PAY FOR E.P.S.

Waikato Independent, Volume XLII, Issue 4002, 15 May 1942, Page 2

PAY FOR E.P.S.

NO DEFINITE PROVISION

No definite provision .has been made for the payment of E.P.S. workers in an emergency, said t:ic Director of National Service CiTT .1. S. Hunter) in a letter received by the Central Executive of the Ashburton Emergency Precautions Service.

It was obvious, of course, that if the emergency was so serious as to necessitate lengthy absence from usual employment (assuming, it had not been eliminated by enemy action), the question of payment would arise, particualrly in respect of those members whose earnings might have been terminated, the letter added.

This was a matter which would have to be left for consideration in the light of all the varying circumstances that might arise as the outcome of enemy action.