Higher wages order signed for stores, other employees
MINISTER of Health and Labour, Dr Henry Jeffrey has signed 12 orders for higher wages for workers in several business categories from November 1.
The business categories covered are:
** dry goods The Labour Ministry this week said that in cases where workers get a higher rate of pay than those prescribed in the new orders, the employer will continue to pay the higher rate.
Overtime work done in excess of the normal hours of work must be paid 1 and 1/2 times the basic rate, the ministry added.
The government has, over the years, been reviewing and will continue to review the level of wages paid to workers to ensure that they are able to maintain a "decent standard of living for themselves and their families", the ministry said.
** Head Cooks will be paid $3,441; cooks - $2,792; order boys/girls - $2,531; head waiters/waitresses - $3,182; waiters/waitresses - $2,531; cashiers - $3,019; dishwashers, maids, cleaners, and general workers $2,404 per week respectively.
** Watchmen will receive $71.50 per hour; $571 per day and $3,149 per week.
** Supervisors of petrol filling stations will be paid $6,721 per week; shift supervisors - $5,979; attendants - $3,384; service men and mechanics - $6,052 each; washmen - $3,522 and clerks $4,302 per week.
** Supervisors of shirt and garment factories will get $6,482 per week; tailors - $5,447; cutters - $4,856; assistant cutters and assorters will collect $4,429 each; examiners - $3,852 and layers - $3,500 per week.
** Head cooks of hotels, guest houses, discotheques, night clubs and liquor restaurants will be paid $5,685 per week; cooks - $4,700; kitchen maids - $3,986; head waiters/waitresses - $5,314; waiters/waitresses - $4,196 maids - $3,986; bell boys/girls - $2,901; trainee waiters - $3,319; head barmen - $5,243; barmen - $4,369; and general workers - $3,917 per week.
** Blenders of retail spirit shops will be paid $15,803 per month; head barmen - $3,319; and barmen - $2,972 per week.
** Blenders of first class liquor stores will now receive $17,203 per month; assistant blenders - $2,832 and counter clerks - $2,832 per week.
** Second counter clerks will collect $2,589 and cashiers - $2,832 per week.
** Head barmen of taverns will now be paid $3,082; and barmen $2,760 per week.
** Pressers and finishers, machinists, semi-skilled workers will be paid $584 each; and trainee machinists $575 per day.
** Drivers and cashiers of dry goods stores will collect $3,246; checkers, clerks, messengers - $3,082; porters and other unskilled workers - $3,030 per week.
** Unskilled sawmill and timber grant workers will be paid $562; Semi-skilled - $610 and skilled workers - $660 per day.
** Cinema operators will be paid $5,493; general staff over 18 years and general staff under 18 years will each be paid $5,243 per week.
** Drivers and cashiers of drug stores will be paid $3,246 each; checkers, clerks and messengers will get $3,207 respectively; porters and other unskilled employees - $3,104 per week; registered student trainees - $15,016 per month on first appointment and $14,366 per month after one year.
** Hardware store drivers and cashiers will be remunerated with $3,246 each; checkers, clerks and messengers - $3,082 each; porters and other unskilled employees - $3,030 per week respectively.
** These figures are also the same for grocery store employees in the same categories per week.
** Drivers of mechanical transport services will be paid $6,720 and conductors - $3,380 per week.
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