1792
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 47

called the “Staff Register,” which shall contain a record of date of appointment, age, absences, gratuities, and any other matters that may be deemed necessary.

TEMPORARY STAFF.

37. The temporary staff of compositors shall comprise all those not included in the permanent staff, and may be employed either on piece or time work. Men for time-work shall, as far as practicable, be selected from the Piece-room on the ground of general proficiency.

38. Temporary hands of less than two months’ service will be under engagement by the day, terminable without notice on either side; all others shall be subject to one week’s notice on either side.

39. Semi-permanent hands who have not been off the staff for more than two months during the preceding year shall be entitled to all gazetted Government holidays occurring while in employment. Temporary hands shall be so entitled after two months’ consecutive employment immediately preceding such holiday.

40. Employment as a temporary hand will not necessarily establish a claim to permanent employment on the ground of length of service.

41. The rates of remuneration for temporary compositors shall be those set forth in Schedule B hereto, which, however, may be altered from time to time as may be deemed expedient; but in no case shall the rate be lower than the current rate paid in Wellington City for a similar class of work.

APPLICATIONS OF EMPLOYEES, HOW TO BE MADE.

42. The application of any employee for promotion, leave of absence, increase of salary, or upon any other matter affecting his position in the Department shall be made to the Government Printer by the applicant himself, by or through the head of his branch; and if it be made by or through any other person it will be treated as irregular.

APPRENTICES.

43. Applicants for employment as apprentices must not be under fourteen years of age, and must be of sound bodily health and of good character, and shall have passed an examination equal to that of the Fifth Standard under the Education Act.

44. All male apprentices shall be indentured for a period of not less than six years, and the rates of wages shall be the rates ruling in Wellington City for the respective branches at the date of apprenticeship.

45. Apprentices will be placed in the branches for which they seem best adapted. Those selected for the composing branch must be at least one year in the reading-room prior to being transferred to the composing-room; but in no case shall more than one year passed in the reading-room be reckoned as part of the period of apprenticeship.

46. Apprentices in all branches who shall have served their full term satisfactorily shall be entitled to one year’s employment.

FEMALE EMPLOYEES.

47. Candidates for employment must not be under fourteen years of age, and must be in sound bodily health and of good character.

48. Females will be taken for the first six months on probation, at 7s. per week. Should they prove capable and industrious, they will then receive the following rates of wages as casual hands:—

After the fifth year they will be placed on pay as full hands, at wages ranging from 20s. to 25s. per week, according to nature of work, ability, and regularity. Females who have been in receipt of 25s. per week for two years to receive 2s. 6d. increment for two successive years, and rise to 30s.

ALTERATION IN REGULATIONS.

49. All rules or regulations may, subject to the approval of the Minister, be altered or amended from time to time as occasion may require.

BY-LAWS.

50. The Government Printer shall have power, subject to the Minister’s approval, to make, alter, or amend by-laws, not being inconsistent with these rules, for the internal regulation and discipline of the Department, and to inflict fines or temporarily suspend employees from duty for breach of such by-laws. All fines to be paid at once when inflicted. Employees to be at once notified of any amendment of rules.

SUSPENSION.

51. In cases of suspension from duty, report shall be made to the Minister of the Department, with the necessary recommendation as to the confirmation or otherwise of such suspension.

FINES.

52. All moneys received from fines shall be placed by the Government Printer in a common fund to be applied towards the expenses in connection with the annual picnic held by the employees.

STRANGERS VISITING THE OFFICE.

53. Persons wishing to interview any of the employees during working-hours shall first apply at the clerks’ office, when, if the matter is urgent, the employee will be summoned to the waiting-room. Strangers are not allowed in the workrooms except by authority of the Government Printer or his deputy.

GENERAL.

54. The Government Printer may remove any member temporarily from the class in which he is entered, and such member shall whilst engaged in the higher class receive the wages due to members of that class; but on being returned to the class from which he was temporarily raised, he shall receive the rate of pay belonging to that class. No member shall loose status or pay if temporarily removed to a lower class than that to which he belongs.