ARBITRATION COURT.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1405, 3 April 1912, Page 3

ARBITRATION COURT.

BUILDERS' LABOUKEBS' AWABD. Tho award of the Arbitration Court in connection with the Wellington builders' labourers' dispute has been filed with the Cleric of Awards (Mr. E. Stacker). The award is based on the recommendations of. the Council of Conciliation,'so far as it concerns hours of work, rates of wages, payment of wages, overtime, and holidays, suburban work, under-rate workers, tools, accommodation, employment of youths, preference, scope, and terms of award. Dotails of the agreement arrived at on these points have- been published previously. Exemptions. The- only matter that the Court had to decider was in regard to the exemptions asked for. Clause 12 was framed lo deal with- these and reads as follows:— (a) The Wellington Harbour Board shall pay not less than tho wages fixed by this"award for any work coming within the scope of this award, ana shall pay overtime at tho rato fixed by this award for any work done by any worker in excess of eight and a quarter hours in anv one day. (b) The said board shall also pay the rates prescribed by this award for any work dono on Sundays or any of (.he holidays mentioned. (c) Tho said board is exempted from the operation of all the other provisions of this award. (d) Tho foregoing provisions of this clause shall apply to the Wellington (i.T- Company except in relation io the building 'operations now being carried on Ijv it of Miramnr. as to which all Hi,, previsions vf this award, except this clans:, shall apply. .<•! The provisions ol I'lnu'cs I (hour- of work!, I (overtime and hoi 1diivs'. and 1(1 (preference) of this award --hail net apply to men employed l»v the XeuchaH Acplmlt Compiiny! Ltd.. tlw Hudson 1-liepvoof ■'■ \Yoii Comjoauj, LU U aad jJ,o inland

:>mi li.irr, I'm- Hib purposes of prcjnr- I in/ miiii-riiil prim- In the ordinary sterling- hour. Inil lln->-i' employers slmll In: I ml In piiv nwrlinic at Hie late li.\.:il hr tliisinv.ini fir any v.'oil: di»i» by any worker 111 exec*; of eight anil a mitirtcr hours in any one day. ill Tin- Wellington llu>!.itiil Ti-ii-kts me e.wiiiplril lnmi llic- up.-rnlimi »l llii, iiwiirl. PALMEP.STON SITTINGS. IBr Tei«i[rni>n.—dnKlal Curre/mouilMil.l Palmcrston N., April '-'. A siiiing of tli« Arbitration Ciiurf was lielil hero lu-ihiv before -Mr. Justice him ami Messrs. Win. Scott (ei!ii>loj-crs* rcpic; ssiilr.tivo) ami .1. 1). M'Oulloiigh (workers representative). Mr. W. I'ryor appeared for the employers, ami Hie unions concerned were also represented by Alrssr>. I •onpsr, Collins, .Ni\m:litun iiml Jiothcnvick-. •\wariU nv» to lie made in the fcillov.ins ilispiites-.-Wcllinsrton Tailoresses', Wcllington BoilermaKers', Napier Painters, and Wellington Plumbers'. , Tu Iho "Wellington Bakers* Dispute the Court will mnko an award after hearing similar disputes in Christchurch and Dunedin. ~. ~ ,„ An order was made adding parties to the Wellington furnituro trade award.