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drop in workers' earnings.

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Your suggestion that/the

insisting upon increased objective might be achieved by compensatory payments hourly rates to compensate For shorter normal hours

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implement.

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It could not be effected by legislation

owing to the practical difficulty of enforcement.

6.

The Commissioner of Labour is keeping a close

watch on the situation following the introduction of

the phased programme on 1st December 1967 and has

will

said that he would be reporting to the Legislature,

some time in July. We shall then be able to see the

extent to which overtime is being worked but, in the

meantime, I do not think that we have need for

serious concern.

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