NOT UNDERSTOOD

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 79, 17 July 1942, Page 5

NOT UNDERSTOOD

RECENT REGULATIONS

STAFF FOR RETAIL SHOPS

"Owners and managers of retail shops evidently still do not understand that thej' cannot engage anjAvorker except with the prior consent of the Dictricl Manpower OlFicer," stated Mr R. W. Ghappell, district manpower officer stationed in Paeroa in an intenieAV Avith the Hauraki Plains Gazette. He explained that he was still having instances brought to his notice Avhere retail shops had engaged Avorkers Avithout consent first being obtained. Continuing, Mr Chappell explained that the object of the regulations was to stop the practice of enticement of Avorkers from comparatively essential Avork into non-essential industries. "Enticement usually results from a concerted action by the gaining employer and the Avorker concerned. In order to the occurrence of widespread offences in locations where they Avould not easily be detected or brought to the notice of the District ManpoAver Officer and in view of the fact that enticement is mainly confined to the main centres, it has been decided to limit the application of the present step to employers located Avithin the boundaries of the borough or urban areas within which District ManpoAver Officer's headquarters are situated. Exceptions to this rule are hoAAever, provided in the cases of Hastings, Carterton, Kaiapoi, Ashburton, O'amaru, Mosgiel and Milton," explained Mr Chappell. The industries iioav covered are as folloAvs:— (a) All retail shops( Avithin the meaning of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921-22) with the exception of those Avholly or principally engaged In the distribution of fruit, bread, vegetables, meat, fish, groceries, drugs and other pharmaceutical requirements, or coal, coke and/or firewood, or engaged in the business of restaurants or of house-to-house milk delivery. (b) All factories within the meaning of the Factories Act, 1921-22. which are not for the time being declared to be essential in terms of Regulation 9 of the National Service Emergency Regulations, and which are Avholly or partly engaged in the manufacture of any of the folloAA ring commodities: Aerated waters, cordials and beer, ice cream, fruit essences and extracts, cake arid pastry, biscuits, confectionery and chocolates, margarine, pickles and sauces, cosmetics, toys, fancy goods etc., i.e., beads, cameos, cards (playing), dress ornaments, flags (fancy), ! handkerchiefs (fancy), hat orna- J ments, serviette rings, shoe trees and other commodities of a similar nature, leather goods (other than footwear, harness, saddlery and belting), jeAvellery, art metahvare sporting goods, fur dressing, dyeing and manufacture, picture frames, shop fittings, slioav cases, display models and equipment, radio receiving sets and cabinets refrigerators (household), moAvers, caravans, umbrellas, gloves, frocks, costumes, millinery. "Should employers fail in future to comply Avith the regulations there will be no option but to institute proceedings," concluded Mr Chappell.