S.I. No. 354/1951 - Employment Regulation (No. 2) Order (Messengers (Dublin City and Dun Laoghaire) Joint Labour Committee), 1951.

S.I. No. 354 of 1951.

EMPLOYMENT REGULATION (No. 2) ORDER (MESSENGERS (DUBLIN CITY AND DUN LAOGHAIRE) JOINT LABOUR COMMITTEE), 1951.

WHEREAS pursuant to the provisions of Section 42 of the Industrial Relations Act, 1946 (hereinafter called " the Act ") the Messengers (Dublin City and Dún Laoghaire) Joint Labour Committee (hereinafter called " the Committee ") has submitted to the Labour Court (hereinafter called " the Court ") the proposals set out in the Schedule hereto for regulating conditions of employment of workers in relation to whom the Committee operates :

AND WHEREAS the provisions of section 43 of the act have been complied with :

NOW, THEREFORE, the Court, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 43 of the act hereby orders as follows :—

1. This Order may be cited as the Employment Regulation (No. 2) Order (Messengers (Dublin City and Dún Laoghaire) Joint Labour Committee), 1951.

2. Effect is hereby given to the proposals set out in the Schedule hereto.

3. The proposals set out in the Schedule hereto shall have effect as from the 1st January, 1952.

SCHEDULE.

SECTION 1.—WORKERS TO WHOM THIS SCHEDULE APPLIES

(1) For the purposes of this Schedule a " worker " means a person, of either sex, of fourteen years of age or more but under eighteen years of age who is engaged wholly or mainly in the collection or delivery of goods or messages outside the employer's place of business and who is employed by a person whose place of business is situate in the area of the County Borough of Dublin or the Borough of Dun Laoghaire:—

EXCLUDING :

(a) A worker who is engaged as a driver of a mechanically propelled or an animal-drawn vehicle ;

(b) A worker to whom an employment regulation order giving effect to proposals submitted by another Joint Labour Committee for the time being applies.

(2) The provisions of Section 2 of the Schedule shall not apply to workers engaged as assistants to drivers of mechanically-propelled or animal-drawn vehicles.

SECTION 2.—MEAL INTERVALS :

(1) A worker shall not be permitted to work for a longer period than five hours without being allowed a meal interval of not less than half-an-hours' duration.

(2) If a worker is required to work before noon and after 2 p.m. on any day he shall be allowed a meal interval of not less than 1¼ hours' duration beginning between those hours.

(3) If a worker is required to work before 5 p.m. and after 7 p.m., he shall be allowed a meal interval of not less than half-an-hour's duration beginning between those hours.

SECTION 3.—PROTECTIVE CLOTHING :

The employer shall make available to the worker outer clothing adequate to give protection against wet weather. These articles shall remain the property of the employer and it shall be the duty of the worker to take reasonable care of them.

SECTION 4.—MAXIMUM LOADS.

(1) The maximum load which may be transported by a worker shall be :—

(a) Transport by bicycle or tricycle (other than a box-carrier) :— 60 lbs. if the worker is under 16 years of age ; 80 lbs. if the worker is 16 years of age or over.

(b) Transport by box-carrier—56 lbs. ;

(c) Transport by hand-cart or barrow—112 lbs. ;

(d) Transport by hand (except in the operations of loading and unloading)—28 lbs.

(2) A load transported by bicycle, tricycle, box-carrier, hand-cart, or barrow shall be so loaded as not to obstruct the view of the worker or his control of the vehicle.

SECTION 5.—MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF VEHICLES.

(1) The employer shall ensure that a vehicle to be used by a worker is maintained in good mechanical order.

(2) The worker shall take proper care of any vehicle used by him and shall bring to the notice of the employer any defect of which he becomes aware.

SECTION 6.—IDENTIFICATION OF VEHICLES.

The name and address of the employer shall be displayed on bicycles, tricycles, box-carriers, hand-carts and barrows in letters and figures at least one inch in height, and clearly legible.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Labour Court this 1st day of December, 1951.

(Signed) T. J. CAHILL.

A person authorised under Section 18 of the Industrial Relations Act, 1946 , to authenticate the Seal of the Court.