PAY ON ANZAC DAY.
ARBITRATION COURT DECISION,
(Per Press Assocfation.) WELLINGTON, Sept. 8. "It appears to us that the- wording of the clause of the award is so dear and precise that it is. impossible to regard any reduction from weekly wages in respect to time lost on Anzac Day as being permissible," stated the Arbitration Court to-day. "There are other occasions, apart from holidays and Anzao Day, on which through no fault of either party a full week's work cannot be performed, but the award may be considered as having provided sufficient for such circumstances by having fixed the minimum weekly wage at a somewhat lower rate than would be represented by 45 hours' pay at the casual rate. Such contingencies must be deemed to be contemplated by both the worker and the employer when the contract for Weekly hiring is entered into." The award under discussion was the typographers.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 806, 8 September 1923, Page 5
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151PAY ON ANZAC DAY. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 806, 8 September 1923, Page 5
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