THE ARBITRATION COURT.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2094, 31 May 1907, Page 2

THE ARBITRATION COURT.

•DISSATISFACTION EXPRESSED.

X tess Association. AUCKLAND, yesterday. A well-attended meeting of members of the Auckland Provincial Employers’ Association discussed the recent rulings and awards of the Court of Arbitration. Disappointment was freely expressed at the attitude of the present Court in having disregarded the judgments and rulings of previous Courts, especially so in regard to the enforcement of the principle of payment of weekly wages in cases where only part services have been rendered, and wherein the award provides liberally for overtime. Tlio following resolution was unanimously adopted: “This meeting expresses its regret that the Arbitration Court in some recent decisions has ignored previous well-established precedents, in that at Westport it decided to hoar a case for breach of award which was not placed before it in the proper form; that at [Gisborne, at the instance of tho Painters’ Union, it fined an employer for breach of award in a case previously settled by tlie Labor Department; that in connection with the felt hatters’ award at Dunediu, and typographical award at AVellington, it gave interpretations involving weekly employment in these industries as against tlio established custom of payment only for actual time worked; that the matter he referred to the Advisory Board of the Now Zealand Employers’ Federation for its careful consideration.”