NO ABSENTEEISM HERE
WOTTED BF. TOO CONSPICUOUS. Pa.hiatua appears to bo almost free from lavpur troubles in so far as absenteeism and the hiring of juniors is concerned. Factories sufficiently large to suffer absenteeism at the resumption of work after the holidays are rare and their staffs not sufficiently large to encourage a single employee to overstay his New Year leave. One manager said the absence of time clocks and departmental foremen in smaller factories eliminated the possibility of leaving one’s card in the time rack unpunched. Personal absenteeism in a city factory of over 100 hands would be known only to the time clerk unless the manager requested a return from him. In the Tui Brewery or Gardner and Yeoman’s mill or a dairy factory no time clock would be needed to detect the absent one. Anyway, said one local pannikin boss, I think a smaller staff brings out the best in individualism and the boss gets a "fairer * go.” Local shops had no trouble at all with absenteeism.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLXII, Issue 15242, 7 January 1943, Page 2
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