AWARD BREACHES
THROUGH WAR EFFORT
NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN
"Where the effective prosecution of the war effort requires that drivers should work longer daily hours or a greater number of days a; week than permitted by the regulations no prosecution will be instituted without the fullest investigation of the relevant circumstances,", said the Minister of Transport (Mr. Semple) in the House of Representatives today when replying to an urgent question5 by Mr. T. D. Burnett (National, Temuka).
' Mr. Semple said he had already investigated several cases similar to the one quoted by Mr. Burnett, and where he was satisfied that the work was necessary in the interests of increased production and the war effort instructions had been given that no action was to be taken for breaches of the award. AH traffic inspectors throughout New Zealand had been notified to this effect. Nevertheless, the onus of proving the necessity for any exten sion of working hours would rest on the employer. The war effort could not be allowed to be used to under mine conditions designed to assure the safety both of the driver himself and other road users, ;
"In future no prosecutions will take place unless they are submitted to me," added Mr. Semple.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 70, 19 September 1941, Page 7
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206AWARD BREACHES Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 70, 19 September 1941, Page 7
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