RAILWAY SERVICE
COMPARISON OF EARNINGS
"Due to conditions arising out of the present staffing arrangements it is not unusual for such members of the staff as chefs, cooks, and sleeping-car attendants with short-term service of a casual nature to draw much larger amounts fortnightly than do officers of the first division with long service," said Mr. P. W. Gasson, Wellington district supervisor of the railways refreshment branch, when giving evidence for the Railway Officers' Insti^ tute before the Railways Industrial Tribunal today. .
"Indeed, there have been many occasions when the gross earnings of the chef at Wellington have exceeded those of the comptroller of the branch," Mr. Gasson continued. "Members of the first division in receipt of less than £565 a year are not permitted to receive by way of overtime a "sum which will exceed in the aggregate £565, but this restriction does not apply to the casuals employed in the branch.
"It is my considered opinion that there is an urgent need for a drastic overhaul of the salary schedules and conditions of employment of the staff of the first division in order to provide reasonable standards of living and place officers performing exacting and arduous duties in a position of economic security for the ultimate good of the country in general."
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19441204.2.90
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 134, 4 December 1944, Page 6
Word Count
214RAILWAY SERVICE Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 134, 4 December 1944, Page 6
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.