SALARIES OF CHEMISTS

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22306, 21 January 1938, Page 12

SALARIES OF CHEMISTS

♦ MINIMUM OF £300? STATUS OF QUALIFIED MEN NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE TO TAKE ACTION Dissatisfied -with the low salaries paid to some qualified chemists in •industrial concerns, the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry, at its ■annual meeting yesterday, decided ;to endeavour to establish £3OO as a [.minimum salary for men in the profession with degrees. Members of Tthe institute quoted instances of the .lucrative posts held by technologists ,in many industries and failed to see ;why chemists in the same concerns .were not given their due reward for «cxpert knowledge. : Dr. H. N. Parton. Dr. R. O. Page, Sand Mr R. L. Andrew led the discussion, contending that some chem lists with the M.Se. degree were be »ing paid less than clerks, although Jthey had spent valuable time in ac- • quiring expert professional knowledge, upon which the welfare of industries, or at least their efficiency, .depended. I The institute decided, on the motion of Mr J. Packer, that where positions were offered to qualified chemists at salaries which the council of the institute considered inadequate, action should be taken to have the remuneration increased. A salary of £3OO a year for men with the M.Se. degree was considered a suitable minimum figure..