A TEST CASE.
FORTY-FOUR HOUR WEEK. ITS VALIDITY QUESTIONED. BY CABLE —PRESS ASSOCIATION—v OPYRIGHT. (Received Feb. 5, 12.20 p.m.) SYDNEY, Feb. 5. The first case testing the validity of the application of the State Forty-four J Hour Week Act to workers whose wages and conditions are governed by the Commonwealth Arbitration Court was heard at the Parramatta Small Debts Court, when an employee of the Clyde Engineering Co. sought to recover 9s 4d, being the difference between £5 3s 2d received by him as wages for working 44 hours- and £5 I2s 6d. the amount set down by the Federal award for a week’s work. Counsel for the defendant company claimed that the State Act was invalid and outside the powers of the State Legislature. The magistrate reserved his decision. The case will probably reach the Hivh Court before it is definitely settled.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 5 February 1926, Page 7
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