S.I. No. 260/1948 - Employment Regulation Order (Creameries Joint Labour Committee), 1948.

S.I. No. 260 of 1948.

EMPLOYMENT REGULATION ORDER (CREAMERIES JOINT LABOUR COMMITTEE), 1948.

WHEREAS pursuant to the provisions of Section 42 of the Industrial Relations Act, 1946 (hereinafter called " the Act "), the Creameries 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 fixing the minimum rates of remuneration and regulating the 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 Order (Creameries Joint Labour Committee), 1948.

(2) Effect is hereby given to the proposals set out in the schedule hereto.

(3) The provisions set out in the Schedule hereto shall have effect as from the 13th day of August, 1948.

SCHEDULE.

PART I.

MINIMUM RATES OF REMUNERATION FOR A NORMAL WORKING WEEK AS DEFINED IN PART II.

SECTION I.—WORKERS EMPLOYED IN CENTRAL CREAMERIES.

Class of Worker	Rate per week
s.	d.
(a) MAINTENANCE MECHANIC OR FITTER	100	0
A Maintenance Mechanic or Fitter is a person wholly or mainly employed on the repair or upkeep of machinery (not including a mechanic's helper or a fitter's helper).
(b) BUTTERMAKER	80	0
A Buttermaker is a person wholly or mainly employed in the process of making butter, who is certified by the Department of Agriculture as a qualified Buttermaker, and who is in full charge of the Buttermaking department.
(c) CHEESEMAKER	80	0
A Cheesemaker is a person wholly or mainly employed in the process of making cheese, who is certified by the Department of Agriculture as a qualified Cheesemaker, and who is in full charge of the Cheesemaking department.
(d) ASSISTANT BUTTERMAKER	75	0
An Assistant Buttermaker is a person wholly or mainly employed in the process of making butter, and who is certified by the Department of Agriculture as a qualified Buttermaker, but who is not in full charge of the Buttermaking department.
(e) ASSISTANT CHEESEMAKER	75	0
An Assistant Cheesemaker is a person wholly or mainly employed in the process of making cheese, and who is certified by the Department of Agriculture as a qualified Cheesemaker, but who is not in full charge of the Cheesemaking department.
(f) ENGINEMAN, FIREMAN, BOILERMAN, MECHANIC'S HELPER AND FITTER'S HELPER (wholly or mainly employed as such)	72	6
(g) LORRY DRIVER	72	6
A Lorry Driver is a person wholly or mainly employed in driving a lorry, or a vehicle licensed by the Minister for Agriculture under Section 3 of the Dairy Produce (Amendment) Act, 1934 , to carry on cream separating business (including the loading and unloading of such lorry or vehicle).
(h) ALL OTHER FEMALE WORKERS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY OF THE CLASSES (a) to (g) ABOVE :—
1st year of employment	30	0
2nd " " "	37	6
3rd " " "	45	0
4th " " " and over	55	0
(i) ALL OTHER MALE WORKERS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY OF THE CLASSES (a) to (g) Above :—
18 and under 19 years of age	50	0
19 " " 20 " " "	60	0
20 years of age and over	65	0

SECTION II.—ALL WORKERS EMPLOYED IN CREAM-SEPARATING STATIONS

Class of Worker	Rate per week
s.	d.
18 years and under 19 years of age	50	0
19 " " " 20 " " "	55	0
20 years of age and over	60	0

Section III.—Overtime Rate :

The overtime rate per hour shall be the appropriate weekly rate divided by forty-eight (48) and increased by twenty-five per cent. (25%).

PART II.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT.

Section I.—Normal Working Week.

(1) Subject to the provisions of the Conditions of Employment Acts, 1936 and 1944 and of the Conditions of Employment (Creameries) (Exclusion) Order, 1936 ( S. R. & O. No. 353 of 1936 ) the normal working week for workers referred to in Part I above shall be as follows :—

(i) For casual or seasonal workers the normal working week shall be one of 48 hours :

(ii) For permanent workers the normal working week shall be a week of so many hours as shall be fixed by the employer for any week or period of weeks and set out in the notice referred to in clause (2) hereof and different numbers of hours may be fixed by different employers provided that :—

(a) The total number of hours of work (exclusive of overtime) in any calendar year shall be such as not to exceed a weekly average of 48.

(b) The total number of hours of work (inclusive of overtime) in any week shall not exceed 58.

(2) The employer of a worker referred to in Part I above shall post up and keep posted up a notice stating the number of hours to be worked by such worker in the week then current. A sufficient number of notices shall be posted up and kept posted up so as to ensure that the notice shall be brought to the knowledge of and can conveniently be read by all workers to whom this Order applies.

Section II.—Overtime.

All hours worked by a worker referred to in Part I above in excess of the normal working week shall be overtime and shall be paid for at overtime rates.

PART III.

WORKERS IN RELATION TO WHOM THE COMMITTEE OPERATES.

Workers employed—

(a) in a Creamery registered in the register of creameries kept by the Minister for Agriculture in pursuance of the provisions of The Dairy Produce Act, 1924 (No. 58 of 1924), or

(b) in a Cream-Separating station registered in the register of Cream-Separating stations kept by the Minister for Agriculture in pursuance of the provisions of the said Act, or

(c) on a vehicle licensed by the Minister for Agriculture under Section 3 of the Dairy Produce (Amendment) Act, 1934 (No. 34 of 1934), to carry on cream-separating business,

Whilst engaged in the making of butter, cheese or other dairy product or in any process preparatory or incidental thereto, including :—

(i) the collection of milk and the separation of cream,

(ii) the upkeep and maintenance of plant and machinery,

(iii) packing and warehousing,

(iv) transport,

but excluding :—

Managers, Branch Managers, Assistant Managers, Managers of Portable Creameries and workers engaged solely as clerks or typists and workers engaged in the manufacture of condensed milk.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Court this 30th day of July, 1948.

(Signed) M. GAVAGAN, Registrar