✨ Labour Conditions and Wages
(i.) Notice of dismissal, transference, or discharge by operation
of law shall be given by the employer to the Inspector of Awards.
(j.) Three months' probation shall be allowed the first employer
of any apprentice to determine her fitness, such three months to be
included in the period of apprenticeship.
(k.) No deduction shall be made from the wages of an apprentice,
except for time lost through the worker's illness or default, or on
account of the temporary closing of the factory for cleaning the same
or for repairing the machinery, and the apprentice shall make up
such lost time before the following year of her apprenticeship shall
be deemed to commence; and the total period of her apprenticeship
shall be extended for a period equal to such lost time; but an appren-
tice working overtime shall have such time added to her ordinary
time in calculating the respective years of her apprenticeship.
Improvers.
- Apprentices having completed their term of apprenticeship
may be employed as improvers for two consecutive years immediately
after the expiration of the period of their apprenticeship, either by the
employers with whom they have been apprenticed or by any other
employer, at a minimum wage at the rate of 15s. per week for the
first six months, 17s. 6d. per week for the second six months, £1 per
week for the third six months, and £1 2s. 6d. per week for the fourth
six months.
Hours of Work.
- The ordinary hours of work shall not exceed forty-five per
week.
Minimum Wage.
- The minimum wage for journeywomen in charge shall be
£1 7s. 6d. per week; journeywomen and examiners, £1 5s. per week.
Forewomen exempted.
- Only one forewoman shall be recognized in each of the following
departments—viz., shirts, collars, blouse and underclothing; and such
forewomen shall be exempted from the operation of this award.
Overtime.
- Overtime shall be paid at the following rates: All workers
carning under 10s. per week, 6d. per hour; over 10s. per week, 9d.
per hour; over £1 5s. per week, time and a quarter.
Deductions.
- No wages shall be paid for time lost through the factory being
closed for the annual factory holidays, or for public holidays other
than statutory holidays, or for stocktaking or cleaning the premises.
The statutory holidays shall be Christmas Day, New Year's Day,
Good Friday, Easter Monday, Labour Day, and the birthday of the
reigning Sovereign.
PART II.—CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO MALE WORKERS.
Classes of Male Workers.
- The classes of male workers recognized by this award are—
journeymen, apprentices, examiners, and under-rate workers.
Hours of Labour.
- The ordinary hours of work shall not exceed forty-five per
week.
Minimum Wage.
- The following shall be the minimum wages for the under-
mentioned classes of workers: Chart cutters, £3 per week; stock
cutters, £2 15s. per week; examiners, £2 10s. per week.
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