FACTORIES ACT

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 29, 18 February 1937, Page 5

FACTORIES ACT

-Preee Aiaociation.)

Are Apprenticeship Ordert Affected? CASE BEFORE COURT

(By Telegrr»ph-

WELLINGTON, Last Nigjht. Thb qubstiofi Whether biisting apprenticeship orders are eubject tb thb limitatiofis of the Factories Amendment Act of last year waB Bfibmittfed to the Ajrbitfktiofi Cbfirt toniay when bfi applicatibfi was made by thb Department qf Labotir fbr kn Mteirpre^ktibfi of iie furfiiture trkdeb a^^rentices aWafd.The . Case is of considerable importafice |p ©mployers and workers. It was Biibmitted by Mr F. j. Foot for the apprentiee that ali apprenticeship contracts, whether entered into before or after Jfily 1, 1936, werb Subject to section 12 of the Factories Act. After quoting certain legal decisions concem'bd with kppreiitices, Mr Fbot Baid that in order that the existing orders should prevail, a special exception should hav© been made in thb Factories Act^ or, alternatively, Bome provision made in the Apprentices Act and its orders should prevail over other legislation. For the bmployers, Mr T. O. Bishop contended that the spirit and underlying intention of the Factories Act. was to cpnfer bbnefits upon^actory workers. ij it could be shown that results contrary to this. intention would accrue from the application of the Factories Act itp apprentices, and, instead of benbfits being conferred upon those whom the Act purported to 6erve there would actually . be creatdd such anOmaliea a* wbuld be prejudicial to the interestB of apprentices then, in the absence of any specifio provisions in the Act that it did apply tb apprentices, it niust be held fiot to apply. Hb held that fhe applicatiori of the Factories Act to apprentices would create such anomalies and would, in fadfc, be prejfidicial tb the interestB of b'oys s'eeking1, apprenticeship in manufacturing indfistries. His Hbnour isaid the Court would takb timo tb consider its decision.