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- s)or rangeBliain nó blianta nó raon TypeCineál All Legislation Acts Statutory Instruments Advanced SearchCuardach Casta HomeBaile Statutory InstrumentsIonstraimí Reachtúla 1959 S.I. No. 216/1959 - Employment Regulation Order (Tobacco Joint Labour Committee), 1959. S.I. No. 216/1959 - Employment Regulation Order (Tobacco Joint Labour Committee), 1959. AmendmentsLeasuithe S.I. No. 216 of 1959. EMPLOYMENT REGULATION ORDER (TOBACCO JOINT LABOUR COMMITTEE), 1959. 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 an Employment Regulation Order dated the 4th January, 1958 (hereinafter called " the said Order ") fixing the statutory minimum remuneration and regulating the conditions of employment of workers in relation to whom the Tobacco Joint Labour Committee (hereinafter called " the Committee ") operates ; AND WHEREAS the Committee has submitted to the Court a proposal for revoking the said Order ; AND WHEREAS the Committee has also submitted to the Court the proposals set out in the Schedule hereto for fixing the minimum rates of remuneration and regulating the 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 (Tobacco Joint Labour Committee), 1959.
(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 12th day of December, 1959, and as from that date the said Order shall be revoked. SCHEDULE. PART I. GENERAL MINIMUM TIME RATES. SECTION I.—Male Workers. Per Week s. d. 21 years of age and upwards 143 0 20 and under 21 years of age 92 2 19 " " 20 " " " 83 5 18 " " 19 " " " 75 5 17 " " 18 " " " 58 6 16 " " 17 " " " 52 8 15 " " 16 " " " 46 9 Under 15 years of age 35 6 SECTION II.—Female Workers. 21 years of age and upwards 92 6 20 and under 21 years of age 70 4 19 " " 20 " " " 65 8 18 " " 19 " " " 62 9 17 " " 18 " " " 48 7 16 " " 17 " " " 43 6 15 " " 16 " " " 39 8 Under 15 years of age 31 0 For the purpose of calculating the General Minimum Time-Rate payable in respect of each hour of employment, the appropriate weekly rate set out above must be divided in the case of a worker of 18 years of age or over, by 45, and in the case of a worker whose age is less than 18 years, by 40. NOTE.—In the case of workers employed on piece work each piece rate paid must be such as will yield in the circumstances of the case to an ordinary worker not less than the appropriate General Minimum Time-Rate. PART II. OVERTIME RATES FOR ALL MALE AND FEMALE WORKERS. SECTION I.—The normal number of hours to be worked by workers in relation to whom the Committee operates shall be as follows :— For that Class of Workers who customarily attend on six days a week. For Workers of 18 years of age or over For Workers whose age is less than 18 years In any week 45 40 On any day other the Short day 8½ 8 On the Short Day 4½ 4 For that Class of Workers who customarily attend on five days a week. For Workers of 18 years of age or over For Workers whose age is less than 18 years In any week 45 40 On any day other than the Short Day 9 8 On the Short Day — — Provided that all hours worked on Sundays and on Customary Public and Statutory Holidays shall be regarded as Overtime to which the Overtime Rates shall apply. SECTION II.—The Minimum Rates for Overtime to apply in respect of hours worked by Male and Female workers, whether employed on Time-Work or on Piece-Work, in excess of the declared normal number of hours of work, shall be as follows :— (
- a)For the First Two Hours of Overtime on any day, except Sunday and Customary Public and Statutory Holidays, the Overtime Rate shall be one-and-a-quarter times the Minimum Rate otherwise applicable—i.e., Time-and-a-Quarter. (
- b)For Overtime After the First Two Hours of Overtime on any day except Sunday and Customary Public and Statutory Holidays, the Overtime Rate shall be one-and-a-half times the Minimum Rate otherwise applicable—i.e., Time-and-a-Half. (
- c)For All Time worked on Sunday and Customary Public and Statutory Holidays the Overtime Rate shall be twice the Minimum Rate otherwise applicable—i.e., Double Time. (
- d)For All Hours worked in any week in excess of the declared normal number of hours of work for the week the Overtime Rate shall be Time-and-a-Quarter, except in so far as higher Overtime Rates are payable under the provisions of paragraphs (
- b)and (
- c)of this Section. (
- e)The Overtime Rate shall be payable where on any day (not being a Sunday or a Customary Public or Statutory Holiday) the number of hours worked exceeds the declared normal number of hours of work for that day, notwithstanding that the number of hours worked does not exceed the declared normal number of hours of work for the week. PART III. DEFINITION OF WORKERS. The above Statutory Minimum Remuneration and Statutory Conditions of Employment 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 any Branch of the Trade specified in the Trade Boards (Tobacco) Order, 1919, that is to say :— The manufacture of tobacco, cigars, cigarettes, cigarette tubes and snuff, including all preparatory processes, and including also the operations of storing and storekeeping, boxing, packeting, labelling, parcelling and despatching, and all other warehousing and packing operations, incidental to the manufacture of any of the above-mentioned articles ; but excluding (
- a)the growing of tobacco; (
- b)all or any of the processes necessary to render fresh tobacco fit for grading ; (
- c)all or any of the processes necessary to render cured tobacco fit for manufacture GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Court this 7th day of December, 1959. (Signed) D. MACDIARMADA, A person authorised under Section 18 of the Act to authenticate the Seal of the Court. EXPLANATORY NOTE. This instrument fixes new minimum rates of pay as from the 12th December, 1959, for workers employed in the Tobacco Trade. It is made by the Labour Court on the recommendation of the Tobacco Joint Labour Committee. Privacy Statement Accessibility European Legislation Identifier (PDF) Open Data License Ráiteas Príobháideachais Inrochtaineacht Aitheantóir Eorpach Reachtaíochta (ELI) Ceadúnas Sonraí Oscailte Liosta Fianán © Government of Ireland. Oireachtas Copyright Material is reproduced with the permission of the Houses of the Oireachtas © Rialtas na hÉireann. Atáirgtear ábhar faoi Chóipcheart le cead ó Thithe an Oireachtais