40-HOUR WEEK
In All Government Services DEFINITE ASSURANCE (By Telegraph—Special to “Tribune.") . WELLINGTON, April 21. A definite assurance that the 40-hour week principle would apply to all Gov. ernment services and that it would be put into operation at the earliest possible moment was given by the Prime Minister. “We can’t expect private employers to swallow the Government’s medicine unless the Government is prepared t° swallow it as well,’’ said Mr. Savage, “Of course, the thing can’t be done over a week-end or in a week or two, but you can take it from me that it will be done as soon as it is humanly possible. I should say that 40 hours should be the maximum that should be worked by the Government service. “Under the I.C. and A. Bill employers will have the rtght to state a cas» against the adoption of the 40-hour week. The Government, as an employer, will not state a case against it. It would be exrtaordinary if it did so.’’
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 109, 21 April 1936, Page 6
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