0 relating to a situation in which someone has worked for a particular organization for a long time: --
For some inscrutable reason the long-service men, under the arrangements which have been made, are far worse off than the short-service men.
The leading stoker in question, not having served for twenty-two years, is ineligible for a long-service pension.
We are anxious not to get into the field of having compulsory reinstatement for those who may be long-service men.
Many of them have long-service records that would stand comparison with their full-time colleagues, but they get short shrift when it comes to training.
Is he aware that many of the employees concerned are long-service employees who will have to face employment in alternative industries and, therefore, require retraining?
The order provides for long periods of notice for long-service employees—something for which unions have long asked.
The same principle applies to the man who has not yet qualified as a long-service employee.
Again, it is the long-service non-commissioned officer who is in short supply.