HOURS IN BANKS
Work After Closing Time Amendments relating to hours of work in banks and special purposes for which bank employees may work overtime were made to the Shops and Offices Amendment Bill by the Minister of Labour, Hon. 11. T. Armstrong, during the committee stage of tlie Bill in tlie House of Representatives yesterday. It is stipulated that overtime rates of pay shall apply only to extended hours worked in each fortnight, in excess of 80 hours, but iu the case of a period of four weeks for the period of each yearly or half-yearly balance, a total of 90 hours in each fortnight is permitted before overtime is paid.
Another amendment defines the purposes for which an office assistant in a blink may lie employed after closing hours.
Mr. Armstrong said tlu> amendments had been approved by the banks and the Bank Officers’ Guild.
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Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 207, 29 May 1936, Page 12
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147HOURS IN BANKS Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 207, 29 May 1936, Page 12
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