BOOT FACTORIES

Inangahua Times, 21 December 1931, Page 1

BOOT FACTORIES

CLOSING FOR THREE WEEKS NOTICE OP DISMISSAL TO EMPLOYEES . | (Per United Press Assn.) CHRISTCHURCH, Last Night. Judgment was given in the Arbitraoion Court on Saturday in a case brought on behalf of the Boot operatives, under the Boot Operatives’ award.

Owing to slackness of trade, the hoot factories, instead of closing down for the usual ten days at Christmas, decided to close down for several weeks and the employers served the operatives with notice of dismissal.

The question for the Court was,; whether such dismissals were in order j and whether the operatives were en-| titled to he paid wages for the time: the factories were closed. The Court decided that, in the cir-; cumstances, the operatives were entitled to he paid such wages. It was not to he understood, said Mr Justice Frazer, that the award provided for definite dismissal and subsequent re-engagement of an employee. What was necessary to satisfy the Court Of the completeness of dismissal in any particular case, could be decided if and when the necessity arose.