ARBITRATION COURT
INTERPRETATION OF AWARD SOUGHT. BOOT OPERATIVES. (Per United Press Association.) Christchurch, December 14. An application for the interpretation of the Dominion Boot Operatives’ Award was made by the Inspector of Awards, Mr R. T. Bailey, in the Arbitration Court. It w T as stated that several parties bound by the award gave assistants notice to end their services prior to the Christmas holidays. The employees were not given certificates as provided in the award, but were advised that they would be reengaged on the resumption of work in the New Year. The question was whether the assistants were entitled to be paid for the period during which the premises were closed. After hearing argument, Mr Justice Frazer said the question at stake was whether assuming that work was slack, it was permissible for a factory to close down from three to five weeks and discharge its employees to be re-engaged on reopening. That might not necessarily apply to Christmas time alone. There was no question of any breach or penalty. The Court had merely been asked the meaning of the award' Decision was reserved.
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Southland Times, Issue 21577, 15 December 1931, Page 7
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