COOKS AND WAITER

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 632, 8 October 1909, Page 11

COOKS AND WAITER

: ■' : THE; MEANING OF THEIR AWARD. V /. ■■::An.;interpretationiof :>' clause: of ' the Wellington Cooks' and Waiters' Award was recentlv nsked'.of hs-nonour Mr. Justice Sim. Ckuso .7. the.racamng of .was in dispart™ ~',: Meals'shaji-bo.provided ;for-workers free : - ■ of charge, : :duri ng .:the'hours-ftat V '■• T employers.premises.aro-open for bnsi- 1 ' : sate. -Not less than half..an hour shall be ■ , allowed for, each meal/ .'.v, -..;.'■. '■■■'■.->-'••■"■ ■ M^fjjn l ?? "• ™* ■ V thfl ''following: ■ quesl tons -(1) If an employer opens his retfinVint--for the sale of *; meal, to the pub lie? and hi *?£.*"» 4 \° Se bm P. lo y<=w entity WiB 181 * r , ee of .charge, v irrespective of whether the said employees, get- their ,lodirinK on the employer's prelflisJs.iSr/.pay for & : lodging elsewhere? . (2) the ''number 'of hours worked on respective,.days, or a ™m ■ parison, of .the- respective''hours'of WO rk in each, day .impose .any..' 1 restriction or resulath^»?f^oSS^nl of this kind should not bo submitted, and the Court declines, to-answer them'. QueYbW should be submitted in connection with some of thocase should, bo stated in the application" If -there is;soma particular •case '• which K tho questions asked, the best course in tCcircumstances/ is for., the union to 'brine; n 'test,casa-m; the; Mapstrate's. Court, and if it is not satisfied with the decision obtained there, it : can; appeal to this Court ' - lncu