DISMISSAL OF CLERKS

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 152, 23 March 1939, Page 10

DISMISSAL OF CLERKS

Employment Division Of Labour Department

By Telegraph—Press Association. AUCKLAND, March 22. About two dozen temporary clerks with the Employment Division of the Labour Department in Auckland, part of which is being absorbed into the Social Security Department, received notices of dismissal today. It is understood that several have reached GO years of age and so would be eligible for the age benefits under the new legislation. Not all of Hie temporary clerks employed in the employment: division are engaged in duties that from April 1 will be embraced in the social security scheme. It is not known whether the review of qualifications, age or other circumstances which preceded the notices of dismissal extended to that section of the division engaged on employment promotion, which includes the placement service. There is no provision under the Social Security Act for employment promotion. It is known that employment promotion, which embraces subsidies on wages under the No. 13 scheme, subsidies for certain classes of unskilled farm labour aud a special apprenticeship scheme applying to the carpentering and Bricklaying trades, will be continued. Furthermore. it is expected that a scheme will later lie announced for Hie payment of subsidies on wages to permit of unemployed men being I rained and absorbed into industry.

Whether Hie employment promotion branch of Hie employment division will remain under Hie Ltibour Department or lx- run as a separate branch under the Social Security Department with revenue from sources other than from the social security contributions has mu >et been annotincei..