§ 73. Mr. GERALD HURSTasked the Postmaster-General whether it is the general Post Office practice to pay its servants double wages for work on Christmas Day; and, if so, why temporary (ex-service) postmen in Man-Chester we are only paid one and a-half times the usual wage last Christmas Day?
§ The ASSISTANT POSTMASTER-GENERAL (Viscount Wolmer)The regular Post Office staff receive a full week's pay for the week in which Christmas Day falls, and those required to attend on that day receive extra pay for such attendance at one and a-half 343 times their normal rate. The temporary Christmas staff are paid for the time actually worked, and payment for work on Christmas Day is at one and a-half times the rate for attendance on ordinary days. The staff at Manchester have been paid on the same basis as the staff in all other parts of the country.