FORTY-FOUR HOURS’ WEEK.
TO BE ABOLISHED. Received July 12, 10.20 p.m. SYDNEY, July 12. Cabinet has put the finishing touches to a (Bill abolishing the fortyfour hours’ week. The measure will be introduced on the conclusion of the censure debate. There will be uo universal sweeping away of the forty-four hours’ week, but the Bill makes it impossible to fix forty-tour hours as the minimum in industries under State control. The Bill permits employers and employees to come to an agreement to work a forty-four hours’ week.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18531, 13 July 1922, Page 5
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87FORTY-FOUR HOURS’ WEEK. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18531, 13 July 1922, Page 5
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