S.I. No. 230/1955:

EMPLOYMENT REGULATION (MALE WORKERS) ORDER (PACKING JOINT LABOUR COMMITTEE), 1955.

EMPLOYMENT REGULATION (MALE WORKERS) ORDER (PACKING JOINT LABOUR COMMITTEE), 1955.

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 (Packing Joint Labour Committee), 1952, dated 6th October, 1952 (hereinafter called " the said Order ") fixing the statutory minimum remuneration of workers in relation to whom the Packing Joint Labour Committee (hereinafter called " the Committee ") operates :

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 to male 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 (Male Workers) Order (Packing Joint Labour Committee), 1955.

(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 26th November, 1955, and as from that date the said Order shall be amended by the substitution of Part I of the Schedule hereto for Part I of the said Order.

SCHEDULE.

PART I.

MINIMUM TIME RATES AND PIECE WORK BASIS TIME RATE FOR MALE WORKERS.

Section I.--Minimum Time-Rates.

Male Workers while employed on Piece Work shall be entitled to receive Piece Rates each of which would yield, in the circumstances of the case, to an ordinary worker not less than 2s. 10 ½d. per hour. In determining whether any piece rate is sufficient to satisfy this condition, regard must be had only to the earnings of ordinary workers, that is to say, 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.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Labour Court this 22nd day of November, 1955.

(Signed) NIAL MACLIAM,

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