WORKING AFTER HOURS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19454, 9 October 1926, Page 12

WORKING AFTER HOURS.

W'D'ME N : ENG AG £ D IN SHOP. r 9 _ | ■ QUESTION -OF PARTNERSHIP. A charge of employing a woman in a shop after 9.30. p.m. was preferred against F. J. Gamett (Mr. Mahonev) in the Police Court yesterday. Mr. Hollows prbsecuted on behalf of the Labour Department. ■ Th&'deft-nee. was that the woman concerned . tfas engaged to marry defendant and" b'e lßad .gTyeri'lier a third share in the business. Another third share had Ipeen his two daughters. 'Defendants/ solicitors had . been, instructed to; prepare-an .'agreement for the partnership wcanejtime.iigo, but .this had. not yet been'done. The' girls would be liable for the debts of.thn.partnership. The business wa£ .£un mulei; the style of . F. J. Garnett. Mr'. Hollows said that formerly the occujpier"' of the shop cduld • work as long as Her or she liked, but owing to the number of so-called "managers" employed, the Act - had "been amended to prohibit the employment of all females after 9.30 p.m. TFie magistrate, Mr. Hunt, reserved his decision-, -stating he' would admit there was some'-verbal agreement, but the girls had" nothing to lose if the partnership were 'riot h success. Tt did not prove that ' th« girls'were not employed iri the shop if' they received a share • of the profits instea«l="bf" wages. '