ELECTION DAY.

Hokitika Guardian, 4 December 1922, Page 2

ELECTION DAY.

FACILITIES FOR VOTING. POSITION OF WORKERS. According to the provisions of the Legislature Act, 1908, facilities are to he provided to all workers in shops and factories of recording their votes on Election Day next Thursday. Section 123 of the Act, provides as follows: “(2) Where the polling day at any election, is other than that appointed as the weekly half holiday under ‘the Shops and Offices Act,’ the - provisions of that Act relating to tho weekly half-holiday shall be deemed to refer to the polling day ill lieu of the day so appointed, and it shall not he necessary for any employer to observe the day so appointed in the week in which the polling day falls. “(3) It shall not he necessary for any factory to close during any working hours in the polling day, hut the occupier of the factory shall afford lo each of his employees a reasonable 1 opportunity of recording his vote, and no deduction shall he made from the wages of any such employee in respect of the time occupied in so recording his vote, provided that such time does not exceed one working hour. “(4) Every occupier of a factory who commits a breach of the last preceding sub-section is liable to a line not exceeding £5 in respect of every employee.” Tt will therefore be necessary for business places to close on Thursday instead of the usual Wednesday. The provisions of the Act do not, however, override the provisions of any award or industrial agreement, anil all workers governed by awards or agreements who are not employed in factories or shops are therefore • not affected by the provisions of the Legislature Act.