SHIPPING CLERKS' AWARD
Complete agreement in conciliation council was reached in the New Zealand Shipping Officers' Industrial Union of Workers' dispute yesterday, and the results will form a new Dominion award. Mr. M. J. Reardon, Conciliation Commissioner, presided, the advocate for the workers was Mr. G. R. Clark (Wellington), and the adivocate for the employers was Mr. K. A. Belford. Minimum wages agreed to were:— Men, from £60 in the first six months to £320 in the twelfth year; women, from £60 in the first six months to £195 in the seventh year. Increases in salary after these periods are to be on merit. Compensation for hours worked in excess of 88 a fortnight is to be made by way of time and a half off for every hour, with a minimum of three hours' time ofE for any time worked on Sundays or holidays, and there are payments and time-off provisions for work done after 12.30 on Saturdays, and for work on Sundays and holidays.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19420217.2.120
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume C, Issue 40, 17 February 1942, Page 7
Word Count
166SHIPPING CLERKS' AWARD Evening Post, Volume C, Issue 40, 17 February 1942, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.