WORKERS’ CASE FAILS
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) DUNEDIN, August 22.
In the Magistrates’ Court, Mr. Bartholomew, S.M., gave judgment for defendant company in a test case in which Ross and Glendining, woollen mill owners, were proceeded against by employees for extra payment for 19 shifts at 3/- a shift, as adult workers by virtue of the labour legislation suspension order. The magistrate gave leave to appeal in view of the important principle involved. He said plaintiffs’ contention that ordinary workers on day shift were equally entitled with night shift workers to extra pay was invalid. The difference between shift work and ordinary work was recognized by clause 4 of the suspension order. Plaintiffs’ position had not been in any way affected by the working of a night shift.
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Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 282, 23 August 1940, Page 11
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