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2 Tuesday November 28 2017 Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi from the editor’s desk WHAT A terrific fight Rose Williams (page 3) had put up against fast food giant Wendy’s. Her battle will see Wendy’s staff across New Zealand backpaid for owed days in lieu. Rose took her case Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment claiming Wendy’s were not honouring their lieu day committments. And she’s won. It will mean Wendy’s staff across the country will share in about $1.6 million in owed pay. Rose is no stranger to adversity – her husband Murray was killed in a speedway crash, and she’s had to work hard to keep her household going. Great stuff Rose. We’ve refreshed our masthead and page 2, and there’s more changes in the wind. I’ll keep to you posted. news Scholars recognised at CBHS NOR’WEST NEWS Christchurch Boys’ High School headmaster Nic Hill with Isaac Anderson who was awarded the Searell Prize for senior monitor. Page 6 news Peninsula life captured by photographer Retired Redwood photographer Donald McKay’s extensive record of Banks Peninsula history has been gifted to a museum. Barry Clarke get in touch GENERAL ENQUIRIES Ph 379 7100 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING Ph 379 1100 The Christchurch Star Company Ltd PO box 1467, Christchurch starmedia.kiwi NEWS Julia Evans Ph: 021 914 742 julia.evans@starmedia.kiwi ADVERTISING Monique Maynard Ph: 364 7474 monique.maynard@starmedia.kiwi Page 10 community events Test your wits Join others at the Fendalton Library for an exciting, strategic and interactive game of Rummikub. Thursday, 1-3pm, 4 Jeffreys Rd. Page 15 The best-read local newspaper, delivered to 16,717 homes every Tuesday Harewood, Burnside, Bishopdale, Bryndwr, Fendalton, Merivale, St Albans, Mairehau, Papanui, Casebrook, Redwood, Regents Park, Styx Mill, Northwood, Belfast, Strowan. Discover Christchurch’s best priced pet accommodation • New cat & dog groomer straight from the USA • Daycare - all breeds • Long stay/ short stay Call now to book in your fur baby - inspections welcome anytime! ALAmeDA keNNeLS & cAttery 271 Dyers Road | Ph 384 1297 www.alameda.nz Full exam & two xrays Only $69 with Dr. Zohnia McNeill * • General Dentistry • Emergency Appointments • Cosmetic Fillings • Dental Implants • Crowns • Partial/Full Dentures • Root Canals • Veneers • New Patients Welcome 99a GLANDOVEY RD (Entrance via Idris Rd) FENDALTON, CHRISTCHURCH 8052 PHONE: 03 351 1188 FAX: 03 351 1138 Monday to Thursday 8.30am-5pm Friday 8.30am-4pm We now accept Q Card * Special ends December 21 st 2017 www.fendaltondental.co.nz vERtEx SUpER SALOOn cUp & cAntERBURY StOcKcAR & StREEtStOcKS cHAMpS SAt 2 nD DEcEMBER 7pM StARt ADULTS $20 Seniors $10 FAMILY PASS $40 Children $5 Under 5yrs free (2 adults & up to 4 children 14yrs & under) DOUBLEDAYS ROAD KAiApOi infOLinE 03 364 8833 www.wOODfORDgLEn.cO.nz
NOR’WEST NEWS Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi Tuesday November 28 2017 3 News Fast food worker wins lieu day battle • By Emily O’Connell A WOMAN has won a threeyear battle with a fast food company to ensure employees across the country get their days in lieu. Wendy’s, which has 23 outlets in New Zealand, including one in Hereford St and in Hornby, has breached two sections of the Holidays Act 2003. Wendy’s employee Rose Williams went to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment three years ago with the lieu day issue after she had been working at the Hornby restaurant for a year. Mrs Williams said Wendy’s staff were not being given a lieu day after working on a public holiday. She told Nor’West News it feels “pretty good” to win the case. Unite Union, of which Mrs Williams is a delegate, has estimated it would cost Wendy’s $1.6 million to pay back employees’ leiu days. MBIE senior labour inspector Kim Baldwin found Wendy’s breached section 56 and 60 of the Holidays Act. Section 56 says an alternative holiday must be provided to an employee who works on a RIGHTS: Rose Williams has won a three-year battle against Wendy’s to give employees days in lieu when they work a public holiday. PHOTO: ANDREW KING public holiday if that day would otherwise have been a working day for them. Section 60 sets out how those employees should be paid for the alternative holiday. Wendy’s has been ordered to comply with the two sections, conduct a review of its restaurants and keep records of staff contacted, rosters and leave. It has been ordered to give all past and present employees from the Hornby and Dunedin restaurants their alternative holidays, or the equivalent pay since the restaurants were opened. Wendy’s has also been ordered to do the same for all other restaurants across the country backdated to July 1, 2012. Unite Union national secretary Gerard Hehir said it was “very happy” with the result. “We think it has significance beyond our dispute with Wendy’s actually,” he said. Mr Hehir said it’s hard to establish what would be a person’s normal working day in hospitality because of their variable shift work. “The problem we have with Wendy’s is they said no-one was entitled to one [an alternative holiday] at all, because hours changed occasionally,” Mr Hehir said. He admired how tenacious Mrs Williams was throughout the trial. Mrs Williams left a job at Countdown to raise her son Josh after her husband Murray died in a speedway crash 14 years ago. She said her late husband was racing a sidecar at Ruapuna Speedway when he crashed and died instantly. She started working at Hornby Wendy’s four years ago. She said public holidays are the restaurant’s busiest days and it wasn’t fair to not get a day in lieu for working them. She plans to continue working at Wendy’s and has not encountered any problems while standing up for her rights. Wendy’s head office could not respond to Nor’West News before deadline yesterday. LAwyERS Local News Now Fire rages, homes at risk Police target drivers outside St Albans School • By Julia Evans A SERIES of police operations have been planned in a bid to change driver behaviour in St Albans. The ongoing problem of speed, dangerous driving and inappropriate parking has been compromising the safety of pupils at St Albans School around Westminster, Trafalgar and Cranford Sts. However, yesterday police and the city council started an “education and enforcement” programme to address the issues. The “CHAOS at the school gate” operation will target any reckless drivers or vehicles parked inappropriately outside the school. If any parking offences are discovered, enforcement officers will record the car registration and take photos of the offending vehicle. An infringement notice would then be posted to the vehicle’s owner. An increased police presence has already helped reduce incidents, deputy principal Claire Howison told Nor’West News, but it is a matter of addressing them over the long-term. 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