DRIVERS' AWARD.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1576, 21 October 1912, Page 7

DRIVERS' AWARD.

FOR AUCKLAND AND GISBOROT. (By TolcETaph.-Pross ■ Association,) Auckland, October 19, The Arbitration Court award for thq drivers of tha Auckland and Gisborno dis* 1 (ricts provides for a4B hours' week, ox- , elusive of time for necessary attendance ' to horsGs, which shall not exceed eiplit hours in uny ouo week, any work other than attondnnce to horses ucforc 7 a.m. or after 7 p.m. to bo overtime, whether ; or not the weekly limit has boon exceeded. Theso provisions do not apply to workers whoso .hours arc prescribed by the Shops and Offices Act. Tlio minimum wage for the driver of I ono horse is to bo £2 Bs. a week; of two • or moro hordes, ,C 2 11b. including : anco on Sundays ami week days nnd holi-t : days, subject to a time limit as sta.t«dj ' casual dnvors, Is , . IJ<l. per hour for one horeOj and Is. 3d. for two or moro horses; overtime respectively being Is. 3d. <ind Is. Cd. an horn , after 9i hours worked on any ono day. Youths of 18 and 19 years aru' to bo pa id 255. a, week, from 19 to 20 305,, from '10 to n 355. 1 linkers may employ youths under 18 ywirs at 12s. fid, a wwk anil found, op 20s. .1 week dry pay; 18 to 19 yeovs, 15s, , and found, or £1 2s. Cd.; 10 to 20, 18s. nnd. found, or J!l Bs.; 20 to 21, 20s. and found, or .£1 10s.; overtime, under 20 l)d. aq ; hour, over 20 Is. per hour. Owing to _ defective lcftislation, the....j Court status, it is jiot pofsiWo to moke 9' Dominion award. i