AWARD WAGES
REFUND BY WORKER
COURT ORDERS PAYMENT SUBTERFUGE BY EMPLOYER [by telegraph —OWN con respondent] PALMERSTON NORTH, Tuesday Reserved judgment in favour of plaintiff for £l7 lis was given by Mr. J. L. Stout, S.M., to-day, on a claim by E. T. Burke against A. G. Farland, butcher. The case was heard two weeks ago, Burke claiming from Farland tho sum he held to be due as wages. It was alleged that Farland handed over to Burke £4 6s a week, the award wage, and then caused him to refund an amount Avhich made his net earnings £3 a week. While the practice had been followed for some time, the recovery of wages was possiblp for six months only. "I have come to tho conclusion that the payment of award wages and the repayment of the amount in excess of £3 was a mere subterFhge," said the magistrate, "and that the actual amount paid and intended to bo paid by tho employer was £3, as was arranged when he engaged plaintiff. In t,hes« circumstances, I am of the opinion that plaintiff is entitled to recover for the six months limited by statute the difference between £3 and tho award wages, £4 6s. 1 allow no credit for meat supplied. The evidence is that by custom this is free, and in any event it would be a breach of the Act."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22447, 17 June 1936, Page 14
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231AWARD WAGES New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22447, 17 June 1936, Page 14
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