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New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9692, 21 June 1917, Page 11

Decision has been given by the Court of Arbitration upon an application by the Inspector of Awards tor an interpretation of the hairdressers’ award. The question asked was whether an employer was committing a breach of the award in allowing his assistants or persons not in his employ to use his saloon on Boxing Day and Easter Monday, the workers taking the whole of the proceeds and paying nothing for the use of the saloon or materials. The court held that the award prohibited work on the days mentioned, since they were specified as full holidays for which no deduction from wages should be made, and no provision was made for the payment of overtime. Under these circumstances the assistants committed a breach of the atvard by working, and the employer, having provided the facilities, was a party to 'the breach. In the case of a person not an assistant using the saloon, the same ruling applied, since the relationship of employer and worker was established under the award.