APPRENTICES’ ACT.

Otago Witness, Issue 3803, 1 February 1927, Page 82

APPRENTICES’ ACT.

AN AMENDMENT TILED. RETURNS OF JOURNEYMEN. WELLINGTON, January 25. In order to relieve the employers and the officers of the Department of Labour ot unnecessary work in compiling the statistics of journeymen in cases where it is clear that the district quota is not nearly full, an amendment to the order made under the Apprentices Act, 1923, has been filed in the Arbitration Court, to take effect from January 25. The amendment is to the effect that no employer shall be required to furnish a return of the number of the journeymen employed by him unless the district registrar (or the court) requires him in writing so to do. It shall be the duty of the district registrar to require employers to furnish returns, if, and wl.en, it appears to him that the number of apprentices in the district exceeds 90 per cent, of the quota permitted. The amendment also enables returns, if required, to be called for at a date more convenient than March 31. It is thought that November 30, which approximates to the close of 'he school year when the number of lads seeking apprenticeships will be a more suitable date at which to call for the returns.