SHOPS AND OFFICES ACTS.

Press, Volume LV, Issue 16558, 25 June 1919, Page 4

SHOPS AND OFFICES ACTS.

v PROPOSED AMENDMENTS

Many amendments lo the Shops and Ofiiw s Act will io urged before the annual conference of the New Zealand Labour Part;", which opens in Wellington early next month. Remits fnrwurdc-d by th«» Wellington Grocers Assistants' Union are: —That th* houre per week shall not l>e longer than tl. That '"o shop :;ssi3tant shall be employed after 5 oil any night in any week. That all skous shall hi clcsed at 1- noon on Saturdays. That <tll extended hours ehail lv> «on? away with at Christmas and New Year, thereby avoiding an injustice which shop assistants have had to put up with for many ycais past. That it shall be compulsory for every shop assistant to have his or her half-holiday, notwithstanding that another ho!id:iv riia!l have occurred in the same week. That Easter Saturday shall !'-e made- one of the ciii.tntory 'losing' days in the That the provision that employee who is receiv:rc n excels of £3 ITs per week i 3 not entitled to overtime aiiall b? abolished. That nil overtime shall he paid for, in addition to tea money. That suitable dining accommodation shall be pro-

vided in all shops Tor both male ant! female empinycea. That tho Act shall provide for satisfactory heating- and seating accommodation. and that thermometers 6hall be installed in each department in each shop m order that assistants may be a-bl<» to eee- that the requirements of the Act with regard to heating aro carried out. That rest rooms for the convenience of fe-milo employees shall bo provided, and that female inspectors shall be appointed: ench inspectors to be- selected from the ranks of female shop assistants.

The Wellington East branch will move: — "That the Shops and Offices Act bo eo amended as to provide that female inspectors be appointed; euch inspectors to be selected from the ranks of female shop assistants."