"COUNTRY WORK"
DEFINITION IN AWARD
UNION'S CASE FAILS
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, This Day. A judgment of interest to men employed on jobs outside cities aud on suburban country work was given by Mr. E. C. Cutten, S.M., in a case in which the Auckland Carpenters and Joiners' Union claimed penalties from H. T. Clement. The defendant contracted to erect a large building at Bombay, 29 miles from Auckland. The union contended that some of the employees had homes in other places, and as they had to sleep away from home they were entitled to an extra five shillings daily for "country work." The Magistrate held that the clause in the award was not intended to put an employer at a disadvantage in tendering for jobs away from his normal headquarters, nor to interfere with the mobility of labour. There was on record a decision that the country work clause was not intended to cover the case of men who were not sent to a particular place, but who found work under terms that could be ascertained by them before accepting employment. He held that the work in dispute in this case was not country work.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 114, 11 November 1930, Page 10
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196"COUNTRY WORK" Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 114, 11 November 1930, Page 10
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