HIGHER WAGES IN TIMBER YARDS
(PRESS ASSOCIATION' TBLEGIUsJ
WELLINGTON. September.» By a decision of the ta J?"£r Court the wages of workers in tW£ yards and sawmills in the Welling industrial district, except within » mile radius of Wellington, arc to fixed in relation to the actual J}?« of work before the introduction ><* *< 40-hour week, and not in Tt * aS ** m \ the maximum of 48 hours fixed WTS award before amended. The GMB*SJ cided that pay must be. adjusjwjj] cording to the working week fMjglV during the 12 months before tb e ™!!s the award. The ordinary rate gg therefore be multiplied by 47-40ths, or 46-40ths. as each CM* quires.
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Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22196, 13 September 1937, Page 8
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