INDUSTRIAL LAWS.
ACCESS TO ARBITRATION COURT. AN AMENDING BILL. (By Telegraph.—Special to Standard.) WELLINGTON, Oct. 11. An amendment to the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, of which Mr J. McCombs gave notice in the House of Representatives this i afternoon, proposes to make access to j the Arbitration Court easier than is at i present the case. Mr McCombs’s Bill provides for a dispute being referred to the Court at the request of either of the parties to the dispute. Under the existing legislation the “reference” proposal cannot be carried in the Conciliation Council unless three of the four assessors on each side in a local dispute support it and five of the six assessors -on each side in the case of a Dominion dispute. Where the assessors number fewer than four or six, as the case may be, a unanimous .decision is necessary. Mr McCombs stated this evening that it was well known that the legislation operated harshly during • the recess and that through the power given a possible, avenue to the Court had been effectively closed. It was hoped by the Labour Party that the House would see the wisdom of altering the law in the manner suggested.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 268, 12 October 1932, Page 6
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