5/-A WEEK INCREASE

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19550, 4 February 1938, Page 14

5/-A WEEK INCREASE

OIL STOREMEN’S WAGES CONDITIONS OF AWARD 40-HOUR WEEK ALLOWED (!>,,,• Press Association.) AUCKLAND, last night. A rise of 5s a week for adult storemen and a 40-hour week, have been awarded by the second Arbitration Court to the Northern Taranaki, Wellington, Canterbury, and Otago and Southland Oil Stores Employees’ Industrial Association of Workers.

The new award was announced today, and its period is from January 1 to December 31, 1938. It does not include retail shops and warehouse employees, other than drivers and clerks. A worker governed by this award may be required to work four hours on the statutory half-holiday between 7.30 a.m. and noon at ordinary rates, with a minimum of four hours’ pay. He may not be employed except to receive goods or despatch goods to or from places at least five miles distant from the store.

The minimum rates of wages shall be as follows: Storemen, £4 12s Gd a week; storemen in charge of two or more, other than casuals, £4 15s. A head storeman is one substantially employed at manual labour, and in charge of other workers. If he is in charge of two or more workers, other than casuals, and up to five such workers, he shall be paid 10s a week extra, or £1 a week extra if he is in charge of more than five. Casual workers are to receive 2s Gd an hour. Holiday Provisions A 40-hour week and wages at the rate of £5 4s Gd a week have been awarded to shift workers. All thru? worked in excess of an eight-hour shift shall be paid for at time and ahalf for the first four hours and double time thereafter. Crib-time of half an hour is to be allowed in each shift, without deduction from the workers’ pay, but only when a full week is worked.

Youths may be employed at not less than the following rates of wages: 16 years of age and under, £1 2s Gd: IGI years, £1 7s Gd; 17 years, £1 12s Gd; 17} years, £1 17s Gd: 18 years, £2 2s Gd; io years, £2 12s Gd; 20 years, £3 3s fid; thereafter, adult rates. The proportion of youths shall not be more than one to every three adult workers, or fraction of three. The following are recognised holidays: New Year’s Day, Anniversary Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, King’s Birthday, Labour Day, Christmas Day, Boxing Day. In Canterbury, Southland and Hawke’s Bay show day may be substituted for An-

niversary Day. Work done on specified holidays shall be paid for at double rates in the case of permanent hands. This ’shall be in addition to their ordinary wages. Watchmen are to receive £5 for a 48 r hour week, casual watchmen 2s 4d an hour, award holidays, 2s lOd an hour, and for Sundays, Christmas Day and Good Friday 3s an hour.