AWARD HOLIDAY CONDITIONS
Private Agreements Illegal
The law made it an offence for employers and employees to contract out of an award, said Mr R. H. McDonald, president of the Canterbury district council of the Federation of Labour, yesterday, when he commented on arrangements for holidays that had come to his notice.
One firm, he said, was known to have made arrangements with its employees to work extended hours before the Christmas holiday break without payment. Equivalent time off, calculated at ordinary time payment, was to be taken on Monday and Tuesday, December 23 and 24, to give a longer consecutive holiday break.
The employer had been informed that no party to the award had power to make or agree to a variation of award conditions, Mr McDonald said, and the arrangement had been cancelled. “We are taking a very serious view of any such arrangements, because awards in general provide for extended hours to be paid for at penalty rates," Mr McDonald said. The Court of Arbitration had also taken a serious view of workers and employers combining to defeat the provisions of an award.
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Press, Volume XCVI, Issue 28447, 29 November 1957, Page 25
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