METAL WORKERS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24418, 2 October 1940, Page 9

METAL WORKERS

ASSISTANTS* AWARD

RETROSPECTIVE PROVISION FOR WAGES

A clause in the Otago and Southland metal-workers’ assistants’ award, which has just been issued by the Arbitration Court, states that the award, in so far as it relates to wages, shall be deemed to have come into force on the first day of the next pay period after June 7 last. The date of expiry is June 7 of next year.

All rates of remuneration are made subject to the general order granting a 5 per cent, increase.

The matters settled by the court related to hours for freezing companies and on ship repair work, holidays, classification, and extra payment for marine and ship repair work. In other respects the award embodies the recommendations arrived at by the assessors in Conciliation Council. Included in the numerous clauses are the following provisions:—

Forty hours shall constitute an ordinary week’s work, of which not more than eight hours may be worked on each day from Monday to Friday inclusive, and between the hours of ''.SO, a.m. and 5 p.m. The hours to be worked by workers employed by freezing companies shall be those fixed by the New Zealand (except Westland) freezing workers’ award. The hours of work for workers engaged on ship repair work shall be 44 per week, to be worked from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day from Monday to Friday inclusive and from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday. If a worker is employed for portion of the week on work other than ship repair work and for portion of the same week on ship-repair work, his hours of work for that week shall be 40, but Saturday work from 8 a.m. to noon on ship-repair work will be permitted in such week provided that the 40 hours is not thereby exceeded

Any worker having worked for 24 hours, inclusive of intervals for meals, shall not be required to continue without his consent If he does continue he shall be paid double rates for all time on the second daj'. Any worker having worked all day and night and being required to continue on into the next day shall be paid double rates for all such time on the second day. Any worker having worked all day and having continued until midnight shall be given eight hours off or be paid double time for all time worked on the second day. Where a worker is required to work overtime in the terms of the award after the ordinary hour of ceasing for the day and where such period of overtime is broken except for meal intei’vals, after at least four hours’ overtime he shall not be called upon to resume work until a period of eight hours has elapsed, unless double rales are paid following such resumption of. work.