UNEMPLOYMENT BELIEF

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 17, 17 December 1937, Page 5

UNEMPLOYMENT BELIEF

SEASONAL WORKERS. CHANGES ANNOUNCED. Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, Dec. 16. A new system of granting unemployment relief to seasonal workers to prevent them from drawing undue benefits from the Employment Fund was announced this evening by the Minis-1 ter of Labour (Hon. H. T. Arm-] strong). The Minister explained that one of the points which had emerged during the close investigation which was being made into various classes of unemployment workers included in the register of unemployed was that employees in seasonal occupations were being admitted to unemployment relief benefits immediately at the end of their season. In past years seasonal workers had customarily relied on their season’s earnings to support them during at least a portion of the off season, continued the Minister. In fairness to other contributors to the fund it had been decided that some account must be taken of seasonal earnings when application is made for relief. It was not intended in future to permit seasonal workers, such as shearers, freezing works and butter and cheese factory employees, to be entered in the register of unemployed immediately after their seasonal employment. The method now to be adopted would not operate harshly. Seasonal workers registering for relief at the end of the season would be considered eligible for -benefits when their earnings for the 12 weeks before the date of eligibility were approximately equivalent to an average of £4 a week over that period. If at the date of application the average earnings over the last 12 weeks were below £4 a week, no stand-down period would be involved. “Employment officers are being supplied with full details, of the new system, and persons likely to he affected by it are advised to obtain further information from them,” concluded Mr Armstrong.

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