SHEARING ON SUNDAY
In an opinion on the question of shearing on Sunday, the Arbitration Court has held that it is a breach of the Wellington Shearers and Shed Hands' Award for work to be carried on between 4.30 p.m. on Saturday and 5 a.m. on Monday. "Generally speaking," the Court states, "shearing is not performed on Sunday. The ordinary rule is that Sunday is not a working day, unless it is the recognised custom of a trade to work on Sunday. Certain farm work must necessarily be performed on Sunday, but shearing, except possibly in cases of emergency, is not in that category. The award does not distinguish between cases of emergency and normal cases, and the presumption is that Sunday work is not contemplated by it. This view is" strengthened by the fact that work ceases at noon on Saturday, if 43 hours 20: minutes' work has then been completed, and must cease at 4.30 p.m. on Saturday in any event. It is most unlikely that work would commence on Sunday, and the presumption is that the week's work normally commences at 5 or 5.30 a.m. on Monday, and ceases at noon on Saturday. The award is silent on the matter of Sunday rates, and the Couvt, for these reasons, is of the opinion that Sunday work is impliedly prohibited."
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 69, 23 March 1931, Page 7
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222SHEARING ON SUNDAY Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 69, 23 March 1931, Page 7
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