ARBITRATION COURT AWARDS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 31, 31 October 1907, Page 9

ARBITRATION COURT AWARDS.

;'. , RECENT INTERrRCTATIONSrw' V. .' Mr. Justice Sim, (President of .the 'Arbitration -Court) has/,given .tho ( .following' interpretations, which -were-,applied for ..by, tho, Inspector of-Awards:,i ;, ."., ' WELLINGTON LETTER-PRESS ■ ■ MACH;.;jnists',award: ," • Question: Providing ; a,, machinist ;is%fully, competent "to do all tho. work;, specified ..in the interpretation defining: competent machinists,- has;ho. I to,-be...paid::at' £he higher minimum'ratei of £3, per: week bveii : although ho is not employed at, or required to',do, ,any such ■ specific- work other, than■ machinery ?■■■■ X ,Clause 2in tho/award reads.ias follows: "The ivages to boipaid to competent letterpress machinists shall not be. less, than' £3 per week, and - : to - all othor, i : letter-press machinists.noteless than £2 10s. per, week. A machinist, to be competentji: must hayo'a general knowledge of machining, and must bo' able to 'do. half-tone mixing -of colours,, and-jgeneral commercial 1 Answer: vlf a .'macifml^.is lottpr-preSS; machinist accordjng to the definition contained in tho above-mentioned, clause, then he nius.t be paid not'less than '£3' per week;.- oyoriy although liia ;i employ;er .may quire him • to .do only ordinary wwk and no half-tone,or, eqlbur wo'rl?. '' ' ; WELLINGTON BAKERS' AWARD:

Question:'A '.jobber, ifi, employed from" i a.m. to 8 a.m.' Ho is required by' o'mployer oil thc,'.6amo. day,,to do spoiiging' from 6.30 to! 7.30 p.m. -How sbpiild'-lib. bp paid for the hour',so .sponging?.; .' ! . , Clause 'in/the-'Award reads: " A;jobber shall .be paid 1 at tho rate of 10s. per day for .a.; day of -.eight hours.! Not' less; than half a. day's wages shall.bo paid. to. a jobber for w.ork dbne/onlany day/. If lie is'emplqyed' for more than.ifdui - . hours lie shall be paid at' the. rate ./of,' ls. : 3d.! per,hour up to;, the. fnll= day .of; eight; hours,; and. aft'er; that Jio shall be paid for, the time at the. rates men-: tioncd in '■ the," clauses : prescribed' for the; time for-ether, 'men.'.' Answer: Such' .work v/a's all dono in .tho one day. .The,(jobber should,bo paid Is. ,3d., for. his hour's; work. . ; Ui;',!!•,.• .!'!>■ i)-

WELLINGTON PLUMBERS' AWARD. Question: (1) The Napier,; Gas Company, claim that .'they, .employ .several workers at gas-fitting only,'a class of woi'k'.'nqt requiring .tho qualifications defined 1 under Clause l.jarid that, as'thesb workers liayc : no knowledge of 'general 'plunibing.;'work; : : ; l they'; are not competent" .workers under ;the definition of a competent plumber. -'Is'-the. Coinjjaiiy compelled; to pay the rate ,of wages, as fixed ,by Clause-3,. oris* it' exempt?, (2} : ./Is the certificate issued.in, the. past oy'the Health Department at .Napier .considered ' by' the Court as ~tl# .issued: bv t-hfc.City ■ and Guilds of. London Institute ? . Clause' 18 of the Award' reads "as 1 'follows: ' For and; so .long .as they do "riot• pay' less than tho rates of wagosi fixed by .this'aVard' the Mowing bodies are. emempt from the operations or this Harbour Board, Gear Meat Company; Wellington Gas Company',-; and theNapier.;,6,as Com- ( Answers:. No.'- 1:.-Tho Napier:* Gas .Company must' pay, tho. workers, referred to the application '.the wagess; ;fixed ' by,.the' Award.- They can i only .be paid less than thoso- wages,, ifthey. have „ permits under tho under-rate. workers' clause. ~No. '2:- Without some further information on Riihinnt the Court cannotsay,^,,t]iat.tlip certificates issued, by tho Health Department are of equal value to thoso-granted by tho City and Guilds of London Institute.