APPRENTICESHIP

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIX, Issue 21994, 20 June 1941, Page 4

APPRENTICESHIP

Amended Regulations (P.A.) WELLINGTON, June 19. Amendments to both the Occupational Re-establishment Emergency Regulations, 1940, and the Suspension of Apprenticeship Emergency Regulations, 1939, provide that for the purpose of both sets of regulations “his Majesty’s forces” shall apply whether that force is raised in Few Zealand or elsewhere. Also that “military service” shall mean continuous whole-time service not only in the forces but also as a radio operator where such service is for the duration only and commences after the date of the Shipping Emergency Regulations, 1941, which require the carrying of additional radio operators in ships in the New Zealand mercantile marine. In respect of apprentices undergoing territorial training, the special provisions set out in the regulations snail prevail. The regulations have been redrafted to clarify the position in regard to the suspension of contracts of apprenticeship. whi' apprentices are on military service, and to their revival on the return of apprentices to their civil employment. A further redrafting of the regulations provides that every period of territorial training shall count for the purpose of calculating increments in wages, but that all time shall be made up at the end of the apprenticeship term under such conditions as may be laid down by the Apprenticeship Committee. The definition "military service” also is amended in the Occupational Reestablishment Regulations for the purpose of ensuring that the regulations shall apply where a worker is serving in any of his Majesty’s forces whether raised in New Zealand or elsewhere.