SHOP ASSISTANTS' WAGES.
Sydney, July 31. The Shop Assistants' award embodies provision for an advance of about JO per cent, in wages generally; in some instances the increase is 10 to 50 per cent. The wage for male assistants of nin» years' experience is lixed at £- 10s; for females, not less than 27s Gd. The maximum number of working • hours is 93 per week. Tha employers' representative at the Arbitration Court dUseuted from the < clauses of the award relating to remuneration. lie declared that the minimum rate were excessive, especially fur females. If these rates were ultimately adopted and made the common rule they would tend to bring great loss and in some cases ruin to bu-dne-s people. Received Aug. 1. 12.18 a.m. Sidney, July 31. The Shop A—i-tant-' award is limited to the metropolitan area.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 1 August 1907, Page 3
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136SHOP ASSISTANTS' WAGES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 1 August 1907, Page 3
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