SHOP ASSISTANTS’ HOURS
QUESTIONS FOR COURT HOLIDAY WORK Press Association. WELLINGTON, To-day. The Conciliation Council to-day discussed two points not included in the agreement reached last May between the New Zealand Federated Shop Assistants and Employers, one of the clauses omitted from the agreement provided for the extension of the hour of ceasing work from nine p.m. to 10 on Christmas and New Year’s Eves, without payment at overtime rates. Employers also proposed to put into operation section five of the Shops and Offices Act, which enables an assistant to be required to remain up to 15 minutes after the ordinary hour for ceasing work for the purpose of completing work commenced prior to the hour of ceasing. It was agreed to let the present agreement stand, but the employees’ assessors stated they could not agree to the two additional clauses, nor to the proposal that the following clause be deleted: “Seniors shall not be required to commence work before 8.30 a.m., and where the present practice is for seniors to commence at a later hour, such practice shall be continued.” These three clauses were referred to the Arbitration Court.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 118, 9 August 1927, Page 11
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