GROCERY TRADE HOURS AGREEMENT
iSpecial to “Northern Advocate”! AUCKLAND, This Day. The parties to the grocery trade dispute reached an agreement upon a 44-hour week of 5£ days. The dispute was heard by Mr R. E. Price, Conciliation Commissioner. Wages and annual holidays are to be settled by the Arbitration Court. Overtime was agreed upon at the rate of time and a-half for the first hour and ; double 'time (thereafter. Wages will be paid on Wednesday in each week, unless a holiday occurs, in which case wages will be paid on Tuesday. The terms of engagement have been fixed on a weekly basis. Work done on Sundays or holidays is to be paid for at double time in addition to ordinary rates. While the parties agreed on the 44hour week of 5i days, the number of hours to be worked daily is to be subject to an elastic arrangement to meet the requirements of certain areas. Matters which will go to the Arbitration Court are the wages of permanent and casual workers and the proportion of youths to seniors.
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Northern Advocate, 10 December 1936, Page 7
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