ARBITRATION COURT.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17611, 14 November 1922, Page 11

ARBITRATION COURT.

TYPOGRAPHICAL AWARD. (fbess ASSOCIATION TbXEGBAJC.) WELLINGTON, November 18. A asw award by the Arbitration Court with respioVta the typoß»pb4(a4 dispute, has been AWj The award ia a. Dominion one, end the rates of wage* fixed wUj be subject to variation prior to May, 1828. The awaad will coma into force on November 27th, the exoeption of some questions of minor importance," said Mr Justice Frazeir in his memorandum, "the subject* left for the determination of the Court wore wages, houw, holidays, and payment for tame. Theee have been settled by the Court as they appear in .the award. Other provisions of the award emboay the agreement arrived at Between the parties. The Court 'ia not responsible for the form of preference cAanae insofar as the special provisions of sub-clause B are concerned. Members of the 'Oonrt have adopted the award as a whole, though thoy were not unanimous in respect of every The Court decreed that payment for work shall either be by time or piecework. The minimum rate? of pay par week shall be aa follows: Linotype, intertype, and linograph m>operators employed in oities and within a radius of ten miles of Wellington, Auckland, Christchurcb, and Dunedin, £? ss; day operators employed in towns outside the cities, £5 is. Monotype machines: City day operators, £5 2s;' " country dav operators, £4 18s. Monoline, topograph, baiotype, simplex, and other • composing machines: Day operators in a town with a population of over 7000 and under, £4 lis; if employed by the how, casuals shall be paid 8s per hour fox day work.and 6d extra for night work. The cost of living bonus of lid per hour will be paid casual operators unless' and until th© Court decides otherwise'. Night operators will receive ten per cent, extra, With a maximum of 10s. Stone end Bulk Hands—City bulk hands and machine correctors, day work £4 16s 3d, night, work £5 6s 3d; second stone hands, night work.£s lis.3d, day work £5 Is 3d; any bulk hand employed casually must be paid not less than 2s 6d per hour for day work and 3s per hour for night work. These workers also receive the cost of living bonus of lid per hour. Probationers employed on linotype or other composing maohines, £4 6s for day work and' £4 15a for night work;- by the hour, for day. work 2s 6d, and night woijk 2s 9d.. A linotype operator is 'not deemed efficient Unless he has attained the output, stated by the Conrt in a, separate clause. The minimum rates for linotype, iniertypo, and Urn* graph operators gi 0 T a is o defined by the Court. ' The week's work is stated at 43 hours, andj in oases where a weekly half-holiday is not' giyen, the' hours must not exceed 48. AH time, 'beydnd the hours prescribed »hMist be paid for at the rate of time and a half, far the first three hours end thereafter double, rates. Additional pay ia 'allowed for Saturday night special editions. Double rates axe allowed for Sundays and certain holidays. Time and a half is allowed for other holidays, A week's holidiay per year in addition to the '. specified /holidays on the completion of each year of service is inoluded. In 'a memorandum attached to the award for' letterpress, machinista for the Northern Taronaki, Wel)ington, Westland, Canterbury, and Otago industrial districts, the Indigo stated that a, number of clauses were agreed on at £ conference of the parties. Wages and holidays were the principal matters left for the Court to deoide. Members of the Court adopted the award as a' whole, aMJiough they were not unanimous in ' respect of every clause. The wages in this award were also fixed on a oity population classification basis, ranging from £4 }6s 8d for first-clas* lettwv pies* machinists, bookbinders, paper-rulers, lithographic machinists, transferers, hand pressmen; embossers, and multi-colour printers to'£2' for first year juniors, with weep* tions In the -ease of certain workers, who are'paid five shlUinga extra. Ten per oent. extra is allowed for night workers. Tho award also makes provision for piecework, apoj an annual weekly holiday on pay is also al» lowed lor. Workers ore to work on specified holidays .if desired to do go, an extra day being,allowed for the annual holiday for this reason.