1538
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 43

6. WAGES

(a) The following rates of wages shall be payable :

Payable On and Payable On and
From 1st July, From 1st June,
1948. 1949.
Per Week. Per Week.
£ s. d. £ s. d.

Male Workers—
Senior storeman in charge of six or more
workers .. .. .. 7 18 10 8 3 10
Ganger in charge of not more than five workers 7 8 10 7 12 2
Assembler .. .. .. 7 5 6 7 8 10
Leading hand or handyman .. .. .. 7 3 10 7 7 2
Storeman or packer or process operator .. .. .. 6 18 10 7 2 2

Youths—
Fifteen years of age .. .. .. 3 5 10 3 9 0
Sixteen years of age .. .. .. 4 2 6 4 5 6
Seventeen years of age .. .. .. 4 12 6 4 16 6
Eighteen years of age .. .. .. 5 7 6 5 13 0
Nineteen years of age or over .. .. .. Adult rate. Adult rate.

Female Workers—
Supervisor .. .. .. 5 1 8 5 6 8
Charge hand .. .. .. 4 16 8 5 1 8
Worker eighteen years of age or over .. .. .. 4 11 8 4 16 8
Worker under eighteen years of age .. .. .. 3 19 2 4 1 6

Casual Workers—
Per Hour. Per Hour.
s. d. s. d.
Male casual worker .. .. .. 3 7¼ 3 8¼

(b) A male worker employed for less than one week shall be deemed to
be a casual worker. Where casual labour is employed a minimum of four
hours shall be paid for. Other male workers shall be deemed to be regular
workers.

(c) A youth employed to perform and capable of performing all classes
of work usually performed by an adult shall be paid at adult rate of pay.

(d) This Order shall not operate so as to reduce the wages paid nor so
as to effect adversely in any way the conditions of employment of any worker
employed on the date of this Order.

7. ALLOWANCES

(a) Where it is necessary for a worker to wear gum boots, an allowance
of 1s. 6d. a day shall be paid if the gum boots are worn for three hours or
more in any day. The Department shall supply gum boots if procurable.

(b) A worker employed in the blanching section of the dehydration
process where steam or vapour is present shall be paid an allowance of 3d.
an hour while so employed.

(c) Tunnel operators and lye-bath operators shall be paid an allowance
of 10s. a week.

(d) A worker employed in a cool store shall be paid an allowance of 3d.
an hour while so employed, with a daily minimum of 9d.

(e) When a worker (other than a shift-worker) is required to work after
6 p.m. on any day the Department shall provide a meal or pay such worker
2s. 6d. meal allowance unless such worker has been notified by noon on the
day that he will be required to work overtime. Where such notice has been
given and the worker’s services are not required, he shall be paid the meal
allowance, unless the notice has been cancelled by noon on the day on which
the overtime was to have been worked.

(f) Gum boot allowance, blanching allowance, and cool-store allowance
shall not be paid during annual holidays, statutory holidays, or special
holidays.

(g) Notwithstanding the provisions of any of the preceding subclauses,
a worker shall not be entitled to receive concurrently more than one of the
following allowances :—

(i) Allowance for wearing gum boots,
(ii) Allowance for work in the blanching section,
(iii) Allowance for tunnel or lye-bath operator,
(iv) Allowance for work in cool store,

but shall receive payment at the rate of the highest individual allowance
for which he qualifies in respect of any one day’s work.