S.I. No. 44/1981:

EMPLOYMENT REGULATION ORDER (SHIRTMAKING JOINT LABOUR COMMITTEE), 1981.

EMPLOYMENT REGULATION ORDER (SHIRTMAKING JOINT LABOUR COMMITTEE), 1981.

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 (Shirtmaking Joint Labour Committee), 1979 dated 6th December, 1979 ( S.I. No. 392 of 1979 ) (hereinafter called "the said Order"), fixing the statutory minimum rates of remuneration and regulating the statutory conditions of employment of workers in relation to whom the Shirtmaking 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 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 (Shirtmaking Joint Labour Committee), 1981.

(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 9th February, 1981 and as from that date the said Order shall be revoked.

Note: Enquiries should be directed to the Joint Labour Committees Section, The Labour Court, Mespil Road, Dublin 4. (Phone 765861 Extension Nos. 169 and 182).

SCHEDULE

PART I

SHIRTMAKING AND TIEMAKING

General minimum time-rates and piece-work basis time-rates for workers employed in job classes represented below, or in jobs equal in skill, effort and responsibility to jobs represented below, in accordance with the provisions of The Equal Pay Act.

PART II

GENERAL MINIMUM PIECE-RATE FOR HOME-WORKERS

( a ) SHIRTMAKING rates shall be general minimum rates plus 50%.

The remuneration at Job Classes 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 and (a) and (b) above shall be payable from the date of this Order.

SECOND PHASE

The basic wages of Job Classes 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 and (a) and (b) above shall be increased by 7% (or by such percentage as shall be decided by the Employer Labour Conference) from 1st July, 1981 from which date the increased basic wages shall be payable.

PART III

SECTION I: NORMAL WORKING HOURS

The normal number of hours to be worked by workers in relation to whom the Committee operates shall be as follows:--

Workers over 16 years and under 18 years the maximum number of hours which may be worked shall be governed by the provisions of the Protection of Young Persons (Employment) Act, 1977 .

SECTION II: OVERTIME RATES AND STATUTORY HOLIDAYS

( a ) Overtime worked on any day with the exception of Sundays, Public Holidays and time worked prior to normal starting time on Monday shall be paid for at the rate of one and a half times the minimum rate otherwise applicable i.e. time and a half for the first four hours on any day and twice the minimum rate otherwise applicable i.e. double time thereafter.

( b ) Overtime worked on Sundays and prior to normal starting time on Monday shall be paid for at the rate of twice the minimum rate otherwise applicable i.e. double time.

( c ) Overtime worked on statutory public holidays shall be paid for at the rate of twice the minimum rate otherwise applicable i.e. double time plus a day off in lieu with pay.

PART IV

ANNUAL HOLIDAYS

Those workers who do not have 19 days Paid Leave shall be entitled to a total of 19 days paid leave, in the holiday year 1981 and thereafter. The entitlement to these additional day(s) shall be based on the provisions of the Holidays (Employees) Act, 1973 .

PART V

WORKERS IN RELATION TO WHOM THE COMMITTEE OPERATES

The Minimum Rates of Remuneration and Conditions of Employment set out in this Order shall apply subject to the provisions of the Industrial Relations Act, 1946 , and of this Order, to all workers in respect of any time during which they are employed in those branches of the Trade which are specified in the Trade Boards (Shirtmaking) Order, 1920, that is to say:

(1) The making from textile fabrics of shirts, collars, cuffs, pyjamas, aprons, chefs' caps, hospital ward caps and other washable clothing worn by male persons.

(2) the making of women's collars and cuffs and of nurses' washing belts, where carried on in association with or in conjunction with the making of the before-mentioned articles;

the making of neckties worn by Male persons, and of neckties worn by Female persons, where made in association with or in conjunction with the making of neckties worn by Male persons;

including:--

Laundering, smoothing, folding, ornamenting, boxing, packing, warehousing, and all other operations, incidental to or appertaining to the making of any of the above mentioned articles:--

But excluding:--

(1) The making of articles which are knitted or are made from knitted fabrics;

(2) the making of handkerchiefs, mufflers, gloves, socks, stockings, spats, gaiters, bonnets, hats or caps (other than chefs' caps and hospital ward caps);

(3) the making of boys' washing suits;

(4) making of washable clothing to be worn by children without distinction of sex;

(5) the making of any articles, the making of which is included in the Trade Boards (Tailoring) Order, 1919.

PART VI

DEFINITION OF WORKERS

A SPECIAL OR MEASURE CUTTER is a worker who--

( a ) is able to take a complete set of measures and cut from model patterns; and

( b ) has sufficient technical knowledge to alter patterns (excluding Stock Patterns).

A LEARNER CUTTER is a worker who--

(a) is employed under a verbal or written agreement by an employer who undertakes to provide the Learner with reasonable and effective facilities for learning the Cutting Branch of the Trade including the operations of Hooking-up, Folding, Marking-in (stencilling) or Marking-out (pencilling) and Dividing; and

(b) has received a certificate or has been registered in accordance with rules from time to time laid down by the Committee or has made application for such certificate of registration which has been duly acknowledged and is still under consideration. Provided that the certificate of registration of a Learner Cutter shall become invalid if at any time during learnership the provisions set out in this Schedule relating thereto are not complied with. Provided that an employer may employ a Learner Cutter on first employment in the Cutting Branch of the Shirtmaking Trade as defined in this Schedule without a certificate of registration for a probationary period not exceeding four weeks but in the event of such Learner being continued thereafter in his employment the probationary period shall be included in his period of Learnership.

A LEARNER is a Worker who--

(a) is employed during the whole or a substantial part of the time learning any branch or process of the trade, by an employer who provides the Learner with reasonable facilities for such learning, and

(b) has received a certificate or has been registered in accordance with rules from time to time laid down by the Joint Labour Committee or has made application for such certificate of registration which has been duly acknowledged and is still under consideration.

Provided that--

(c) The certificate of registration of a Learner shall become invalid if at any time during the learnership the provisions set out in this Schedule relating thereto are not complied with;

(d) An employer may employ a Learner on first employment in any branch or branches of the Trade as above described without a certificate of registration for a probationary period not exceeding four weeks; but in the event of such Learner being continued thereafter in the employment the probationary period shall be included in the period of learnership.

(e) Notwithstanding compliance with the conditions contained in this Schedule, a person shall not be deemed to be a Learner if work is performed in a room used for dwelling purposes and is not in the employment of a parent or guardian.

(f) A Learner shall cease to be a Learner and shall be entitled to the full Minimum Time-Rate upon the completion of two years employment;

(g) An application for a Learner's Certificate must be made to the Joint Labour Committee in respect of every worker whom it is desired to employ at the special lower rates fixed for Learners. Unless a Learner's Certificate has been obtained, or application has been made which has been acknowledged and is still under consideration and the other conditions of learnership laid down in this Part of the Schedule are complied with, the minimum rate payable is that for Workers other than Learners;

(h) For the purpose of determining the Minimum Rate applicable there shall be included in the calculation of the period such Learner's attendance at a Technical School for the purpose of receiving instruction in the Shirtmaking Trade from a teacher whose qualification has been approved by the Department of Education and who is employed by a Statutory Technical Instruction Committee;

(i) Such period of instruction in a Technical School shall not be regarded as "first employment in the branch or branches of the Trade" for the purpose of the provisions in (d) above relative to employment without a certificate of registration during the Learner's probationary period.

PART VII

GENERAL

In the case of any worker employed on Piece-Work for which no General Minimum Piece-Rate has been fixed, the Minimum Piece-Rate payable shall be such as will yield in the circumstances of the case to an ordinary worker not less than the appropriate Basis Rate. In determining whether any piece-rate is sufficient to satisfy this condition regard must be had only 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, apprentices and infirm workers.

For the purpose of the foregoing provisions the expression "Basis Rate" means the Piece-Work Basic Time-Rate fixed for the class of worker in question, or, where not such Piece-Work Basis Time-Rate has been fixed, the General Minimum Time-Rate which has been fixed for that class of worker.

The above Minimum Rates of Wages shall be payable on the basis that all sewing and other materials are supplied by the employer.

PART VIII

WAITING TIME

Waiting Time to be paid for: A worker must be paid not less than the appropriate Minimum Rate in respect of all time during which he is present on the employer's premises unless the employer can prove that such worker was so present (a) without the employer's consent, expressed or implied, or (b) for some purpose unconnected with his work and other than waiting for work to be given him to perform: or unless the worker was present (c) only by reason of the fact that he was resident on the premises in which no work was being done.

A worker employed on piece-work is deemed during waiting-time to have been employed at the General Minimum Time-Rate applicable.

PART IX

SERVICE PAY

Workers who have been in continuous employment with the one employer to be granted service pay on the following basis:--

No. of Years Service with an Employer

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Labour Court this 6th day of February, 1981.

(Signed) MICHAEL CORCORAN.

A person authorised under Section 18 of the Industrial Relations

Act, 1946, to authenticate the Seal of the Court.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Instrument fixes statutory minimum rates of pay and regulates conditions of employment as from 9th February, 1981 for workers employed in the Shirtmaking Trade. It is made by the Labour Court on the Recommendation of the Shirtmaking Joint Labour Committee.