RELIEF WAGES

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 319, 5 September 1932, Page 4

RELIEF WAGES

TO BE REDUCEiyl STANDARD OF PAYMENT vj| BE REDUCED TWENTY jM PER CENT yM EXTRA WORK POSSIBLE J ■ : v tjSB According to information rece 1 hy the Rotorua UnemplOyment a mittee a further reduction hui to relief workers has been. dq« uponHby tiie U nemploy ment Ira The standard wage for marriedp will he reduced from 12/6 to day, and for single men fronW to 7/6 a day. j In response to questions b "Morning Post" the Mayor, M* Jackson, said last night that it | impossible to state exactly whs| Iposition would be in Rotorua. j| week just commencing is a "j« down" one, and the new rate wil | therefore come into operation imfl ately, but the reduction in the ard of pay is definite. What the~" committee will be able to do fc; unemployed in Rotorua depends. - tirely upen the amount of the ; ' ly allocation. If the contributia^ ihe Unemployment Board remaiij"S same as at present, it may heS5 sible for the committee to giv» -j men a few extra hours work .J week to enable them. to make uQ differenee in their earnings, resO from the proposed reduction iia| standard of payment, but this f| no means assured. Under the nevj visions married men now rece9 £2 10/- a week will, in future, he^ £2. If there is enough money Q round they will be permitted to; - extra time, but there is nothiG present to justify the belief tha^ money will be available. Vc It would appear that the Unemj 1 ment Board has deeided to hriny standard of pay to the level oy Puhlic Works Department, but y workers will not have the heney full-time employment." /