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WAGNER ENGINEERING
Hours cutback saves NV jobs

TWENTY ONE jobs at Wagner Engineering
Limited in North Vancouver have been saved by a
work sharing agreement in which employees are

working less hours.

Since the first of the
month, 107 staff have been
working a four-day 32-hour
week instead of the previous
40 hours because of a
slowdown in business at the
plant which manufactures
marine hydraulic steering

estimated at $85,600 and
most workers will receive
about 90 per cent of their
normal weekly pay through
the combination of wages
and unemployment benefits.

The worksharing program
at Wagner is one of 10

systems and automatic similar projects across
pilots. Canada, seven of which are
The work sharing inB.C.

agreement, covering a 20-
week period, operates under
a federal government plan
through Canada Em-
ployment and Immigration
Commission.

Firms eligible to receive
the support from Canada
Employment must be
economically viable and
have been in business for at
least two years, having had

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Wagner, Personnel
Bill Berry biames the sales
slowdown on the state of the

Firms have to show that
the shortage of work is
temporary by producing
evidence to support con-

to the work sharing program currently in effect. (ENsworth Dickson

tentions that they should be
able to return to full level of

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A tough
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A balanced
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PAGE B3

Carson’s
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Workers continue to their workers covered by PAGE Cl
receive wages for days unemployment insurance for
worked, while unem-_ that period.

ployment insurance benefits
cover part of their wages for
days not worked.

Total federal government
cost of the project is

There must be cvidence
that the work reduction 1s
due to factors outside the
contro! of the business or
employees. In the case of

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