OVERTIME WITHOUT PAY
(To the Editor.) Sir,—Why is it that some of the business people in Masterton are allowed to work their employees overtime without pay? Fear of dismissal is the reason the employees will not report these instances. From in;,' own observations, butchers, bakers and grocers arc among the worst offenders. I know of one case in which Mr Rawlins, our local Inspector of Factories, was standing outside a store in Queen Street from which an employee was being sent out to deliver parcels after hours. They noticed the inspector and the employee was immediately sent out the back way. The unscrupulous employers who still persist with this miserable practice should be fined the full amount the law allows if convicted and I would suggest that an inspector be appointed for the province to co-operate with local inspectors in stamping out this evil. As c.ne who has always obeyed the law in our country, I do not see why the abovementioned employers should be allowed to flout the law with impunity. I am in no way casting any reflections on Mr Rawlins as Inspector of Factories, but simply pointing out that he cannot be in two places at the same time. —Yours, etc., -FAIR DEAL.” Masterton, May 3.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 May 1938, Page 6
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209OVERTIME WITHOUT PAY Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 May 1938, Page 6
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