AN UNNECESSARY PROTEST
Surprise was expressed by the Council of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce at the provision in the Unemployment Act1 of penalties for employers who employ men who have not registered or paid the levy under the Act. We cannot see that any protest is called,for. The provision is one designed to promote the smooth and efficient operation of the law, and, if it is not unreasonably administered, it should not put the employer to any trouble. It simply means that, when engaging a man, he must ask him to show his registration certificate and the receipt for the, last payment of the levy. This is now required in many trades where there is preference to unionists. Such matters are trifles of detail, and if attention is concentrated on them the greater issues of principle may be overlooked. What is important now is the constitution of the Unemployment Board. Men are needed on the Board who will frame a constructive work-finding and work-making policy. Unless we have such men and such a pollicy the Act will become a mere sustenance-paying measure, with all the demoralising and expensive results of the dole. The business community of New Zealand must be alert to help in preventing this.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 111, 7 November 1930, Page 8
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207AN UNNECESSARY PROTEST Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 111, 7 November 1930, Page 8
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