SEAMEN’S OVERTIME?
ALLEGED BREACH OF AWARD QUESTIONS FOR COURT Alleging that three seamen on the Matangi had been employed after 9 a.m. on January 19, the watersiders’ picnic day, without being paid overtime, the inspector of awards claimed £2O as a penalty for a breach of award from the Northern S.S. Co., Ltd., at the Arbitration Court yesterday. Captain R. Hammond, for the company. protested against the manner in which the* case was brought. The day was not a holiday under the award. Mr. G. F. Grieve: The department is not pressing for a heavy penalty, but there is no doubt a breach was committed. Decision was reserved. An application for an interpretation of the Merchant Service (ships’ masters and officers) award was also made to the Court yesterday afternoon. The question asked was: “Are masters and officers who are employed on an excursion on a Sunday or holiday, for which under clause 7 they receive an extra day’s holiday leave, also entitled to an extra day’s pay under clause 10, because the steamer to run such an excursion of a necessity must leave Auckland on a Sunday or holiday before 5 p.m.?” The Court reserved i ts decision.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 32, 30 April 1927, Page 1
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