PAY TO BE SUBSIDISED

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 243, 14 October 1939, Page 5

PAY TO BE SUBSIDISED

BKUWI lUF.S’ LMULOYFFS WHO LARGE WEEKLY A MOI'N'T AUCKLAND, Oct, 12. Provision foi .subsidising lhe A'nty pay of employees enlisting for milit..>y .sei vice has been made Dy an agi cement between Dominion Breweries Limited, New Zealand Brcwetic. Limited, II :iic »< k :md Company Limited, and Campbell and Ehrcnfrieti Company, Limited. It is explained that the underlying feature nf tie ‘scheme is to en.sun that no person I who has been in the employ of any iof these companies for six months or i more should suffer monetary loss a.'> [a result of serving his country. ' The duration oi the scheme is one year, but favourable consideration will ne given to its renewal it financial conditions and general cit rumslarv 1 . ■permit. 'rhe continuance of the 1 scheme, therefore, will be subject to heview al the end of each successive yearly period. 1 All persons who have been employed [ at the breweries, head ollie's, branches Ltoie.s or hotels of the companies for I six months before enlisting w ill be 1 entitled to the benefits of this scheme. The rate of allowance or subsidy, 'iv.i'h a maximum of £4 a week, will I b< the difference between the remuu- • eration received by lhe employee ju.J j before enlisting and his Army pay and separation allowance, inclusive ot a ■ subsistence allowance of 17s 6d a week ' in the case of single men. with a proi \ iso that it will be increased to cover I any increments in wages or salary he | would have received had he not enI listed and remained in the employ oL j the companies. Other Provisions I The subsidy will cease on the death ; of the employee or on his discharge • from active military service—whether ; incapacitated or not or on his transfer to the permanent military stall. j I'he position hold by the employee ’with his company before the date of 1 enlistment will be held open to him I for one month alter his discharge by lhe military authorities. In addition, each company will endeavour to find a suitable position ua its payroll for any employee after his discharge from military duties who has received injuries that p.Dvent him from performing in a satisfactory [ manner the work on which he was I previously engaged. If no suitable | position is available, the company’s 1 liability to re-engage him will cease. I Finally, the agreement states that the payment of allowance or subsidy ‘ will be made according to the directions of each employee, that is, either 'to his dependants or to a savings bank account, or partly to each. No payments will be remitted direct lo employees while they are on active service.