MINIMUM WAGE
APPEAL COURT'S DECISION.
WELLINGTON, June 20. Decision was given by the Court of Appeal to-day in the case of the Westfield Freez ng Company, Ltd., and Harwood. It deals with the interpretation of the minimum weekly wage (essential undertakings) order, 1942 (No. 2). . The opinion of Mr. Justice Blair, Mr. Justice Kennedy, and Mr. Justice Northcroft is that the proper interpretation of the order is that it ensures for a worker merely a minimum weekly wage in respect, or his employment for the week The effect of the judgment is that the minimum weekly wage under the order merges in any larger sum earned in ordinary working hours and by overtime. If the amount earned in ordinary weekly hours and bv overtime is less than the minimum weekly wage, the employer has to make up the deficiency. The case for the applicant succeeds and the judgment of Mr. Justice Callan is reversed. The Chief Justice (Sir Michael Mversl assented.
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Grey River Argus, 22 June 1944, Page 4
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