ARBITRATION COURT.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9176, 20 June 1908, Page 2

ARBITRATION COURT.

Per Press’ Asspciatiqa,• Christchurch-Tune 10; . Tlie Arbitration’s; Court’s, inter--pretatiou of the - Lyttelton steveore s’ award—*‘lu the eyent bf men being ordered down; to ■ j ■ and required 'to stand by* they shall %/Veceive half-pay till sti'ch l£‘"a,TQ employed ’’—given'to-daiy/was as ’ follows: The que^iptf^tb;.^e’/’d6bi6ed ; was —“A man is eii r g.ag(9id. , to start work cn the ; -s is. at 10 a. in..rand the boat does nof ; Arrive<' . until 11 a. m. fis the man entitled ; be| paid standing-by 10 a.m. or from 8 a.m.— Jjhedime of ;Bn> dt gagement?” • ,y The Court’s answer was:—'‘ln the, Zdcase put, the man is entitled to*; be gTlSaifl for standing-by time from the B rmonr at which it was agreed that he v should . start work—namely, 10 o’clock. If a man Is engaged to start work at a particular hour, and the employer is not ready to start work at that hour, the man is not bound to stand by unless he then agreeiS to do so, or unless at the time of his engagement he agreed to standby if required to do so by his employer. ” ' •