N.Z. INDUSTRIES FAIR
WORKING CONDITIONS
The New Zealand Industries Fair, \vhich opens at Christ-church tomorrow, is, according to the Gazette, declared an exhibition within the meaning of the Exhibitions Act, 1910, and the provisions of the Shops and Offices Act, the ■Factories -Act, -the'- industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, and all awards and industrial agreements made under the Act are suspended in so far as they affect the fair, subject to certain specified conditions.
A working day is to consist of eight hours worked consecutively except that a break of at least three-quarters of an hour must be allowed for a meal after not more than four hours' work. Persons employed in excess of eight hours or after .10.30 p.m. are to be paid at the rate of not less than timG and a half. Persons employed on what would ordinarily be a public hbliday are to be paid at double rates. No male Under the age of 18 years and no female may be employed after 10.30 p.m.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 30, 4 August 1939, Page 4
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169N.Z. INDUSTRIES FAIR Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 30, 4 August 1939, Page 4
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