HOTEL WORKERS' AGREEMENT.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 14441, 6 February 1909, Page 5

HOTEL WORKERS' AGREEMENT.

CONDITIONS OF WOKK AND AVACKS. Tho following is a ropv of tho ngiw. mrnr arrived at in conference beuvcon the member:-. of tho Outgo ].hewed \ it-tunl-lr-iv' As-opir.ticii and the Otogo Hotel. Kestanr. anil llt.-ai Kmployees Industrial L'nioti of Workers, as all'ertiin,' hotel oniployi'oi only, tip wnie to ho in,ado into an award of the Arlntnt-ticn Court: Wages. Tho following shall ho Il>e minimum v.-cp'cly rs'es nt" pay for t-lie following classes ol workers in hotels: — li.itcin , n.--Yrhere five or more hamls are employed: Chef. X't 10s: second. .l''2 las; t I'ird.* £1 7s l!d: otheis. £1 .V. \YliOi? fow hands are employed: Chef, second, i' 2 5«; others. .'it ">s. Where ilir.-e hands are employed: Chef, £1 i>s; second. i'l 17s Oil; others, X'l sk, Where two hands are employed: Che!, 1-2 as: wc.oml, i'l 10s. Where only otic hand is employed: Male cool;, £0; female c;.ok, £1 7s 6(1, 111 hotels where females are employed in (ho kitchen or scullery the wages paid to sucli workers shall he in the proportion ol not less than three-fourths of the rate of wages prescribed for male workers employed ill a similar capacity, provided always that no female worker' employed in a kitchen or scullery shall be paid less than £1 per week.

Waiters.—When tour -or mere waiters are employed: Head waiter. £2 10s per week; ;ci:oiul, ,fl 15s; others, £1 10s. When three waiters are em-ployed': Head waiter, £2 10s; second. XI las; third. X'l 10s; where two waiters are employed: Head waiter, £2; second, X'l 10s. When only one waiter is employed. £1 10s per week. Waitrs.w-s.—Where three r/f more waitresses ore employed: Head waitress, £1 ss; others, £1 per week. When two arc employed: Head -waitress, .CI 2s Gd; second, £1. When only om> is cm-ployed. £1.

Pantry.—Mes: Where more thtm one is ©mployul—First hand. £1 10s; others, where oniy one liarnl is employed, he shall be paid £1 5s per \vek. Females: All females employed in tho paniry shall be paid £1 per week.

Porters.—Day porters, £1 ss; night porters, £1 7s Gd.

General hands shall be paid not less than J-l 5s per week.

Barmen.—All barmen shall be paid not less than £3 per week.

Barmaids shall be paid not less limn £1 5s per week; probationers, for first, six months £1.

Housemaids shall be paid not less than IGs 6d per week. Housemaid find' waitress combined, awl permanently doing the work of both, shall be paid not less than 17s (xl per week.

Laundresses.—Workers engaged at Innudry shall be paid not less tlivui £1 7s Gd per week.

Probationers. — Employers shall be at liberty to employ as waiters male probationers for a. period not exceeding 12 months, and as waitresses female probationers ior a period not exceeding - six months in the proportion of cue probationer lo each three or fraction of three employees in receipt of not. less than the specified minimum wage, at the following rates of pay: Males, first six nicnMis 15s per week, second six months -1 per week; females. 10s per week. After serving the specified time of probation, the probationer shall be paid the minimum wages hereinbefore prescribed, provided that if the probationer is employed by more than one employer the probation period shall he deemed to commence from the time of entering the service of the first employer. Board and Lodging.—Where board is not provided. 10s per week in addition to the above rates shall be paid. Where lodging is not provided, an additional sum of Gs per week shall be paid. Provided alwavs that if an employer is willing and oCere to provide suitable lodging for any worker, ami such worker prefers t.o lodge elsewhere, no allowance shall then be paid to such worker for lodging. flours of AVork.—A week's work for all classes of hotel workers covered ' 1/v ibis award shall not exceed (Vj hours. ' K«ih employer shall be entitled to arrange the hours ol work according to tue requirements of his particular business subject to ilie following conditions:—Waiters: The hours for waiters shall nol exceed 11 hours' work per day, without payment of overtime, and shall Ue worked between the hours of C a.ui. and 12 midnight, as may be regulated by tl-.e employer. Kitchen The hr.urs for cooks and kitchen bands shell not exceed 11 hours' work per day without payiMilt of overtime, and shall'be worked b'etawceu the hours of 5 a.m. and 9 p.m., as may be regulated bv the eir.plovcr. PortersWhether night or "day, 12 hours. Panfrynieu: The hours for pantrymen shall not exceed 11 hours' work per d.iv without payment of overtime, and shall be worked between Ihe hours of G a.m. and !) p.ni as may be regulated bj the employer. Where more than Cm lir.urs shul! have been worked in any one week, overtime at the rate hereinafter specified' shall be paid to Ihe worker for the time worked in excess of the said Gj IVHU'S. ■

In addition 1c flic statutory nall-jolio.ay*. a!! <?mploy?os ?ho!l bp entitled to and allowed ;> linlf.Jtoliilav cii) every fourth Sunday from the hour of 2 p.m. On the (lav of Ibc statutory liaK-lioliclits' or on the Sunday half-holiday, or in a case of emergency. employers may require nsiy worker in liis employ to perform the work lisueal'v performed by tlie worker away oil his oilier holiday ai the same rat? of wages as is fixed for their own department. Casual Labour.—Chef, i.l per dav for the first three (lays; second, ion; others, 10s per day l'or the first throe days; thereafter at. ordinary rates. Female head cooks. 15s per day forth first three days; second, 10s; other c.oojis, is lid per day; thereafter ordinary rates. Waiters, 10s per (lav for first three days; thereafter at. ordinary rates. Waitresses. 7s 6d per day. Where a waiter is employed for a single meal, he shall be- paid not less than us. Pantrymen shall be paid 7s 6d per day for the first three days, and thereafter ordinary wages. Fantrvmaids shall be pnid not less than 7s lid per d»v Payment of Wages.—Wages shall he paid weekly unless otherwise agreed. Where no agreement in writing is made fixing the period of notice. then a notice of not less than 48 ehours shall be given by either party of the termination _of the service. Kmployevs snail be entitled to keep in hand two days' pay.

Overtime.—"Workers receiving £1 10s per week or less shall be paid for overfime at the rate of 9d per hour; workers receiving more than £1 10s per week shall be mid ut the rate of time and a-lialf. Preference.—lf and so tang os the rules of the union shall permit any person now employed in the occupations' included in this tward in this industrial district, and any 'person who may hereafter reside in this industrial district, to become a member of such union upon payment of an (sivrance tec not exciting ss, and sf subsquent contributions (whether payable weeklv or not) not exceeding Ctl per week, upon "a written application of the person so desiring to join the union, without bi'llot or other cleotiou. then and in such case the employers shall, when engaging men o.r discharging them, give preference to the members of the union. I rovided there are members of the anion «quaily Qualified with noai-meinhers to perterm tile particular work required to lie dom, and ready and willing to undertake it.

the union shall cause to be kept in some convenient place ivitbin one mile from the n i Office, Dunedin, a book m )xs called 1 " fhe employment book," wherein shall be entered the names and addresses of all members of the union for flic time being out of employment, with a description of the branch of work in whic.li cacli weaker claims to be proficient., and tie 'lames, addresses, and occupations of every employer by whom such worker shall have been employed (luring the preceding six months. Immediately non such worker obtaining employment a note thereof shall be entered in such book. The executive of tile union shall use it's best- endeavours to verify nil the entries contained in such book, and the union shall be answerable as for a breach of this award- in case any entry therein shall be wilfully false, or in case the executive of the said union shall not have used reasonable eneadvours to verify the same. Such book shall bo open to every employer with,out fee or charge at all hours between 8 a.m. and o p.m. on every week day except Saturday, and on that day between tho hours of S a.m. and noon, 'if tJie union fail to kcep 'he employment book in manner prescribed by -this clause, then and in case and so long as such failure shall continue any employer may, if he think fit, employ any, worker, whether a member of the union or not, to perform the work required to be done, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions- Xotice by advertisement in the livening Star and Otago Daily Times newspaper-?. published in Dunedin, shall be given bv the union of the place where such employment hook is kept, aued of any diauge in such plc.ce.

Term of Award.—This award shall come into force on the Ist day of .March, 1909, end, subject to the ciause next hereinafter, contnhu':!. shall remain in force until the l.»t day of -March. 1910. I» at any time while this award shall remain ill operation any change shall be made by legislation in any of the conditions regulated bv this award, the court reserves power to itself, upon the application of any party bound by this award, to vary all or any of the provisions of t-uio award, and to make such variation operate retrospectively from the date on which such ciiat-e aforesaid shall have been U.'A,?.

.Scope of Award—This award shall ho limited to employers carrying on business m Dtmcf.m and suburbs and Port Chalmers