HOTEL AND RESTAURANT EMPLOYEES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2861, 13 January 1909, Page 18

HOTEL AND RESTAURANT EMPLOYEES.

AN AUCKLAND AGREEMENT. AUCKLAND, January 7. An agreement has been arrived at between the Auckland Licensed Victuallers' Association and the Auckland Hotel and Restaurant Employees' Industrial Union of Workers regarding the- hours of work and the wages of the employees, providing for the following rates : — Kitchen, where five or more hands are employed — Chef £4 10s, second £2 15s, third £1 7s 6d, others £1 ss; where four hands are employed — Chef £3 15s, second £2 ss, others £1 ss ; where three hands are employed — Chef £t ss, second £1 15s, others £1 ss ; where two hands are employed—Chef £2 ss, others £1 10s; where one hand is employed — Male cook £2, female cook £1 10s; general hands £1 ss. Waiters : Where three or more employed — Head waiter £2 10s, probationer for six months £1 ; where two are employed — Head waiter £2, second waiter £1 10s ; where one is employed, £1 10s ; where two waitresses are employed — Head waitress £1 2s 6d ; second waitress £1 ; where' one waitress is employed, £1 ; housemaids, 17s 6d ; barmaids, £1 ss. Porters : Day, 1 ss ; night, where two — First £1 10s, second £1 ss ; where only one, £1 ss. Barmen : Where more than one is kept— First £2, others £1 10s; where one is kept, £1 10s ; billiardmarkers, £1 10s. A week's work for all classes of hotel workers shall not exceed 65 hours.