XN000022-1976-06-23 — Page 9

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1976

+MY PROBLEM HOWEVER WOULD BE TO ENSURE THAT A FLOATING HOLIDAY DOES NOT FLOAT AWAY ENTIRELY FROM THE EMPLOYEES' CALENDAR, HE SAID.

THE PROBLEMS ARE LEGISLATIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE AND INITIALLY THE PRINCIPLE SAFEGUARDS WOULD NEED TO BE --

(1) THAT EMPLOYER MUST INFORM HIS EMPLOYEES THE DATE TO BE

DESIGNATED, AND THE WISE EMPLOYER WOULD CONSULT HIS EMPLOYEES BEFORE SO DOING.

(11) THAT EMPLOYEES MUST BE INFORMED BEFORE OR AT THE

BEGINNING OF THE CALENDAR YEAR THE DATE TO BE DESIGNATED.

(IUI) THAT ALL NEW EMPLOYEES COMING INTO THE UNDERTAKING

DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR MUST BE INFORMED OF THE DATE THAT HAS BEEN DESIGNATED.

(IV)

THAT IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO ALLOW THE NORMAL SUBSTITUTION ARRANGEMENT TO APPLY TO THE FLOATING HOLIDAY.

(V) THAT THERE MUST BE A FALL-BACK POSITION, IN CASES WHERE

EMPLOYERS FAIL TO DESIGNATE A HOLIDAY EITHER THROUGH OMISSION, OR BECAUSE THERE IS NO STRONG FEELING ABOUT A PARTICULAR DAY, OR NO AGREEMENT CAN BE REACHED ON WHICH DAY SHOULD BE DESIGNATED.

+SUCH CONDITIONS MAY REQUIRE SOME RATHER CAREFUL AND DIFFICULT DRAFTING AND I AM HOPEFUL THAT MY HONOURABLE COLLEAGUE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND HIS STAFF WILL BE EQUAL TO THE TASK,+ MR. HENDERSON SAID.

HE SAID HE WOULD CONSIDER PROPOSING THE APPROPRIATE AMENDMENTS AT THE COMMITTEE STAGE IF THE FLOATING HOLIDAY COULD BE MADE LEGALLY BINDING AND ENFORCEABLE IF NOT, HE FELT THE BILL SHOULD BE PASSED IN ITS PRESENT FORM, WHICH HAD GENERAL SUPPORT EXCEPT THE DIFFERING VIEWS ON ONE OF THE PARTICULAR HOLIDAYS PROPOSED.

DUTY ON METHYL ALCOHOL

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DUTY ON METHYL ALCOHOL WILL BE LEVIED AT $9.90 A GALLON WITH AN ADDITIONAL 40 CENTS FOR EVERY ONE PER CENT BY WHICH THE ALCOHOLIC STRENGTH BY VOLUME EXCEEDS 25 PER CENT.

MOVING A RESOLUTION IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY TO GIVE EFFECT TO THIS, THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, THE HON. BILL DORWARD EXPLAINED THAT THE DUTY WAS SET TO CREATE A FINANCIAL DISINCENTIVE TO THE MISUSE OF METHYL ALCOHOL, AS FOR ADULTERATED LIQUOR WHICH CAUSED A NUMBER OF DEATHS IN LATE 1975.

THE DUTY IS SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN THAT CURRENTLY LEVIED ON NON-EUROPEAN TYPE SPIRITS AND INDUSTRIAL TYPE ETHYL ALCOHOL.

+IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THIS RATE WILL PROVIDE THE NECESSARY DISINCENTIVE,+ HE SAID,

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