LONGER WORKING WEEK
EFFECT-ON EMPLOYMENT
V SYDNEY, March 30. The Industrial Commission, in determining in favour of a standard 44-hour week, stated that there was a belief almost throughout the civilised world that hours of employment should be reduced even as low as 30 hours a week. The.general adoption of a 48-hour week would increase unemployment. The Public Servants' Association has lodged an application ■ with the Industrial Registrar for investigation, and a declaration of a State living wage on. the ground that the existing wage is inadequate. •■ ':- - -'.-. ■>•■*• v
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 76, 31 March 1934, Page 11
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88LONGER WORKING WEEK Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 76, 31 March 1934, Page 11
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