✨ Postal and Telegraph Overtime Regulations
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 47
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911. Subject to the provisions hereinafter contained, overtime shall be payable as follows:—
(a.) To officers called on to perform postal duties in the sorting and delivery of mails or in other operations incidental thereto at Chief Post-offices, or telegraph duties at offices at which there are regular shifts or changes of staff—namely, the offices at Auckland, Blenheim, Christchurch, Dunedin, Gisborne, Greymouth, Hokitika, Invercargill, Napier, Nelson, New Plymouth, Oamaru, Thames, Timaru, Wakapuaka, Wanganui, Wellington, and Westport: For Sunday attendance; for attendance on statute holidays after three hours of duty already performed; and for attendance on other days in excess of ninety-six hours in two consecutive weeks.
(b.) To officers regularly called on to perform telegraph duties for Press work only on a Sunday at the following offices—namely, Ashburton, Gore, Hamilton, Hastings, Hawera, Kaikoura, Marton, Masterton, Palmerston North, Reefton, Rotorua, and Waitara. Time off at the rate of an hour and a half for each hour’s Sunday duty must be allowed in other cases.
912. No overtime allowance shall be made to officers of either branch of the service unless the extra attendance exceeds twenty minutes. Attendance up to forty-five minutes shall count as half an hour; over forty-five minutes, as one hour. No overtime shall be payable for midnight cable Press attendance.
913. No payment for overtime for services other than those provided for by these regulations shall be allowed except in cases of extraordinary or exceptional attendance, and then only when specially approved by the Minister.
914. In lieu of such payment for overtime it shall be optional with the Minister to allow an equivalent reduction of ordinary duty either immediately before or immediately after the overtime duty is performed.
915. Overtime to non-permanent officers is not to exceed 1s. 6d. an hour.
916. All overtime claims must be submitted to the Secretary or Superintendent through the Accountant before payment is made. Neglect of this instruction will render the certifying officer liable for any amount erroneously paid.
917. The hours during which extra duty was performed must be shown in the claim opposite the name of each officer, in addition to the total number of hours worked, the annual salary, and the rate per hour.
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