COST OF LIVING BONUS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18720, 25 November 1922, Page 3

COST OF LIVING BONUS.

THE COURT’S PRONOUNCEMENT. GENERAL ORDER ISSUED. In connection with the Arbitration Court s pronouncement reducing the bonus on wages the following General Order has been issued bv the court; “(1) All time rates of «rnuiiorntio9 whether the same are payable as base wages only or as basic wages with « bom a or bonuses, provided for m fn and industrial agreements now- m the dominion of New Zealand, sa'e referred to in clause 3 hereof, shall he reduced in the following proportions; Pnr Per Per Per Sionth Week Ray Hear s. it. s- d. d - it * Adult male, workers 13 0 3 0 6 | Adult female workers fi b 1 > » Juniors i i 10 * * Workers employed in theatres and other nlaoes of entertainment who are paid at performance rates: 3d per performance Female workers for whom the same rates of remuneration as for male workers aio prescribed, shall be regarded as male workers for the purposes of this ordei. “(2) All piecc-worit rates (inclusive ot bonuses, if any) provided for in the awards and industrial agreements referred to m clause 1 hereof shall continue in force for the purpose of calculating the earnings ot the workers, but the earnings of each worker shall bo reducible, in respect of the time actually worked by him or her m each week, bv an amount calculated at the rate of 3s per week in the case of males, and Is 6d per week in the ease of females. “(3) The foregoing provisions of this order shall not operate m respect of the following awards and industrial agreements, which are expressly excluded in exercise of the power contained in sub-section 4 ol the said section: (a) All awards and industrial agreements in which a special method of adjusting rates of remuneration in atxorclance with the cost of living is provided; (b) All awards and industrial agreements in which it is provided that no variation of the rates of remuneration shall he made prior to the Ist day of Mav, 1925, or prior to any later date than the Ist day of May, 1923, or during tuc currency of such awards and industual agreements: . , (c) the Northern, Taranaki, Wellington, Marlborough. Nelson, Canterbury,, and Otago and Southland Industrial Districts Freezing Works and Related Trades Employees’ Awards, dated the 26th day of November, 1921 . , . (d) All awards and industrial agreements in so tar as they prescribe the rates of remuneration of apprentices: Provided that in cases where the basic rates and bonuses (if any) now payable to apprentices m their first, second, third, fourth, and fifth years respectively exceed 15s, 20s, 255, 30s, and 40s per week respectively, the said rates shall bo reducible by Is per week or by such lesser sum as will reduce the rates of remuneration to 15s, 20s, 25a, 30s, and 40s per week respectively. “(4) The provisions of clauses 1 and 2 hereof shall not operate in respect of the following classes of workers: (a) Jtemale employees (other than members of the kitenen staffs) in tea rooms and restaurants, unless they are entitled to lodgings or lodging allowance. (b) Journey women in the clothing trades wnose present rates of remuneration prosenoed by the respective awards and industrial agreements governing their employment do not exceed £2 2s 6d per week for iime or piece-work, and so that the rates of remuneration prescribed for any such journeywomen which at present exceed £2 2s 6d per week for time or piecework shall not be reducible below £2 2s 6d per week. (c) Assistant cooks and stewards over 21 years of age governed by the New Zealand Marino Cooks and Stewards’ (Coastal Shipping Companies) Award, dated the 2nd day of September, IS2O. ’ llie rates of remuneration now prescribed for all other workers governed’by the said award shall be reducible as follows; Per Per month, hoar. Junior assistant cooks and stewards 3s 4d id Others 10s Jd (d) Permanent vaudeville stage-hands on weekly rates at Auckland and _ Christchurch. ’iUe rates of remuneration now prescribed for such ■ workers at Wellington and Dunedin shall be 'reducible by Is 6d per week. “(5) This order shall operate and take effect as from the _4th day of December, 1922, and shall continue in operation while the respective awards and industrial agreements remain in force, or until such earlier date as may be ordered by the Court.”