FORTY-FOUR HOUR WEEK.
By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. SYDNEY, February loJudge Beeby, of the Industrial Court, who is inquiring into the fortyfour hour week question, said he thought he would be .justified in accepting as the declared policy of the State fofty-four hours’ work per week as tho definite adoption of a higher industrial standard. The onus would he on the employers to prove that adoption would be prejudicial to industry, and in eases where employees wished to emphas's© the claim that the change was desirable for the well-being of employees th© onus would bo upon tho cmplovecs to establish tho facts*
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16353, 16 February 1921, Page 4
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