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REVOCATION OF ORDERS P.A. WELLINGTON, Mar. 12. The Minister of Labour Mr McLagan, announced to-night that it had been decided to. revoke the order modifying the provisions of the Factories Act, 1946, in respect to the rate of payment for work performed on Sundays and holidays by workers in coal gas works. The revocation order will be gazetted next week and will be effective from March 19. The effect of the revocation order is • to restore to these workers the usual rate of payment for work performed . on Sundays and holidays—namely, double time in respect of work performed on Sundays and holidays in addition (in the case of holidays) to . payment for the holiday. The Minister also added that similar action had been taken to revoke the modification order affecting sugar of , milk factories.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26719, 13 March 1948, Page 8
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