Bank hours confirmed
At a meeting with union representatives yesterday, the New Zealand Bankers’ Association confirmed the decision of the trading banks to improve service to their customers and to the public by extending their opening hours to between 9 a.m. and 4.30 p.m., from September 11. A spokesman for the association said that the new opening hours were entirely within the hours of work prescribed in the New Zealand Bank Officers’ award, which provides for a 37 and a half hour, 5 day working week.
The banks believe that the provision of better customer hours is another step towards ensuring that their competitive position will be improved and future employment opportunities for staff protected. The banks emphasised that their present decision did not involve any requirement to work regularly outside of the existing award hours. If the union so wished, however, the banks would be prepared to enter discussions on terms under which staff could be required to work outside the award hours.
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Press, 16 August 1984, Page 23
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