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Hours of Work fixed by Orders of the Court under the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Amendment Act, 1936, and Awards issued subsequent to the 1st September, 1936.

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Industry or Workers Scope of Awards or Hoars fixed ; w U ( r '! ay affected. Agreements. by Conrt. permitted. JiemarKS. Abattoir employees .. Christchurcb .. .. . . 40 Yes Daily hours to be agreed upon by union and employers. Aerated-water workers ... Christcburch (Twenty-mile Radius) 36 and 44 Yes 44 hours, 1st November to 30th April; 36 hours 1st May to 31st October. Wellington Industrial District .. 40 and 44 . . 44 hours, including Saturday, 1st November to 30th April; 40 hours, excluding Saturday, 1st May to 31st October. Bacon-workers .. .. Northern, Wellington, Taranaki, 44 Yes In respect of Northern District, males under and Canterbury sixteen and females, 40 hours. Baking industry .. Northern, Wellington, Nelson, 44 Yes Canterbury Biscuit and confectionery Northern, Wellington, Nelson, 40 No Saturday work permitted for conche-room Canterbury, and Otago and operatives, including a shift engineer and a Southland fireman. Boilermakers, iron - ship, Northern, Wellington, Canterbury, 40 No Workers employed on ship-repair work. and bridge builders and Otago and Southland 44 hours (5J day week). Boot and shoe industry .. Northern, Taranaki, Wellington, 40 No In case of staffs in workrooms attached to and Canterbury, and Otago and working in conjunction with retail establishSouthland ments and engaged in making adjustments, alterations, or repairs to boots or shoes or making bespoke boots or shoes, Saturday work will be permitted. Boot-repairers .. .. Canterbury .. .. .. 40 Yes Brewers, bottlers and bottle- Northern and Wellington .. 40 Yes No bottling to be done on Saturdays. washers Brick, tile, and pottery Northern and Wellington .. 40 No Certain exceptions made regarding Saturday manufacturing work. Bricklayers .. • • Northern, Wellington, Canterbury, 40 No and Otago and Southland Butchers and small-goods Poverty Bay, Wellington, Nelson, 44 Yes factories Canterbury, and Otago Butter and cheese .. Northern, Canterbury, and .. Yes North Island— Otago and Southland Butter-factories : 15th August to 15th March, 48 hours; 16th March to 14th August, 40 hours. Cheese-factories : 14th August to 14th May, 52 hours; 15t,h May to 16th June, 44 hours; 17th June to 13th August,_ 38 hours. South Island— Butter-factories : 15th September to 15th April, 48 hours; 16th April to 14th September, 40 hours. Cheese-factories : 14th September to 14th June, 52 hours ; 15th June to 16th July, 44 hours ; 17th July to 13th September, 38 hours. Hours to be worked over any six days of ! week. Workers coming within subsection (2) of section 4 of Factories Amendment Act, 1936, if such workers are called on to work on seven days of the week, their weekly span of hours shall be those above set out, increased by one-sixth. For such increase they obtain the benefit of subsections (3) and (4) of the said section. By-products manufacturing Canterbury and Otago and 44 Yes Order to be made extending to five hours the Southland period that may be worked without a mealinterval -where such extension is necessary to complete day's work. Canister-workers .. Northern, Christchurch, Nelson, 40 No Canister-makers employed by firms in the and Otago fruit-preserving, fish-preservipg, and jammaking or other industries that have been granted by the Court extensions of hours beyond 40 per week will require to work the hours fixed for the respective industries that employ them. Canvas-workers .. Wellington .. .. . • 40 No Cardboard - box workers Dunedin .. .. .. 40 No (female) Carpenters and joiners .. New Zealand .. .. . ■ 40 No Chemical-manure manu- Northern, Wanganui, Canterbury, 40 No Saturday work permitted in certain districts ; factoring and Otago and Southland variations for shift workers. Cleaners, caretakers, and Auckland and Canterbury .. 40 and 44 Yes 44-hour week for liftmen ; 40-hour week for liftmen cleaners and caretakers. Coal-miners .. .. Canterbury, Otago and Southland, 40 No Employer given right to work day-wage men and Eeefton on Saturdays at ordinary rates of pay on necessary repair and maintenance-work or fires. Coal-mines deputies .. Grey Valley .. .. ■■ 40 Yes . . Coal, coke, and firewood Wellington .. .. 40 and 44 Yes 44-hour week, 15th April to 15th October; workers 40-hour week, 16th October to 14th April. Chemists' assistants .. Northern and Canterbury .. 44 Yes