§ 71. Mr. KINLEY (for Mr. STEPHEN)asked the Minister of Labour if she is aware that temporary clerks employed in the Ministry of Labour are paid smaller salaries than members of the permanent staff for doing the same work; and whether she will take steps to see that such temporary workers are paid at the same rate as those in permanent employment who do the same work?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of LABOUR (Mr. Lawson)The work of temporary clerks in the Ministry of Labour is normally of a lower order than that of the permanent staff. Their rates of pay are the rates fixed for temporary clerks in all Government Departments, partly by agreement with the staff associations concerned and partly by arbitration.
§ Mr. KINLEYCould not this matter be considered further from the point of view of those affected?
§ Mr. LAWSONIt is a matter for negotiation on the part of the associations concerned.