ARBITRATION COURT AWARDS.

Evening Star, Issue 14573, 23 May 1911, Page 4

ARBITRATION COURT AWARDS.

A number of awards, as a result of last week's sitting of the Arbitration Court, have been filed with Mr T. E. Roberts, clerk of awards. LICENSED HOTEL EMPLOYEES. In this matter tho Court have made an award based on the recommendation of the Conciliation Council. Tho only question to be settled by tho Court was the form of the preference clause. The form agreed on by the parties in Auckland has been adopted. The award does not contain any provisions with regard to hours of work or overtime. These- are now regulated by the Shops and Offices Amendment Act, 1910, sections 2 to 9. PRIVATE HOTEL EMPLOYEES. Tho terms embodied in this award were agreed on by tho union and tbe three employers bound thereby, the only question left, to tho Court to settle being the form of tho preference- clause. The Court were aske to bind the proprietors of some other private hotels by the terms thus agreed on, but the Court arc not satisfied that any of these proprietors could afford to pay the wages fixed by the Court and carry on business. Tho award has been limited, therefore, to the three employers who wore parties to the agreement with the union. Tho award is not intended to operate as a general award in connection with private hotels or boarding-houses, and the provisions of subsection 3, of section 90, of tho Act, 1903, will not apply to this award. The provisions in the recommendation with regard to the horns of work and ovorlimo have not been included in the award. Those matters are regulated bv the Shops and Offices Amendment Act, 1910. BRICKLAYERS AXD DRAINAGE BOARD. Tho Court, have mado an order that the Dunedin Drainage and Sewerage Board shall be added as a party to the Otago bricklayers' award, with this modification : that the Board shall not be bound to pay more than Is 6d per hour for any work done by bricklayers in connection with the construction of manholes in sewers and of gully shafts in streets. CARPENTERS. The Invereargill branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners' award is based for the most part on the recommendation of the Conciliation Council which tho parties agreed to accept. The principal alterations made by the Court are these: The Court's usual under-rate clause has been substituted for that contained in the recommendation. The Court's usual clause should be followed in every case unless there is some special reason justifying a departure ironi that. form. The prohibition of contracting for labor only has been struck out. The preference clauso has been recast, so us to express what is assumed to have been the intention of the parties. ENGINE-DRIVERS. The Otago certificated Engine-driven*' award embodies with several verbal alterations the recommendations of the Conciliation Council, which the parties agreed to accept. RESTAURANTS-TEA ROOMS. In this dispute tho following shall be the minimum weekly rates of pay for the following classes of workers in restaurants, tea rooms, and oyster saloons: —Kitchen—Where four or more hands are employed: Chef, £3 ss, second £2 os, others £1 7s 6d. Where three hands are employed: Chef £2 Iss, second £1 los, others £1 7s Gi\. Where two hands < are employed: Chef £2 10s, second £1 10s. Where only one hand is employed: Male cook £2 ss. female cook £1 15s. Oyster openers, £1 15s. Pantry: Males £1 17s (id, females £1 2s. Waiters, £l. 12s Gd. Waitresses: Head waitress £1 os, others £1 2s. Any employer may at his option provide any waiter with suitable lodging, and if he shall do so the wages of such worker shall be reduced, by 5s per week. Tin; following shall be the minimum rates of pay for casual work: —Restaurants—ln the kitchen : Choi's 12s (id per day, otlujrß 7s Gd. Females: Head cooks 7s Gd, others os. Waiters and waitresses, (is. Oyster saloons: Males, chefs Pis Gd, others 8s ; females, head cooks 7s Gd, others ss. Y>, alters, 8s; waitresses, 7s. Tea rooms: Waitresses os per day. Meals shall be provided for workers {rw of charge, but only during the hours that the employer's premises are open for business. Not less than half an hour shall be allowed for each meal. Wages shall be paid weekly, unless otherwise agreed. Employers shall bo entitled to keep in hand two flays' pay. Where no engagement in writing is made fixing the period of notice, then a notice of not less than two days shall he given by either party of the intended termination of tho service. Tho award also makes provision for probationers and preference.