THE ARBITRATION ACT.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 5 July 1927, Page 5

THE ARBITRATION ACT.

SOME PROBABLE CHANGES

PAYMENT ON PIECEWORK

A topic of discussion and speculation among primary producing interests in lobby circles relates to the probable amendments to rbhe Industrial Co nciliatioii and Arbitration Act which the Government proposes to introduce this session. Although no official hint has been given on the subject there Is ground lor the belief that the essence of the measure may :bc the provision for payment by results and piecework; it may be found also that the Bill will aim at an extension o>f the conciliation aspect. For instance, in the case of an industrial dispute an authority isuch as an appeal board, consisting of representatives of the employers and employees engaged in the industry affected, would 'be established and wages \voukl be fixed not on the basis of the cost of living, but more on the ability of the industry concerned to pay the \vage. At the same time cognisance would be taken of the industrial conditions of the country. Jfc seems possible that the Bill will not provide for the abolition of the preference! to unionists clause. When it readies the committee stage, however, a amendments to cover that omission will not he lacking.—Auckland Herald.’’