HOLIDAYS WITH PAY

Evening Star, Issue 22988, 20 June 1938, Page 1

HOLIDAYS WITH PAY

LEGISLATION SUGGESTED [Pee United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, June 18. The view that legislation should be put through making provision tor paid holidays for workurs in all industries in New Zealand was expressed by the Minister of Labour (Hon. U. T, Armstrong) in an. interview to-day. The Minister' pointed out that a number of awards now made provision for annual holidays and for payment for the various statutory holidays as they occurred. In some industries there was no payment for holidays, and the unfortunate thing was that the general labor er, for instance,lost so much time through causes over which he had no control. It was noteworthy that in their last agreement the coal miners had secured payment for 10 working days’ holiday at Christmas.

Amendments to the holiday provisions in the present legislation were very necessary, but it was not intended to put a Bill through Parliament this session, Mr Armstrong said. His department had gone into the question of having a Holiday Bill prepared, but nothing had been done beyond that stage. He had just received a copy of the report of the committee appointed by the British Minister of Labour to inquire into the question of annual holidays, which had reported favourably on the subject. He _ understood the British Government intended to give effect to the principal recommendations in the report, which contained much information of value to New Zealand