Customs men call off overtime ban

Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33917, 9 August 1975, Page 1

Customs men call off overtime ban

Customs officers called off their national overtime ban last night after an hour-long meeting with the Minister of Labour (Mr Faulkner).

Mr Faulkner discussed the ban, which had come into effect at 5 p.m. on Thursday night, with Public Service Association and customs! representatives. Customs men at Christ-! church International Airport | arrived back at work just before 8.30 last night. Not checked They were not in time to check passengers on an incoming flight from Sydney, who had already left the check-point. But they were able to check passengers leaving on the flight to Nandi at 9 p.m. The customs men arrived; late because of a delay in informing them that their! overtime ban had been; called off. The Press Association reports that Mr Faulkner said last night that the customs

officers would return to full duties as soon as they could re-establish full coverage. ! "Reasonable people’ ! “They are pretty reasonable people, and they left Imy office intending to resume full coverage.” he said. ! Mr Faulkner said he exipected the Public Service iAssociation and the State I Services Commission to jmeet on Tuesday to discuss the customs officers’ claims. Airline passengers arriving in New Zealand while the ban was on still had to complete normal immigration and agricultural formalities, but they were not liable for baggage searches.