ARBITRATION COURT.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 74, 20 December 1907, Page 9

ARBITRATION COURT.

v'.n ; _ BUTCHERS' AWARD. .•/J Tho'-iibwi award.■ rolating to the' butchering- •- - trade has come to Jiawd.c'.lts/proyisions applj to fall employers in this district, except those carrying on business within a radius of fifteen miles froni'-iithS vCiP-0.,' Wariganui:N The Award will come into force on January 20, 1908, and ,c6utinuo; in-.' forcovuntil r r 1910. Intor alia,-,.it; is provided tiiati the hours of work shall not] exceed fifty-six in -.W/wefif.-"'\l?di?''tlK#• purpose'..'of^cßlc\i)su{£ .-the hours of' -work^ed'eh^bf. tlio, holidays is deemed' toi bo., eight hours shal) ■ I lmv.e, bcoji. although. no; work shall lmye Tho hours of work m.advance by each omßlojcr, T of. his; own business,' liui'!wbi;ls-. shall, ..cease,. not . '.later than 10 p.m. bn 'Saturdays'." ''A worker -may bo hour-.to supply- sliip:pihg_ in Wellington or Napier. In the case '•of -employers '.'carrying i on-', business .'withim'a "■ -;radius,jof .fifteon-milesr; from i.tho f, ;the .city th?. following shall ...... -ibe; tlio minimum' 'wbbkly ' rates of wa£es" ' ;11rse"-sh'6piriaTiy ;t -£3 -10s. r ; : - second -ditto,"' £3"; ; ' r first small-goods man, £3 10s.; all other '- wotkerfc ciflploy<jd. iiij'.connection;i.-with.- the'/ busipess, -,indjij|ing ri shopmenj >,smalL goods ?(V . men, carters'' in charge" uf hawking or order' '' r alici'';ge"ncra f l ll's. ;' riders-out;- 11 ! "if. tfr6nty-Qniy--' ybars ,:, -"' : 0f : ' ; or' 7 "We?, ;'£1112s', ■ 6d.! :per : otfeefc* :In;'.thc'.;case.-: of .rpmV * ;pi.oyers carrying on business in any other, part •of the .district (sa vy within a - r.adius. of. fifteen,. ' miles 'wefikly"'' rat'eJ''6f '!Wagfes : sh'dll' lj"6^'iis 7 -'"folid-ivs':—First «•» ;shqpinanvi'£3; '£2 "-10s.; first'f -small goods man ■ £3; other workers-, £2 10s. ; ; .ridbrs-,Qut ( .,.if . Uvegty-oiie... ypars... of ...age,-., .•!iGt!l2s? G'dl"; Aiiy pm]ploypt?My"agr^ t '['wita".'.' yhn^^'frbrltdr.'^titt; 4 pnSVidb' .such'';, \vbrker'*with aiid 'in ' bvery' i such 'caso -the wagei ' ■» 'prqscribetl.'isha.ll. be ; reduedd' by - the .-sum ,'of - ■ 10».'per week',.. £!asual.,Tvbrkers shallibe..paid . at'the rate" ofiiot' less'tnqn Is. 3d. per'hbufj'..with a iuinimuih'»'ijft. ; six//!honrß;'. : and such 'worker shall also, he provided [with; or paitl' ,: ls. l - (3d. Al l)e'r"day 'in' lieu thereof. - ? Em- ' may-'engage-boys;and'.,youths at not.'.';--; 'less ..-thauythe fpHb^ying-j.rates iqf-; wageswrntf-; 'UndeEj-.sixteen,i..jl7s a ..,.63.}.from:,sixteen.,!.to. „, ;*'fr6ni sevchtceii to eighteen'/ ;25s:.rfrom-eiglitfebu "t& s byfenty-ohe,-30s. per - week. iAnyi employer -.may 'agree, to' provide any bpyriof. yfluth.-;with-bojira, ..and : ,4n such- ■ easb :.the..wages prescribed shall .bo reduced -..-. by |tli'b'.'sum" qf'.7s[-"!6'd., ppr ; week!' The..pro-, ■,por.tibh"'of boys'or'.'youth's ''shall "nbt ; exceedJpne t!6 6VBry' , th"rdy , ftieh',' , .'6r l "fractibn' ; of three;'•!V v ' JEach:;workor ,'slmll : ;be:allpwed meat-.npt exjceeiliiigrin valuo : ss;;per-wcek, or shajl, at the--'option of'"hfs""biiiplbyer,7bb paid that.s.um in, - 'lieu thereof. This "shall I ''not apply. " to. cfsual tb'Tj'oys'b^'yputhfe/'br'to' r - ' i 'shops"- , in ,: .''which-.'"'tho !>busiuess of,A'.porjv butcher only isj:carriod-on,» Tho employment of casual boy labour,.by ;,_ rl _oither employer or employees is not 'and employees are* iibt'iWniittbd'tb have the ; 'assistanco /of, boy labour at time. -vided''that"{fnf clhuse-ininir'\iot f 'prpyehV-any r: ' .omployoi-'frofu-eiiVliloymg his own-soil of-spilS'iSi-v' as casual A;i.wprker .wl<6 fdoeS. ( /stalitiallyi .the,,,worJi ; shajl.-;b'o^ 5 ..-, ■classed as a shopman", and paid '.accordingly,, y 'althqugli he may do other work-as well. 'An ' employer wlio does substaiitiiilly- tlie "work'-of■ 'a .shopman^iii,Jiis:'oWn:.shbp;shall be,.classed I:: ;ai first, shopman.,.-: pxclusively at i sYnall. . goods, work',' tie "shall be classcd as'a general liftna. In isinall shops outside a radius of' fifteen inilbl' froiH' the' Wellington;' where r -V only -ojip.; journeyman.-i.s: : 'emplpyed,, he -may r bo treatedjfis-a -second shopman,and;paid ,ac-: ; ,,, corclinfely.' 'The'prqyiswns' o'Cthe award "shall * not! apfij' i tb'clbrks'or''bther worker's eiigagcd f exejusivoly in the office Vtirk' 'of - any.'iom- -to* plover.' Tlio following holidays .shall hp observed Ne\v"Year,'s. DaJf'/'Afihivb'l-sary Day;' Good -~ pastor : Monday,- ..,Pijnce. ;t ,qf ..- i?jrtlidKyi; Labour..; Daythe Sotc: • . ireigrt'?:Birthday',": Boxirig : " f nDavr'-and-- Wediie'sday':i.vidmbor ' "or such'' other ' day- asr-miay-iv.::. ;.be : a*grecflj;>n,;|;ifoE ,tl?ej,;,|)utqhprs',..-annua].,v -■ptopi'c.. -jn.;{iny pty ; -qr-,tpwi> . v imuy with' .the Union, to' substitute anj ' J .bthbf' uiiy-Hf- days any ""of ''tho'hbli' Ldays^moiltiolhed. 1 holiday shall bs'--" - •• -.-generally ' observed>iiv-any^"'pity-r or-i-any!d,ay : .other4 k han.tl]at..prcscrib.ed, tho.pro- . iffliSiojis.",'pf.'/thiiraw.ard -.shall to '.'such ' r.siibstituted~' holiday!' ""A claiiso rolating- tfl ■■■--» mnder-rtiie ; jis'-l insortcd.-'t: When-: ; •' ;,giaging".••jirißrkmdnr.''eiripjoyw®: shall,.'employ - ;nii'ini)ors q.£.|tb,o li ,lJnioii,;jn , .iJrQvided./WiajP there/aro members >of !tiie Union, equally > :qualified witli "iibliilmembers to perform the particular work re- - - q'uil"(!3:;to -'b'fr,"ddn&' hnd : ! ready :and willing- to;:;'. iapply only to employers cafrying,oji. b.usjne??.- ; .within a radius.of five miles.from"any "placf" an.vpnipjbyn(b!it b ( ook :ij \kept ;byj tjio iUfrion. . ■ . .."