FORTY-HOUR WEEK
APPLIES TO TAILORING AWARDS SATURDAY WORK FOR MALE STAFFS [Per United Press Association.] AUCKLAND, September 10. By a majority decision, the' Arbitration Court fixed the 40-hour week for workers covered by the Canterbury, Westland, and Otago and Southland tailors’ and tailoresses’ awards. In the case of the male staffs, however, Saturday work will be allowed. Mr Prime, the employer’s representative, expressed the opinion that an order similar to those agreed on in Otago should have been made for the whole industry, providing a 40-hour week for nine months of the year, and 44 hours for the remaining three months. , The majority of the court held that a tailor’s shop, as a rule, was essentially a retail establishment, and open for similar hours.
The reduction of hours to 40 per week does not apply to cutters and fitters.
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Evening Star, Issue 22440, 10 September 1936, Page 8
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139FORTY-HOUR WEEK Evening Star, Issue 22440, 10 September 1936, Page 8
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