LEGALITY OF RATIONED WORK
DEPARTMENT PRESSES FOR PENALTY
(rRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGBAM.)
DUNEDIN, November 2. A case of importance to employers was heard in the Magistrate's Court this morning before Mr J. R. Bartholomew, S.M. The Inspector of Awards claimed a penalty against Smith and Smith, stating that two men employed had been placed on ration work, which meant that they had weeks off, for which they were not paid. The department held that regular weekly payments must be made until the men were dismissed. Mr. Stephens, for the defendants, said that the case was one of great importance to the whole industrial community, for it meant that when work fell off. employers could not place men on a rationed scheme, in which case many breaches must have been committed. Counsel claimed that there was no provision in the award for continuous work beyond a weekly period, and that the award recognised suspension without dismissal. The Magistrate reserved his decision, j
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Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22240, 3 November 1937, Page 4
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