ARBITRATION COURT
INTERPRETATION OF AWARD. (P):p. I'nited Press Association.) CUIUSTCHUKCH, June 19. The Arbitration Court's interpretation of clause 17 of the Lyttolton stevedores' award—"ln the event of men being ordered down to start work and required to stand by, they shall receive half pay until such time as they are employed,"— given to-day, was as follows:—The question to be decided was: "A man is engaged at 8 a.m. to start work on the s.s. Monowai at 30 a.m., and the boat does not arrive until 11 a.m. Is the man entitled to hi paid standing lime frfttv h a.m. or from 8 a.m., the lime of engagement." The ooun'ti an.swer was that j in the ease put the mill is entitled to bo 1 [aid for standing-by time from the hour at which it _ was itjiwd that he should start work—viz.. 10 o'clock. If a man is engaged to star! work at a particular Lour, and tho employer is not ready io start work at that knur, the man is 'not bound to stand by unlc-s he then agrees io do so, or unless at tiio time of "his engagement ho agreed to stand by if required I to do so by lib- employer,
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 14245, 20 June 1908, Page 10
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204ARBITRATION COURT Otago Daily Times, Issue 14245, 20 June 1908, Page 10
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