NEW AWARD

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 413, 23 December 1932, Page 4

NEW AWARD

fixe:d by cour) REVISED RATES FOR FEMi PRIVATE HOTEL WORKERS " ALTERED CLASSIFICATlO Following the expiry of the vious award an application L New Zealand Federated Hotel at staurant Employers' Xiidustrial H iation of Workers, representiC( female workers, to the Arbit? Court for an order fixing the! mum rate of wages to be paid to workers, the court has now % minimum rates as detailed belo? der the provisions of the In^ Conciliation and Arbitration A; ment Act, 1932. The principal alteration in the sification of workers, as existiq der the expired award, is the & ation of cooks from kitchen-t The rates of wages for cooks t future, depend upon the num[ cooks employed, not upon the .number employed in the kitchei In general the rates of wagg somewhat lower than those of previous award, but in the cg kitchen staffs the reductions ha; some cases, been offset to somee by changes in classification. [ rates for the first year of expej in the case of kitchen-maids household staff are also provit Following are the revised raf Where five or more cooks ar» ployed: — First cook, £3 17s fii cond cook, £2 17s 6d; third cool Where four cooks are enip!: — First cook, £3 7s 6d; second; £2 5s; third cook, £1 15s. Where three cooks are emph — First cook, £2 17s 6d; second" £2. Where two cooks are employ, First cook, £2 5s; second eook,ij Where one cook is employed; number of workers iii the ests! ment exceeds three : — Cook, j If three or less workers arei establishment: — Cook, £1 15S;, cooks, £1 12s 6d. Other Employees Kitchen-maids, first year, fl;f after, £1 10s; waitresses, houset housemaid-waitresses, pantrjr relieving-maids, linen-maids, yeai', 15s; thereaftef, £1 5s; waitress, employed. as such when; or more waitresses are employe: 7s 6d; laundress, £1 7s 6d; ge hands, £1 12s 6d. Casual workers employed fe than one week: 50 per cent, ; pro rata weekly rates. If board is not included thes rates shall be increased by 1 week, and if lodging are not p ed f.01* by 8s per week.