S.I. No. 137/1956:

EMPLOYMENT REGULATION (FEMALE WORKERS) ORDER (PACKING JOINT LABOUR COMMITTEE), 1956.

EMPLOYMENT REGULATION (FEMALE WORKERS) ORDER (PACKING JOINT LABOUR COMMITTEE), 1956.

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), 1951, dated the 2nd July, 1951, (hereinafter called " the Principal 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 Court pursuant to the same section of the Act also made Employment Regulation Order (Packing Joint Labour Committee), 1955, dated the 18th January, 1955 (hereinafter called the Amending 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 to female 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 (Female Workers) Order (Packing Joint Labour Committee), 1956.

2. Effect 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 2nd June, 1956, and as from that date the Amending Order shall be revoked and the Principal Order shall be amended by the substitution of Part II of the Schedule hereto for Part II of the Principal Order.

SCHEDULE.

PART II.

MINIMUM TIME-RATES AND PIECE-WORK BASIS TIME-RATE FOR FEMALE WORKERS.

SECTION I--MINIMUM TIME-RATES.

Female Workers (including Female Learners) 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 1s. 9 ¼d. 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 31st day of May, 1956.

(Signed) E. de BURCA.

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

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This instrument fixes new minimum rates of pay for female workers employed in the Packing Trade. It is made by the Labour Court on the recommendation of the Packing Joint Labour Committee.