GROCERS COMPLAIN
Press Association.)
i * i Too Much Power to Labour Department WORK ATCHRISTMAS ~ ' • - - • - s.
(By Telegraph—
uuJN-hiuiJN, TniB jjay. An attaek on the provision in the Shops and Offices Amendment Act vesting in the Labour Department the power to dictate to groeers when they should work overtime was made by counsel appearing in the Police Court for Wardells, Ltd., which pleaded guilty to a charge of extending the working hours without a permit. It was stated that one vague clause Of the Aet said that grocery firms could observe overtime for stocktaking and other special work, and the Magistrate postponed inflicting a .penalty to allow.the Master Groeers' Association to refer this clause to the Arbitration Court for interpretation. Mr Anderson, for Wardells, Ltd., stated that this was the first such prosecution in the Dominion. Prior to the amendment in July employers could deeree overtime but now that could not be worked without a written permit. The present breach occurred during the Christmas rush. Great concern was expressed by groeers everywhere over the position and it was, he said, a Gilbertean situation.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 42, 5 March 1937, Page 5
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