WORKERS IN HOTELS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17984, 9 January 1922, Page 6

WORKERS IN HOTELS.

WAGES AftD CONDITIONS.

AWARDS FOR,AUCKLAND.

TERMS COMMENCE TO-DAY.

Tho Arbitration Court lias filed its awards in the licensed hotel employees' disputes heard in Auckland last month. Tlie awards are on the lines of those mads clsowherpi with tho exception of soma local conditions which, in the opinion of the Court, appear to have-worked satisfactorily in the past and have been retained, with modifications where necessary. There are three awards. They are: For Auckland, 10 miles radius; Auckland country districts; and Rotorua, 10 miles radius, In most respects thuy are identical. Wages .are fixed as follow Kitchen, where five or more hands are employed: Chef £5 a week, second £3 10s, third £2 7s od, all other workers £2. Where four hands are employed: Chef £4 iOs, second «tl £2 ss, all other workers £2. Where three hands are.employed: Chef £3 17s 6d, second £2 10s, all other workers £2. Where two hands are employed; Chef £3, second £2 2s 6d. WTiere one hand-is employed: Male or female £2 7s 6d; kitchen hand attending to boiler 5s a week extra.

Dining _ Room.—Head waiter Jif two or more waiters are employod) £3 a week, hea-d waitress (if three or more waitresses are employed) £1 15s, other waiters £2 15s, other waitresses £1 10a, housemaid waitresses £1 10s. Housemaids £1 10s, pantrymen £2, pantrymaids £1 10s, barmen £3, barmaids £3, cellarmen and bottle store hands £3, night porters £2 ss, day porters £2 2s, general hands—male £2 2s, female £2, laundresses £1 12s 6d, linen maids £1 12s 6d. In addition a bonus of 10s a week to male worke;s and 5s to females is provided for. Rates for casual labour are Kitchen: Chef, £1 5s a day for the first three days; second cooks, 17s 6d; all other workers, 12s 6d, ordinary wages thereafter; waiters, 15s a day for tie first three days; waitresses, 12s 6d, thereafter ordinary wages. When a waiter or waitress is empjpyod for a single meal he or she is to receive 7s 6d; pantrymen, 12s 6d for the first three days; pantrymaids, 10s, ordinary wages thereafter; porters and general hands, 12s 6d a day for the first three days; laundresses, 10s; barmen and barmaids, £1, thereafter ordinary wages. Where work is done away from the employer's premises, _ such as at races, banquets, balls, outings, etc., chefs are to receive £1 7s 6d a day, second cooks £1 2s 6d, other kitchen hands 15s, waiters and pantrymaids 15s, barmen £1, and waitresses 12s 6d. Waiters, waitresses, and pantry hands who are simply engaged at the function shall be paid not less than 7s 6d if employed for three hours or less, and 2s 6d an hour for every additional hour. Overtime and Ordinary Hours. Overtime is to paid for at the rate of time and a-half for the firet three hours and double time thereafter. The hours of work are fixed at 48 a week, to be worked within 6ix daya, not more than 10 hours to be worked on any one day without payment of overtime. Except in special circumstances workers are not to be brought back to work after their day's work is finished until after an interval of. at least 10 hours, and they are to be paid at tho rate of time and a-half for tie time by-which the interval is curtailed. This clause does not apply to bar assistants who have been off duty during the day for any continuous period of not less thaa four hours. Workers who are substantially employed in hotel bars and reoeive their £ill day's holiday on a Sunday are to be entitled, in addition, to a half holiday from 1 p.m. on one of the sit working days. All employees are to be allowed oae week's holiday on full pay each year after the completion of 12 months' service. Where board is not provided for workers they are to be paid £1 a week in addition to tie prescribed wages. Unless employers provide meals for their employees on their day off they are to bo paid a further 2s for each such day. Where lodging is not provided, and in cases of employees who are married electing to lodge off the ernployerV.premises, a payment of 10s a week in addition to tho prescribed wages is to be made. Special Provisions in the Awards. Notwithstanding the rates fixed by the awards no worker at present in receipt of a higher rate is to have his or her wages reduced so long as he or she continues in the present employment, except in conformity with a general reduction ordered by tho Court. Where-special uniforms are required other than the > ordinary black dresses, aprons, and facings usually worn by female servants in hotels the same are to be supplied and laundered at the expense of tho employer, and ar# to be his property. Where the employer does not provide and launder the special uniform the employee shall bo paid 5s a week extra, and where the employer does not launder tho aprons, belts, and caps of the employee he is to provide accommodation for this to be done on tho premises, or in lieu thereof pay 3s a week extra. There are special provisions relating to! hotels at Waiotapu, Wainkei, Taupo, and Atiamuri, making it lawful for employers, instead of allowing one full day's holiday in each week, to give the worker, by mutual agreement, leave of absence on full pay for a period of 14 days for every three months, or in the event of the service not continuing for three months for a proportionate'period. The three awards operate from to-day and are to continue in force until January 31, 1923.