INDUSTRIAL LEGISLATION
PROPOSALS FOR THE AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH. MELBOURNE, July 4. The Federal Arbitration Bill, whioK was introduced on Tuesday, constitutes a Court comprising two representatives of labour and two of employers, presided over by a High Court Judge. It provides a penalty of £SOO for causing a strike while proceedings are b& fore the Court. Any organisation causing a strike OP. lock-out without certification by the Registrar of the Court that the rules, of the striking or locking-out organisation have been obeyed and its consent obtained by a majority resolution is liable to a penalty of £SOO. Employers may not dismiss an employee because be is a member of ai union under a penalty of £2O. Awards may prescribe a minimum wage, subject to a provision specifying a lower rate in cases where an employee is unable to earn it.
Breach of award by an organisation is met by a penalty of £SOO, and personal default by a fine of £2O or three months* imprisonment. The Bill provides that private Boards of Conciliation and Arbitration may be constituted, which within certain limits shall have the same powers as the Court.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1636, 8 July 1903, Page 55
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