APPRENTICE LAWS

New Zealand Herald, Volume 81, Issue 24869, 15 April 1944, Page 8

APPRENTICE LAWS

SUBSIDY FROM STATE REHABILITATION BENEFIT New regulations dealing with interrupted apprenticeships of men who have been serving in the armed fo are now in operation, and the , itation Department m Auckland already has handled a number oi cases Under the scheme, a subsidy is pau. employers by the rehabilitation authontUT!ie effect of the regulations is that if an apprentice at any time within six months after his release from military service revives his contract of. apprenticeship, it is now to be revived for the terra ~' e h a e r s whichever rX^herJ?'tSUtWi n writing of the revival ol the contract must be given by the employer to the district registrar of apprentices. . If the apprentice has attained 2 years, or the term of the aPPieritujOshib has expired, the wages payable by the employer, irrespective of any rehabilitation grant, must not be less than the rate payable under the eon tract for the last six ino, s °L t »® apprenticeship term, plus one-th rd the difference between that i ate and the journeyman's rate, calculated the lias is of the ordinary working 'ln any other case the wages m ust not be less than the relevant-rate payable under the contract up to the !late of the expiry of the terra ot apprenticeship, or until he whichever occurs first. For the purpose of determining the relevant rate, period of military service is deemed to Fie time served under the contract " apprenticeship. It, by reason of the ! death of the employer, _or any other : reason, an apprentice is unable to revive his contract, any other employer may undertake the obligations of the original employer. , , r Ar It was stated yesterday by Mr. Al. Simmouds, rehabilitation officer in Auckland, that applications for tne subsidy should be made to him by employers. Each application was then forwarded to the Rehabilitation Board in Wellington, where it was treated on its merits. Once an agreement was reached, both the employer and the apprentice were hound. While a firm could not pay less than the amount mentioned in the regulations, the rates of pay were open to negotiation between the employer and the Rehabilitation Board. Once a man was established with a subsidy, his training was reviewed periodically by the department. This ensured that. he was receiving the necessary training and that matters were satisfactory from the point of view of the employer.