Fortnight Holiday Too Much

Northern Advocate, 25 May 1939, Page 7

Fortnight Holiday Too Much

I -s.m 0.c.c.l f o i The Otamatea County Council | | is not In favour of the proposal | f made by the Government to i • grant all workers 14 days annual | | holiday with pay. | 9 This was made clear during a j | discussion on the question at | | Wednesday’s meeting of the coun- f f cil and a resolution was passed | • unanimously protesting against | I the proposal. • : . : I The question arose when a cir- | I outlining the scheme was | | received from the Auckland Em- | ! ployers’ Association. ? | “Personally, lam opposed to | | it,” said the chairman, Mr R. \ • Coates. “Even the present system | i is tricky and to a farmer era- | f ploying several men, it means a • I complicated system of book- | [ keeping. I find it quite a job at ? ; present and to extend the system | [ will mean the provision of a full- | I time book-keeper.” ? i I \ Enough As It Is. f [ “I think they have enough holi- f [ days as it is,” commented Cr. I. f \ Dobbs. I L s » Mr E. G. Aickin commented | [ that the council’s employees re- | f ceiye five days holiday with pay ? • and the propsoal was to extend i ’> this to ten days., ■ j I After further discussion, the | ’ council unanimously voted ? 1 against the extension of any | i further holidays. I • \