S.I. No. 239/1951 - Employment Regulation Order (Creameries Joint Labour Committee), 1951.


S.I. No. 239 of 1951.

EMPLOYMENT REGULATION ORDER (CREAMERIES JOINT LABOUR COMMITTEE), 1951.

WHEREAS the Labour Court (hereinafter called " the Court "), pursuant to the provisions of Section 43 of the Industrial Relations Act, 1946 (hereinafter called " the Act "), made the Employment Regulation Order (Creameries Joint Labour Committee) 1949 (hereinafter called " the principal Order ") fixing the minimum rates of remuneration to be paid generally to and regulating the conditions of employment of workers in relation to whom the Creameries Joint Labour Committee (hereinafter called " the Committee ") operates ;

AND WHEREAS the Court, pursuant to the same Section of the Act, has also made the Employment Regulation Order (Creameries Joint Labour Committee) 1950 (hereinafter called " the Amending Order ") amending the principal Order ;

AND WHEREAS the Committee has submitted to the Court the proposals set out in the Schedule hereto for fixing the minimum rates of remuneration to be paid generally to 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), 1951.

(2) Effeat 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 24th day of August, 1951, and as from that date the principal Order shall be amended by the substitution of Part I of the Schedule hereto for Part I of the Schedule to the principal Order as amended by the Amending Order.

SCHEDULE

PART I

STATUTORY MINIMUM REMUNERATION FOR A NORMAL WORKING WEEK AS DEFINED IN PART II OF THIS ORDER.

Section I—Workers employed in Central Creameries.

Class of Worker.

Rate per Week.

(a) Maintenance Mechanic or Filter

111s.

0d.

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

Male 91/-

Female 89/-

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 Butter-making Department.

(c) Cheesemaker

Male 91/-

Female 89/-

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

Male 86/-

Female 84/-

An Assistant Buttermaker is a person who is 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

Male 86/-

Female 84/-

An Assistant Cheesemaker is a person who is 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)

83s.

6d.

(g) Lorry Driver

83s.

6d.

A Lorry Driver is a person wholly or mainly employed in driving (including loading and unloading) a mechanically propelled road haulage vehicle 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.

Class of Worker.

Rate Per Week.

s.

d.

(h) All other Female Workers (other than Apprentice Buttermakers or Apprentice Cheesemakers) not included in any of the Classes (a) to (g) above

1st year of employment

34

0

2nd " "   "

42

6

3rd  " "   "

53

0

4th and later years of employment

64

0

(i) All other Male Workers (other than Apprentice Buttermakers or Apprentice Cheesemakers) not included in any of the Classes (a) to (g) above

18 and under 19 years of age

56

6

19 "  "20  " " "

67

6

20 years of age and over

76

0

Section II—All Workers employed in Cream-Separating Stations

18 and under 19 years of age

56

6

19 "  " 20 " " "

62

6

20 years of age and over

71

0

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Labour Court, his 17th day of August, 1951.

(Signed) NIAL MacIAM.

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