FORTY-FOUR HOUR WEEK
. I£AGISTEEIAL DECISION QUES- ,■ ... TIONED. ; .(Eeceived 11th Febrnary, 2 p.m.) - ' SYDNEY, This Day. ' In view of the decision of the Magis|rate in the 44-hour week and Federal Jwards case, the Employers' Federation. >as decided to take steps to have the patter brought before the High Court pith a view to obtaining a decision as jo" ita correctness. According to a message published yesjicrday in '(The Post," a Sydney Magfrtrate ruled that the New South Wales (4-hour Week Act may be applied to fniployees working under 1 a Federal (Ward.- The;ruling arose out of an ac- ' £on by a member of the Engineers' Union, in which he claimed a certain Jniount of overtime.from the Clyde En'rineering Company, which was deduet"{dj as under the State award, he worked only 44 hours instead of 48, as profided by the Federal award.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 36, 11 February 1926, Page 11
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