, Cutters, and Pressers' award,' the Court says:—"ln view of the fact that this is a Dominion award, which will expire in fourteen, days froy the date hereof, and that a confcrence between tho Associations of employers and workers is about to take place, and will therefore afford an opportunity of leviawmgr all the provisions of the award, the Court thinks it unaosirnble to make anv order under the War Lsgislstion and Statute Amendment Ac(. '.018." Cliriofjhurch District and Tin;am Quarry AV0 1 krvs—The week's work shall ■be -18 hours, from 7.H0 n.m. to 5 p.m. over five ; days of ths week, and until 12 noon on j Saturday. Overtime: Time and a. half for 1 the first three hnura. and double afterwards. Mirirctim v.-agos '.fir work'.rs getting cut ;nore a:;d squared s'.ono, and workers wi-.o require n. pcrrrit under the .Stona Qimrries Aot, uiid ceytifu-ntecl men. Is l}d per hour; ail others Is S.}d per hour. Thero is to be '2Ad per hour as a war bomis. The amendment operates from May sth. Canterbury Iron and Kraas Moulders—The Court has ii:cn-us;rj tho wages payable to ma.-hino monick-rs from ! j lid per hour to Is CJd ;:er ho'.ir. the wages of ja'-.iroymen moulders and journeymen worxinjr maohjY.es: remain at Is T£.d per hour, in addition a war bonus of C!\d or hour is prescribed. The anu'ndrr.cut • operates as from tho 31th instant. Canterbury Bacon Curcrs —The rates of wages have been fixed a3 follows: —Head curer, por week: slaughtermen. cuttersup rollers, and scaldors. la tjd per hour; cellarmen, lardworkers, storo hands, and all other hum!?. Is old per hour. In addition to the hourly rales a bonus of 2Jd per hour is prescribed. A worker (»:;cept the head curer; is to be paid only fc-r time actually worker], Tho wage of the head curer is a weekly wage, and 110 deduction is to cc made therefrom save for time lost through the worker's default. Overtime is to lw paid for at tho rate of tiino and a. hnif for tho first, three hours, and double time thercaftor. The order operates as from sth May next. . Chr.istehurch and Suburban T>ncal Bodies award—The -amendments provide that in future tunnelmen engaged at rock tunnelling work and timber work, on sinking shafts over 10ft, ehall be paid Is 7id per hour; •tunnelmen at clay tunnelling work and men in charge of derricks or scaffolding, Is I per hour; and all other classes of work at the rate ,cf Is 3}d per hour. In addition to the rates mentioned, nil workers shall receive a bonus of 2Jd per hour. When a local body provides relief work, ,it ©hall be competent for it to pay 6uch rates as ,may be mutually agreed upon by any local body with the president or secretary of the> Union. The amended award shall operate from May sth. Builders, Contractors, . and General Labourers' award amendments provide for tho payment of Is 7.\d per hour for men engaged at rock tunnelling work or sinking shafts; Is -ljd per hour for men at clay work; and Is Sid for all other olassea.of work. All workers to be paid 2£d per hour extra until the Court shall otherwise determine. Tho amended award will operate from ifay sth. • Canterbury Tannors, Fellmongers, and Skinners' award —The Court, in a memo ■ iegardiug Ul2 application for amendments to ■the award, stated that having regard to tho fact that the award in respect to which the application waa made expires on April-30th, tho Court considers it undesirable at the present time -tb make any order under the AVar Legislation and Statute Law Amendment Act, 1918. If in view of the pronouncement of the Court the parties are unable to agree npon the terms of a now award, the subject can b« reviewed before the Conciliation Council, and, failing an amicable settlement, it can be referred to tlio Court for final adjudication. Th© Canterbury Motor-car and Drivers' le mended to include tho following additional partiesßrenton Bros. (Geraldme), K. Sherratt (Geraldine), air.l tho limaru Herald Co. (Timaru). I\ew awards were made as follows: — South Canterbury Bakers.—'Th» award provides that the hours of work 6hall not exceed 48 in any one week. The daily hours of work, shall be regulated by each employer according to tho requirements of his business, but eo.that any time worked in excess of 10 hours in any one -jay shall be reckoned and paid for as- overtime, whether or not such worker shall have worked 48 hours in that week. The hours of- rt,irlinvork for bakers shall be not earlier than 4 o'clock a.m., except on Saturdays and tho day proceding a--public holiday. In the event of a. double holiday . work may commence two hours earlier.-

| _In towns having- a population of less than 1500 persons, the hour of starting work mav befixed by each employer according to the requirements of his business. The wages have been fixed as follows:—Foreman baker or pastrycook, £4 per week: journeyman baker or pastrycook, £3 10s per week; baker's labourer, £3 per wek. .In country bakehouses where only one journeyman is employed, the following wage 3 may be paid:—On an out-turn of 2000 21b loaves per week, £3. 10s per week; 1500 2!b loaves per week, £3 3s per week; 1250 01b loaves per week. £3 per week; under 1250 loaves per week, £2 los per week. South Canterbury Painters' award.—The award provides for a minimum wage of Is 6d per hour for all journeymen. In addition to -this is a' war bonus of 3d per hour, to be mado. retrospective to February Ist, 1919, and to remain in forco until three months after the declaration of peace. Overtime is to be pair! at the following- rates:—From 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.. time and a quarter: 8 p.m. to midnight, time and a half; midnight to 6 u.m.', double time: 6 a.m. to 8 a.m., time and a quarter; half-holiday, time and a half; Sundays and holidays, double'time. Wages of apprentices aro fixed at: First vear 10s per week, secon-1 15s, third £1, fourth £1 ss, fifth £l 10s.

An employee on country _ work (work ■which jiece6sitates his lodging elsewhere than at his usual place of residence) is to be conveyed to and from his work at the employers' expense, but once only during the continuance of the work, if it is continuous, and he is not meanwhile recalled by his employer. The extra allowance provided for country work is 3a per day, but the employer has the optiou of providing suitable board and lodging in lieu of the extra payment. Overtime is limited to two hours on other days, or four hours on Saturdays, at the country rate of wages. Suburban work is taken to be that over three miles from the employers' place of business, but still not classed as country work. • In suburban work the employee is either to be allowed one penny per mile each way, or to be conveyed free of charge by the emplo3'er, in which case tho man must be at hi 3 employer's placo of business not later thaji 7i30 a.m. It is required that employers shall find bruehware, except dueter and paperhanger's laying-on brush'. Piecework may be neither given-by an employer nor taken by an employee. Tho wages clauses operate from January Ist, 1919, and the rest of the award from" date. Tho whole will continue in force until January Ist, 1921. South Canterbury, Builders* and General labourers' Quarry and Wool' and Grain Store Employees (wool and grain stora «ection). —Minimum wages 1© 5Jd per hour, with war bonus of fjd per hour; workers with manure in bulk, 3d per hour extra; workers with bagged manure, IJd per hour extra. Honrs of work, 8 a»m. to 5 p.m. on five days of the week, and from. 8. to 12 on Saturday. Time and a hajf for overtime and double rates on Sundays and holidays. The new Tat© of wagce is to be made icstrospective to November 28th, 1918, and the award remains in force until November 20th, 1920. OTAGO CASES. (PBESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) DUNEDIN, April 21. The Arbitration Court has filed a number of amended awards. Journeymen tinsmiths are granted Is 7id.per hour._ The minimum rage for engineers is Is 7id. for journey raeu; Is s*d for ehapers, and e'oiters and borers, and -Is 5Jd for stock catalogue work. Itangeworkers' wages are fiitd at 3s Hd and Is 4id, and metal workers assistants- at lo -li'J ®t|d Is 3>d. In each cage Q boaus of "id is added to the above s

orders, which are in conformity with tlio Court's recent memorandum. They will come into fore© on May 12th. The overtime clause ia also altered. Minor amendments have been made in other awards.