MAN POWER APPEALS.

Evening Star, Issue 24483, 19 April 1943, Page 2

MAN POWER APPEALS.

The Industrial Man Rower Appeal Committee—Messrs M. W Grantham (chairman), H.. H. Gillard,j and^S, D. Maepherson—continued its, sifting on Fridav afternoon in the hearing of appeals 'against the decisions of the local man power officer. ALLOWED. The appeal of Ivan. Noel W. (Barlow woollen mill employee, was ■ allowed, subsequent to a medical examination at the request of the committee. Appellant had appealed against the man power officer's refusal to allow him leave'his employment with the Roslyn Woollen Mills. Because she desired to tram as a nurse at the Dunedin Public Hospital. Ruth A. White appealed against refusal of' permission to terminate ,her emplovmeut with Hugh and G. K. Neill Ltd.. opticians.—Mr S. M. Griffith, who supported the appeal, asked whv anyone should »be prevented from going from a non-essential industry to an essential one.—The Chairman replied that farming and the grocery trade were not classed as essential, and yet they were vitd to the community. —The appeal was allowed, employment to terminate on June .'3O, 1913. SUCCESSFUL CLAIM FOR WAGES. An appeal against loss of wages incurred between suspension from and resumption of work with Stevenson and Cook Ltd.. Port Chalmers, was lodged by William J. Whitty.—The Man Power Officer'' said that Whitty and another employee had had a difference of opinion and decided to settle it in "the old-fashioned 'manner." They had left the ship yards during working hours, and after a fight had returned to their work. They wen; suspended for serious misconduct. The matter had been reported, and he had decided, after a full investigation, that the firm should reinstate the two men. It was felt, hbwever. that there should be some penalty.—lt was stated that both men had reported to the National Service Department. Wbittv later in the day than the other employee, who, had commenced work on a Saturday morning. Whitty did not start until Monday, He appealed for the payment of wages lost in this period.—After evidence had been given, the committee decided that the penalty incurred by way of loss of wages was too harsh, and directed that payment be made for a further four hours at the' ordinary time rate and also that the appellant be paid for three hours at the 'ordinary time rate in respect of time lost in attending the hearing of the appeal, payment to be made on the first pay day. RESERVED DECISIONS. Myra Murdoch had her appeal allowed. She sought m revision of the decision refusing permission to her brother, William George Murdoch, to leave his work with the Mi lb urn Lime and Cement Company and manage a farm for her. [ The committee gave its decision in the case of Mrs Mavis A. Joyce, who appealed last week against refusal of permission to terminate employment at the Roslyn Woollen Mills. The appeal wa.s adjourned, the appellant to be permitted to go to Auckland, subject to her reporting to the man power officer there for direction into essential work until she is required bv the committee.