BROKEN TIME.
EFFECT ON "SEASON" TRADES.
[BY TELEGRAPH.SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT ]
Wellington, Monday. Mr. W. Prior, secretary of the New Zealand Employers' Federation, told a reporter that a clause in the Factories Amendment Act now under consideration, to which employers took exception, was that providing that no deduction must be made from the wages of any boy, or of any woman under 18 years of age, except in respect of time lost through the worker's illness or default, or on account of the temporary closing of the factory for cleaning or repairing the machinery. This, Mr. Pryor stated', would have a very serious effect on workers in factories engaged in what are known as "season" trades. The usual custom at present in these industries is to work broken time, the workera taking it in turn to stand down. If it becomes law, the clause will cause many employees to lose employment permanently-
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14473, 13 September 1910, Page 5
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150BROKEN TIME. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14473, 13 September 1910, Page 5
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