LOOSE WORDING

Grey River Argus, 6 December 1938, Page 7

LOOSE WORDING

INDUSTRIAL AGREEMENT. A HINT . TAKEN. WELLINGTON, December 5. The necessity for greater care to be taken in the drafting of agreements reached in Conciliation Council was commented upon by. Mr A. W, Nisbet agent_for the employed, at the hearing of the. Wellington. Sports Goods Workers’ dispute before the Conciliation, Comipr. 'Mr M. J. Reardon, today. Several rude' things had' been said recently by the: Court of. Arbitration about the wording of agreements reached in the Conciliation Council, said Mr. Nisbet; with, a smile. Personally, he did not think that the agreements in question were nearly as, ambiguous as some clauses. drafted by the Court itself,- but it might be ; as well to take Notice of the hint thrown out by the Court. Very often, a great deal of time was spent in arriving at an agreement/ but not much attention was paid to the wording of the clauses.' He suggested that when an agreement- was reached, it. should be carefully looked over-by the Conciliation Commissioner and the respective agents for the purpose of correcting faulty wording. - ■„ Mr Reardon and Mr T. J. L. Lucker, agent for the workers, agreed that the suggestion • was a good one.