CLERKS RECEIVE NOTICES

Southland Times, Issue 23774, 23 March 1939, Page 6

CLERKS RECEIVE NOTICES

MEN IN EMPLOYMENT DIVISION DISMISSAL OF TWO DOZEN IN AUCKLAND (United Press Association) AUCKLAND, March 22. About two dozen temporary clerks with the Employment Division of the Labour Department in Auckland, part of which is being absorbed into the Social Security Department, received notices of dismissal today. It is understood that several have reached 60 years and so would be eligible for the age benefits under the new legislation. Not all of the temporary clerks employed in the Employment Division are engaged in duties that from April 1 will be embraced in the Social Security Department. It is not known whether the review of qualifications, age or other circumstances which preceded the notices of dismissal extended to that section of the division engaged on employment promotion, which includes the placement service. There is no provision under the Social Security Act for employment promotion. It is known that employment promotion, which embraces subsidies on wages under the number 13 scheme, subsidies for certain classes of unskilled farm labour and the special apprenticeship scheme applying to the carpentering and brick-laying trades will be continued. Furthermore, it is expected that a scheme will later be announced for the payment of subsidies on wages to permit of unemployed men being trained and absorbed into industry. Whether the Employment Promotion Branch of the Employment Division will remain under the Labour Department or be run as a separate branch under the Social Security Department, with revenue from sources other than from the social security contributions, has not yet been announced.