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Industry or Workers Scope of Awards or Hours fixed Si^5 1 i2! 15 ' I u™.,!,, affected. Agreements. by Court. per m°tted. ! Kemari». Clerical workers — Insurance .. •• New Zealand .. .. .. 37J No Normal working-week 37J hours, but in special General .. . • Wellington, Nelson, Canterbury, .. .. circumstances 40 hours permitted without and Otago payment of overtime. Hours of work shall be those of the establishment ill which employed. Clothing trade —• Clothing-trades em- Northern, Wellington, Canterbury, 40 Yes Court makes no positive order eliminating ployees and Otago and Southland Saturday work and leaves it to each firm to carry out the 40-hour week on 5 or 5J days as seems best suited to its individual circumstances. In respect of males in Northern Industrial District, no Saturday work permitted. Shirt, white, and silk Northern (female), Wellington, 40 Yes workers Canterbury, and Otago and Southland Dressmakers and Northern, Wellington, Canterbury, 40 .. To be worked on first five days of we.ek, and Otago and Southland except that in case of retail workrooms the hours may be spread over 5J days. Coach and motor-body Northern, Wellington, Nelson, 40 Yes Saturday work not permitted in Northern building Canterbury, and Otago and District. Southland Concretegoodsandeoncrete- Wellington and Canterbury .. 40 No Certain exceptions made regarding Saturday pipe workers work. Dairy employees .. Wellington City Council .. 40 Yes Depot hands to be worked on five days of the seven; roundsmen to be worked on six days of the week. Dental technicians .. Northern and Wellington .. 40 Yes Dental assistants (female) Northern and Wellington .. 42 Yes Drivers (motor and horse) Northern, Taranaki, Wellington, 44 to 52 .. 44-hour week for drivers employed by common Canterbury, and Otago and carriers and individual business firms. Southland 48-hour week for drivers engaged in goodstransport services controlled by Transport Licensing Act. Drivers employed in all seasonal trades, such as fat-lamb, grain, wool, dairy-produce carting, &c., may be worked 52 hours a week during the season and 36 hours a week for an equal period , during the remainder of the year. Drivers (local bodies') .. New Zealand .. .. .. 42\ Yes .. Drivers (local bodies') .. Dunedin .. .. 40 .. Saturday work permitted for drivers employed at scavengering and street cleaning. Drivers (passenger trans- New Zealand .. .. .. .. .. Omnibus-drivers reduced to a maximum of port) 80 per fortnight, provided that the maximum hours that may be worked in any week without payment of overtime shall be 44. Service cars : Similarly reduced to 88 and 48. Drivers .. • ■ Wellington City Council .. 40 No Certain exceptions provided in Court's order regarding Saturdays. Drug, chemical, condiment, Northern, Wellington, and Christ- 40 No sauce, and pickle workers church Electrical .. • ■ Taranaki, Wellington, Nelson, 40 No Electrical workers (Otago) employed by Westland, Canterbury, and freezing companies and on ship-repair work, Otago and Southland 44 hours (5J day week). Electric-power Board em- New Zealand .. .. .. 40 No Order has no effect in respect of one-man subployees stations and one-man generating-stations. Shift engineers may be required to work seven shifts in any week, provided that total number of shifts to be worked in each threeweekly period shall not exceed fifteen. Troublemen may be worked 120 hours in three weeks, provided that such hours shall not be worked on more than twenty-two days in each four-weekly period. Electrical .. • • Northern .. . • • • 40 Yes No work to be done on Saturdays on new installations. Ship-repair work, 44-hour week. Electro-platers .. .. Wellington .. .. • • 40 No Engine-drivers .. .. Wellington City Council .. 40 Yes To be worked on any five days of the week. Engine-drivers, firemen, and Wellington, Canterbury, Otago 40 to 44 .. In the ease of an engine-driver employed by a greasers and Southland, and Kaitangata firm whose working-hours have been fixed at forty, the engine-driver will get the benefit of the reduction ; where the hours of the industry are longer, the fortunes of the engine-driver will follow those of the industry which employs him. Leave is reserved to refer any special cases to the Court. Drivers of steam road-rollers, 40 hours (five-day week). Engineering trades — Engineers .. .. Northern, Wellington, Nelson, 40 No Workers employed by freezing companies and Marlborough, Westland, Canter- on ship-repair work, 44 hours (5J day week), bury, and Otago and Southland Metal-workers' assistants Wellington, Nelson, Marlborough, 40 No Canterbury, Westland, and Otago and Southland