CARPENTERS’ AWARD
INTERPRETATION BY. COURT. Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, Nor. 21. In the opinion of a majority of the Arbitration Court, Mr Justice Frazer and Mr \V. Cecil Prime (employers’ assessor), there is nothing in the New Zealand (except Marlborough) carpenters’ and joiners’, award to prevent a worker who has completed his apprenticeship and has been paid journeyman’s wages from being employed as an improver, provided that such employment does not exceed an aggregate of 12 months and does not extend beyond two years from the date of completion of apprenticeship. The employees’ representative, Mr A. L. Monteith, dissented from this view.
The judgment of the Court was given in response to an application by the inspector of awards in Christchurch for an interpretation of the award in respect to the following clause: “An apprentice having completed his apprenticeship may be employed as an improver for not more than 12 months at a wage of Is od an hour. The said period of improvership may be spread over two years commencing from the date of completion of the apprenticeship.” 1
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 305, 22 November 1934, Page 2
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180CARPENTERS’ AWARD Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 305, 22 November 1934, Page 2
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