HOURS OF WORK SETTLED

Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23000, 20 April 1940, Page 7

HOURS OF WORK SETTLED

WARD FOR CANTERBURY INDUSTRIES

Che hours of work for employees in ! preserved food, 33m, and starch iustries of Canterbury have been tied in a hew award for the instry issued yesterday by Mr J. A. [mour, delegate to the Court of bitration. The hours clause—the ly section of the award not settled Conciliation Council—was centered recently "in the Industrial igistrate’s Court. Die award states that the ordinary urs of work shall not exceed 44 a tek during the summer months (Notnber 1 to April 30). to be worked tween, the hours of 7.30 a.m. and 5.30 n. on five days of the week, and 0 am. and noon on Saturdays; and a week during the winter months Cay 1 to October 31), to be worked tween the hours similar to those for 1 summer. ‘A five-day week of - 40 hours -was umed by..the union, but no evidence is called in support of this claim,” £ Magistrate’s memoranda state. Ie employers counter-claimed the its prescribed in the expired award ich, it wjs pointed but, were agreed in by the parties to that award. Two messes were called, who stated that laitkms in the industry had reined unchanged since the making the last award, and that it was im\cucable to work the reduced hours timed py the union.. . There would pear to be no justification for defunst from the hours which were in Rration under the expired award.” me award will remain in operation « November 6, 1940.