S.I. No. 91/1936 - Apprenticeship Act, 1931. Apprenticeship Committee For The Hairdressing Trade (Dublin) Confirmation of Rules Order, 1936.


STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS. 1936. No. 91.

APPRENTICESHIP ACT, 1931.APPRENTICESHIP COMMITTEE FOR THE HAIRDRESSING TRADE (DUBLIN) CONFIRMATION OF RULES ORDER, 1936.

The Apprenticeship Committee for the Hairdressing Trade (Dublin) Confirmation of Rules Order, 1936, made by the Minister for Industry and Commerce on the 14th day of April, 1936, pursuant to sub-section (1) of Section 9 of the Apprenticeship Act, 1931 .

WHEREAS the Apprenticeship Committee for the Hairdressing Trade (Dublin), established in accordance with the Hairdressing Trade (Constitution of Apprenticeship Committee) Regulations, 1934, for the particular trade declared by the Apprenticeship Act (Hairdressing Trade) Special Order, 1934, to be a designated trade for the purposes of the Apprenticeship Act, 1931 , and in the area constituted by the Apprenticeship Act (Hairdressing Trade) Apprenticeship District Order, 1934, to be an apprenticeship district for the purposes of such designated trade (namely, the administrative County of Dublin and the County Borough of Dublin), has, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Section 8 of the said Act, made the rules set out in the schedule to this Order, and has submitted the same to the Minister for Industry and Commerce :

AND WHEREAS it is enacted by sub-section (1) of Section 9 of the said Act that the Minister for Industry and Commerce may, in respect of any rule submitted to him by an apprenticeship committee under the said Act, either by order confirm such rule or refuse to confirm such rule :

NOW THEREFORE the Minister for Industry and Commerce in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sub-section (1) of Section 9 of the Apprenticeship Act, 1931 , and of every and any other power him in this behalf enabling hereby orders as follows, that is to say :—

1. The Order may be cited for all purposes as the Apprenticeship Committee for the Hairdressing Trade (Dublin) Confirmation of Rules Order, 1936.

2. The rules set out in the schedule to this Order are hereby confirmed.

3. The rules set out in the schedule to this Order shall come into force on the 4th day of May, 1936.

By Order of the Minister for Industry and Commerce.

Dated this 14th day of April, 1936.

(Signed) JOHN LEYDON,

Secretary,

Department of Industry and Commerce.

SCHEDULE.

Rules made by the Apprenticeship Committee for the Hairdressing Trade (Dublin) on the 24th day of March, 1936.

PART I.—APPRENTICESHIP CLASSIFICATION RULES.

The Committee declare that employment in the Trade of the class of persons specified hereunder, in the manner specified, shall constitute employment by way of apprenticeship in the Trade :—

Male or female employees who have not completed the appropriate period of employment by way of apprenticeship in the Trade as specified in Part II of this Schedule, and who are employed during any part of the hours of work on one or more of the following operations :—

(a) Lathering, shaving, sponging, cutting, singeing, shampooing, brushing, combing, waving, dressing, tinting, dyeing, bleaching, or similar operations performed on hair growing on human beings ; or of the following operations when carried on in association with or in conjunction with any of the above-mentioned operations ;

(b) Razor-setting, perfuming, chiropody, manicure, or any operation pertaining to the treatment of diseases of the hair requiring a knowledge of trichology.

PART II.—RULES REGULATING THE PERIOD OF APPRENTICESHIP.

The Committee specify the period of employment by way of apprenticeship in the Trade in the Apprenticeship District as being :—

(a) Four years where one or more of the operations mentioned in Part I of this Schedule is or are performed by the apprentice on or in relation to male persons only.

(b) Five years where one or more of the operations mentioned in Part I of this Schedule is or are performed by the apprentice on or in relation to female persons only.

(c) Six years where one or more of the operations mentioned in Part I of this Schedule is or are performed by the apprentice on or in relation to male and female persons.

Provided that the appropriate period of employment by way of apprenticeship specified in this Part shall in every case be reduced by deducting therefrom any period prior to the date on which these Rules become effective during which the employee concerned was employed in the Trade as defined in Part IX of this Schedule.

PART III.—RULES REGULATING MINIMUM RATES OF WAGES.

The Committee specify hereunder the minimum rates of wages (other than wages for overtime) to be paid to male or female persons employed by way of apprenticeship in the Trade in the Apprenticeship District.

Per week of

48 hours.

s.

d.

During first year of apprenticeship

5

0

 " second "   "

10

0

 " third  "   "

17

6

 " fourth "   "

30

0

 " fifth  "   "

40

0

 " sixth  "   "

50

0

Provided that, for the purpose of determining the minimum rate of wages payable to an Apprentice under the provisions of this Part, employment in the Trade, as defined in Part IX of this Schedule, prior to the date on which these Rules become effective shall be taken into calculation as having been employment by way of apprenticeship in the Trade.

PART IV.—RULES REGULATING MAXIMUM HOURS OF WORK.

The Committee prescribe 48 hours as being the maximum number of hours (exclusive of overtime) which may be worked in any week by persons employed by way of apprenticeship in the Trade in the Apprenticeship District.

For the purposes of these Rules the number of hours worked in any week shall be calculated as from and including the first hour worked on Monday in the week concerned.

PART V.—RULES REGULATING THE AGE OF ENTRY ON APPRENTICESHIP.

The Committee prescribe that the employment of a male or female employee by way of apprenticeship in the Trade in the Apprenticeship District may commence on attainment of the age of 16 years, and before attainment of the age of 25 years.

Provided that the Rules regulating the age of entry on apprenticeship shall not apply in the case of any employee who, at the date on which such Rules become effective, is employed in the Trade under an oral or written contract of apprenticeship entered into prior to that date.

PART VI.—RULES REGULATING THE NUMBER OF APPRENTICES.

The Committee fix in relation to each employer carrying on the Trade in the Apprenticeship District, and specified in a list of such employers from time to time prepared by the Committee, the number of apprentices which the Committee consider should be employed by each such employer as indicated hereunder :—

Where the number of persons employed by him in the Trade who have had not less than the appropriate period of employment in the Trade as specified in Part II of this Schedule is

The number of Apprentices which the Committee consider should be employed by him shall be—

One, two or three

One

Four, five or six

Two

Seven or more

Three

Provided that, where the employer concerned is ordinarily engaged in performing one or more of the operations specified in Part I of the Schedule, the number of apprentices which the Committee consider should be employed by him shall be determined as indicated hereunder :—

Where the number of persons employed by him in the Trade who have had not less than the appropriate period of employment in the trade as specified in Part II of this Schedule is—

The number of Apprentices which the Committee consider should be employed by him shall be—

None, one or two

One

Three, four or five

Two

Six or more

Three

PART VII.—RULES REGULATING APPRENTICESHIP PREMIUMS.

The Committee prohibit the taking by any employer of any fee, premium or other consideration in respect of the employment of any person by way of apprenticeship in the Trade in the Apprenticeship District.

PART VIII.—RULES REGULATING MINIMUM RATES OF OVERTIME WAGES.

The Committee specify hereunder the minimum rates of wages for overtime to be paid to persons employed by way of apprenticeship in the Trade in the Apprenticeship District during any time in excess of the maximum hours of work prescribed in Part IV of this Schedule :

(a) for all overtime worked on any day other than Sunday and Customary Public or Statutory Holidays, Time-and-a-Half, i.e., one-and-a-half times the Minimum Rate otherwise applicable.

(b) For all overtime worked on Sunday and Customary Public or Statutory Holidays, Double Time, i.e., Twice the Minimum Rate otherwise applicable.

PART IX.—DEFINITION OF THE TRADE.

The Hairdressing Trade is defined in the First Schedule to the Apprenticeship Act (Hairdressing Trade) Special Order, 1934, as being :—

1. Any of the following operations when performed in or in connection with any business, establishment, branch or department carried on by way of trade or for the purpose of gain, viz. :—

Lathering, shaving, sponging, cutting, singeing, shampooing, brushing, combing, waving, dressing, tinting, dyeing, bleaching or similar operations performed on hair growing on human beings.

2. Any of the following operations when performed in or in connection with any business, establishment, branch or department in which any of the operations specified in paragraph 1 above are the main or principal business of the business, establishment, branch or department, viz. :—

(a) the designing, making or renovating of wigs, whiskers, beards, moustaches, fringes, toupees, switches, pads, frames, pincurls, partings, transformations or similar articles for human use or adornment ;

(b) the making of hair-lace or hair-net for use as a foundation for any of the articles mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) above ;

(c) the arrangement of displays in windows and the treatment and ornamentation of wax figures and other artificial models.

3. Any of the following or similar operations preparatory to the making or renovating of the articles mentioned in paragraph 2 above, when performed in or in connection with any business, establishment, branch or department in which any of the operations specified in paragraph 1 above are the main or principal business of the business, establishment, branch or department, viz. :—operations known in the trade as—

Measuring, cleaning, drying, sorting, carding, drawing, mounting, mixing, weaving, sewing, knotting, dressing, craping, tinting, dyeing, matching, curling, plaiting.

Including :—

(a) the making or designing of wigs for dolls when carried on in or in association with or in conjunction with any business, establishment, branch or department engaged in any of the operations included in paragraph 1 above, by workers who are also engaged in any of the operations included in the said paragraph ;

(b) razor-setting, hand or vibro massage, perfuming, electric treatment, depilatory operations, chiropody, manicure, and all operations pertaining to the treatment of diseases of the hair requiring a knowledge of trichology, when carried on in association with or in conjunction with any of the operations included in paragraph 1 above ;

(c) the retail sale of any articles when transacted in association with or in conjunction with any of the operations included in paragraph 1 above, by workers also engaged in any of the operations specified above ;

(d) the following or similar operations, when performed by workers also engaged on any of the operations in paragraph 1 above, viz. :— operations known in the trade as—

(i) bottling, boxing, parcelling, bagging, packeting, labelling, packing, checking, unpacking ;

(ii) weighing, measuring, mixing, filtering and compounding ;

(iii) polishing, cutting, grinding, crushing ;

(iv) collecting, delivering, despatching ;

(v) storing, stock-keeping, warehousing, portering, cleaning premises ;

(vi) cleaning or adjusting instruments, cleaning utensils or receptacles ;

(e) the washing, ironing or drying of towels, hair-cutting cloths or similar articles when incidental to and performed by workers also engaged in any of the operations specified in paragraph 1 above.