FORTY-HOUR WEEK PROVIDED

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22371, 7 April 1938, Page 13

FORTY-HOUR WEEK PROVIDED

AWARD FOR CARETAKERS AND LIFTMEN MINIMUM WAGE OF £5/2/6 FOR WATCHMEN An award for cleaners, caretakers, and lift attendants in the Taranaki, Wellington, Canterbury, Otago, and Southland industrial districts has been made by the Arbitration Court. The award came into force on April 1 and will operate until March 31, 1939. The principal matters settled by the Court related to definitions of workers, hours, wages, overtime, holidays, general conditions, and the application of the award. Otherwise the award embodies recommendations- of the Conciliation Council. . .' Ordinary hours of work for all classes of workers must not exceed 40 a week. Minimum wages provided are:—Caretakers, £4 15s a week or its equivalent; cleaners, £4 6s; clean'ers and liftmen, £4 6s; liftmen, £4 Is; female cleaners, £2 10s; female cleaners employed by the hour. Is 8d an hour; liftmen or cleaners and lift-' men employed by the hour, 2s 4d. Any female lift attendant employed when the award came into operation may continue at a minimum wage of £2 12s 6d a week. Watchmen must be paid not less, than £5 2s 6d a week and a 46-hour week is provided for them. Workers who are regularly required to work on statutory holidays will receive eight consecutive working days’ holiday after 12 months’ service, in addition to the annual holiday of one week on full pay to which all workers under the award are 'entitled. Other provisions are that implements and materials, as well as any special uniform, must be supplied by the employers.