ARBITRATION COURT.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19817, 8 December 1919, Page 8

ARBITRATION COURT.

AWARDS FILED. [PkH PrTSR ASSofUTTOV. ] W ELLC\ GTON, December fe. Tile award filed in the butchers’ dispute fixes the hours from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on four days of the week, with ouc hour for dinner; Saturday from 0 : a.m. to u p.m., wuh an hour and a half : for meals; Wednesdays 7 a.m. to noon. U a yes—I 1 irst sliopmau or small goodsmaii, not loss tnau £4 is liu; second shopman, £3 1<s(k1; all other workers £3 12s (id, with a weekly, bonus of os for all workers. r lbe overtime rate is time and a hall, i'cmale labour, except tbo wife or daughter of the eiup.oyer, is prohibited. There is a special provision for females in bona tide pork butchers’ shops, with hours not exceeding 47 per week and wages trom Ail ds to £2 10», according to length of service. The duration of the award . is from January 1. 1920, to October 20, 1921. ' The bakers’ award, filed to-day, | limits tho hours to 48 per week, to "he ' regulated bv the employer, with overtime in excess of ton hours worked on j any one day. Wages—Minimum for i mnn baker or pastrycook £1 os ]>er | wook, joiirnoymeii £3 15s, labourer £3 i ■ss, with a bonus in addition of. 4s per ! week. Tiie award will operate from Det-emboi 29, 1919, to December 29, 192.1. '