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MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 1991
LAB DISCUSSES NRW PAYMENT METHOD
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SERVICE
IT'S CURRENT THE METHOD OF FOR PAYMENT
THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD AT THE FIRST MEETING OF SESSION TODAY (MONDAY) DISCUSSED A PROPOSAL TO REVISE
AND LONG CALCULATING SEVERANCE PAYMENT NON-MONTHLY RATED EMPLOYEES.
UNDER THE
OF A
UNDER THE PROPOSAL, EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE BEEN BROUGHT
THE NEW DEFINITION BY COVERAGE OF THE
ORDINANCE EMPLOYMENT
AT LEAST 18 HOURS "CONTINUOUS CONTRACT" (THAT IS HAVING WORKED FOR
FOUR WEEKS) WOULD HAVE THEIR WEEK DURING A PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN
AT THE RATE OF AND SEVERANCE
LONG SERVICE PAYMENTS CALCULATED TWO-THIRDS OF A MONTH'S NORMAL WAGES FOR EACH YEAR OF SERVICE.
THE CONDITIONS OF BUT FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE FULFILLED
(THAT IS HAVING WORKED THE OLD DEFINITION OF "CONTINUOUS CONTRACT"
DURING A FOR AT LEAST THREE DAYS A WEEK AND AT LEAST SIX HOURS A AND SEVERANCE
SERVICE THAN FOUR WEEKS), PERIOD OF NOT LESS
AT THE RATE
DAYS' PAYMENTS WOULD CONTINUE TO BE CALCULATED WAGES FOR EACH YEAR OF SERVICE.
DAY
LONG OF
18
WAGES
IN BOTH CASES, AN EMPLOYEE MAY ELECT TO HAVE THE MONTH'S CALCULATED BY TAKING THE AVERAGE OF HIS LAST 12 MONTHS OF EMPLOYMENT.
MEMBERS EXPRESSED DIVERSE VIEWS ON THE PROPOSAL. UNDERTOOK TO STUDY THESE VIEWS THOROUGHLY BEFORE COMING BOARD WITH A REVISED PROPOSAL.
MEMBERS ALSO
THE CHAIRMAN BACK ΤΟ THE
NOTED
THE
THE ON PAPERS
FIVE AND ITS BOARD ITEMS OF LABOUR
OF REFERENCE TERMS COMMITTEES,
COMPOSITION OF
LEGISLATION A PROGRESS REPORT ON CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS AND BE DISCUSSED DURING THE COMING YEAR.
AND AS
AS WELL WHICH HAD BERN ARE LIKELY TO
CHAIRMAN, MR TONY HAMMOND, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD THANKED THE
FOR LABOUR, FOR HIS BE
AS COMMISSIONER WHO WILL
RETIRING SOON
LEGISLATION IMPROVEMENTS IN LABOUR SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE AND RELATIONS. THE BOARD WISHED HIM A HAPPY RETIREMENT.
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