S.I. No. 71/1970 - Employment Regulation Order (Brush and Broom Joint Labour Committee), 1970.

S.I. No. 71 of 1970.

EMPLOYMENT REGULATION ORDER (BRUSH AND BROOM JOINT LABOUR COMMITTEE), 1970.

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 Employment Regulation Order (Brush and Broom Joint Labour Committee), 1960 ( S.I. No. 205 of 1960 ) (hereinafter called "the Principal Order") fixing the statutory minimum rates of remuneration and regulation the statutory conditions of employment of workers in relation to whom the Brush and Broom Joint Labour Committee (hereinafter called "the Committee") operates;

AND WHEREAS the Court pursuant to the same section of the Act also made Employment Regulation Order (Brush and Broom Joint Labour Committee), 1968 dated the 4th September, 1968 ( S.I. No. 190 of 1968 ), (hereinafter called "the Amending Order");

AND WHEREAS the Committee has submitted to the Court a proposal for revoking the Amending Order;

AND WHEREAS the Committee has also submitted to the Court the proposals set out in the Schedule hereto for fixing the statutory minimum rates of remuneration and regulating the statutory 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 (Brush and Broom Joint Labour Committee), 1970.

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

(3) The provisions set out in the Schedules hereto shall have effect as from the 20th day of April, 1970 and as from that date the Amending Order shall be revoked and the Principal Order shall be amended in the manner indicated in Schedules I, II and III.

SCHEDULE I.

PART I.

BRUSH AND BROOM BRANCH.

SCHEDULE I—(continued)

PART II.

BRUSH AND BROOM BRANCH.

GENERAL MINIMUM PIECE-RATES FOR MALE WORKERS.

The General Minimum Piece Rates for male workers employed on the operations specified in Part II of the 1960 Order shall be the rates set out therein with an addition of 290 per cent., plus a further addition of 1/- per hour from date of Order and as from 13/7/70 the addition shall read 314 per cent. plus a further addition of 1/- per hour and as from 22/3/71 the addition shall read as 338 per cent. plus a further addition of 1/- (5p) per hour.

PART III.

BRUSH AND BROOM BRANCH.

GENERAL MINIMUM TIME-RATES FOR FEMALE WORKERS.

Provided that in the case of any Female Worker who enters the trade for the first time at or over the age of 16 years and who is employed on time-work, the General Minimum Time-Rates payable during the workers' first twelve months' employment shall be the respective General Minimum Time-Rates appropriate to a worker in the immediate junior age group as set out above, in lieu of the rates otherwise applicable.

SCHEDULE I—(continued)

PART IV.

BRUSH AND BROOM BRANCH.

PIECE WORK BASIS TIME-RATES FOR FEMALE WORKERS.

NOTE:—The Piece-Work Basis Time-Rate is for the purpose of securing that in the case of Female Workers employed on Piece-Work (other than Piece-Work for which General Minimum Piece-Rates have been fixed) each piece-rate shall be such as would yield in the circumstances of the case, to an ORDINARY worker not less than the appropriate rate per hour. In determining whether any piece-rate satisfies this condition, regard must be had to the earnings of ordinary workers, i.e. workers of ordinary skill and experience in the class of work in question and not to the earnings of workers of less than ordinary skill and experience. e.g., learners and infirm workers

SCHEDULE I—(continued)

PART V.

BRUSH AND BROOM BRANCH.

GUARANTEED TIME-RATES FOR FEMALE WORKERS.

PART VI.

BRUSH AND BROOM BRANCH.

GENERAL MINIMUM PIECE RATES FOR FEMALE WORKERS.

The General Minimum Piece Rates for Female Workers employed on the operations specified in Schedule I Part VI of the Principal Order shall be the rates set out in that part (subject to an increase of ten per cent. in the basic rates for Hand Drawing Section II), with an addition of 396 per cent. plus a further addition of 7¼d. per hour from date of Order and 441 per cent. plus 7¼d. per hour from 13/7/70 and 486 per cent. plus 7¼d. (3p) per hour from 22/3/71.

SCHEDULE II.

PART I.

TWIG MAKING BRANCH.

SCHEDULE II—(continued)

PART II.

TWIG MAKING BRANCH.

GENERAL MINIMUM PIECE RATES FOR MALE AND FEMALE WORKERS.

The General Minimum Piece Rates for Male and Female Workers employed on the operations specified in Schedule II, Part II of the Principal Order shall be the rates set out therein with an addition of 270 per cent plus a further addition in the case of male workers of 1/- per hour from date of Order and 294 per cent plus 1/- per hour from 13th July, 1970, and 318 per cent plus 1/- (5p) per hour from 22nd March, 1971. In the case of female workers: plus 270 per cent plus 7¼d. per hour from date of Order and 294 per cent plus 7¼d. per hour from 13th July, 1970, and 318 per cent plus 7¼d. (3p) per hour from 22nd March, 1971.

SCHEDULE III.

BRUSH AND BROOM BRANCH AND TWIG MAKING BRANCH.

PART I.

NORMAL WORKING HOURS AND OVERTIME RATES.

SECTION I.—(a) The normal working week shall be one of five days.

(b) The normal number of hourr to be worked in any week by workers in relation to whom the Committee operates shall be 40 hours.

Provided that all hours worked on Sundays and Customary Public and Statutory Holidays shall be regarded as Overtime, to which the Overtime rates shall apply.

OVERTIME RATES FOR MALE AND FEMALE WORKERS.

SECTION II.—

For both Male and Female Workers and whether the worker is employed on Time-Work or on Piece-Work, all overtime as defined in Section III shall be paid at overtime rates and the minimum ovetime rates shall be as follows :

(A) For Daily Overtime, the Overtime Rate shall be one and a half times the Minimum Rate otherwise applicable, i.e. Time-and-a-half.

(B) For all Weekly Overtime other than Overtime paid for in accordance with sub-section (1) above of this Section, the Overtime Rate shall be Time-and-a-half.

(C) For all time worked on Sunday and Customary Public and Statutory Holidays, the Overtime Rate shall be Double Time, that is to say, Twice the appropriate Minimum Rate otherwise applicable.

SECTION III.—

(i) Weekly Overtime.

All time worked in any week in excess of 40 hours shall be weekly overtime. All time worked on a 6th day shall be treated as overtime.

SCHEDULE III—(continued)

(ii) Daily Overtime.

Notwithstanding that the number of hours worked in the week does not exceed 40, the following excesses shall be daily overtime :

(a) on the short day : all time worked in excess of 4 hours;

(b) on any day other than the short day : all time worked in excess of 8 hours.

SCHEDULE IV.

ANNUAL HOLIDAYS.

Workers who qualify for Annual Leave under the Holidays (Employees) Act, 1961 , shall in addition be granted an extra week's Annual Leave. Payment in respect of this further period shall be calculated in the same manner as that for the statutory period provided by the Holidays (Employees) Act, 1961 . The extra leave to be granted at such time as may be agreed between the employer and the worker.

SCHEDULE V.

SERVICE PAY.

(1) Service pay shall be granted to workers on the following basis :

After completion of 5 years service with the same firm 5/- per week.

"  " " 10 " " """ " 10/- " "

"  " " 15" " " " " " 15/-" "

"  " " 20" " " " " " 20/-" "

(2) Service pay to be applicable only to aggregate service in the firm in which at present employed.

(3) Employment, for service pay purposes, to be considered to commence from the last working day in June of Calendar year in which employment commences.

(4) Interruption in employment due to illness or temporary redundancy not to affect service for service pay purposes.

(5) While payment is expressed in weekly terms, annual or bi-annual payments may be agreed at domestic level.

(6) No deduction shall be made from service pay during annual leave.

(7) Service pay shall not be included in wages for the purpose of computing overtime.

(8) In any week during which no hours are worked for any reason, other than annual leave, no service payment shall be made.

(9) Service pay will be computed and paid as one fifth of the weekly payment for each day or part of a day worked. Service pay will be limited, in any week, to the agreed weekly rates of service pay.

(10) Service pay shall be distinct from wages and shall not be subject to any wage increases.

NOTE : £ s. d. Rates are to be converted to decimal currency strictly in a cordance with the Recommendations of the Decimal Currency Board.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Labour Court this 9th day of April, 1970.

(Signed) D. MAC DIARMADA.

A person authorised under Section 18 of the Act to authenticate

the Seal of the Court.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Instrument fixes minimum rates of pay and conditions of employment as from the 20th April, 1970, for workers employed in the Brush and Broom Trade. It is made by the Labour Court on the recommendation of the Brush and Broom Joint Labour Committee.