ARBITRATION COURT

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 276, 16 August 1920, Page 5

ARBITRATION COURT

SEVERAL AWARDS PILED.

Several awards made by tho Arbitration Court were filed with the Registrar on Saturday. . , In tho case of tho motor mechanics award the Court approved without alteration tho recommendations of the Conciliation Council, which provided, inter alia, for a minimum wage of 29. per houi, plus a bonus of 3d. per hour. Tho Wellington iron and brass moulders' award embodied with some slight modifications the recommendations of the Conciliation Council. The wages awarded wore: 2s. air hour for journeymen mouldens (except machine moulders) and Is. lid. an hour for machino moulders, plus a bonus of 3d. per hour in each Tho recommendations of the Conciliation Council in connection with the Wellington metal workers' assistants disputa woro also embodied in an award. Only ono clause had been in dispute before the Court, and this had -to do with the question of granting exemption to ui» Wellington Harbour Board. The Couit exempted tho board from tho operation of all the provisions of the award except those relating to wages, overtime, and Sunday work. », in tho Wellington plumbers and gashtters' award the minimum wage was fixed at 2s. 3d. per hour, with extra rates at so much per diom for special work. The minimum rate of wages for apprentices ranged from 15s. per week m tho first year to X 3 per week in the> sixth year. Tho Court granted the Wellington Harbur Board exemption from the operation of all provisions of the awaid except those relating to wages, overtime, and Sunday work. m„iii„„tnn In the case of both the Wellington timberyard and sawmill workers award and tho Wellington brewers, bottlers, bot-tle-washers and aerated water employees' award, the CouTt adopted the recommendations of the Council in tow. The award covering the male boo. operatives provided a minimum wage tor ail workers of Is. Gd. per hour except whole otherwise provided), plus a bonus of JJd. per hour. ■ , In the caso of the female boot operatives' award a minimum wago of per week was provided for all workers except hot-wax-thread machinists, who were awarded .£2 7s. Gd. a week, bonus of 3s. a week was also granted.