WOODWORKING INDUSTRY SCHEME - SCHEME NO. 1 [ S.L.594.01 1 SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 594.01 WOODWORKING INDUSTRY SCHEME - SCHEME NO. 1 2nd May, 1952 GOVERNMENT NOTICE 213 of 1952, as amended by Government Notices 114 and 523 of 1953, and 209 of 1957, Act XLIV of 1965, and Legal Notices 32 of 1967, 119 of 1969, 47 and 77 of 1970, 124 of 1976, 61 and 86 of 1977, 51 of 1978, 80 of 1979 and 424 of 2007. 1. The title of this Scheme is the Woodworking Industry Scheme - Scheme No. 1. Citation. 2. In this scheme, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and expressions used shall have the same meanings as those assigned to them in the Employment and Training Services Act. Interpretation. 3. This scheme shall apply to the callings of joiner and cabinet-maker in any factory. Applicability. 4. No person may be employed as an apprentice under this scheme unless it is shown to the satisfaction of the Director that such person has either completed the fourth year of a Secondary School or the full Trade School Course. Employment as apprentice. Amended by: XLIV. 1965.4. Substituted by: L.N. 61 of 1977; L.N. 51 of 1978. 5. Employers engaging apprentices under this scheme shall undertake to teach them and to grant them facilities to learn the following processes: Processes to be learnt. Cap. 594. (
- a)Joiner - woodcutting, plaining, mortising, dove-tailing and tenoning by hand and/or machines used in the calling, care of machines and/or tools; recognition of timber; staining and primary painting; making of windows, doors, cupboards, boxes and other fitments; the making of working drawings and interpretation of drawing used in the calling; safety precautions; (
- b)Cabinet-maker - of soft and hard woods, plaining, mortising, dovetailing, tenoning, and simple moulding by hand and/or machines used in the calling; care of machines and/or tools; recognition of timber; staining and primary painting; making of cupboards, chests, tables, chairs, bedroom furniture and other items of furniture; history and styles of furniture; finishing and polishing; the making of working drawings and interpretation of drawings used in the calling; safety precautions. 6. The period of apprenticeship shall be of six years: Provided that six months shall be deducted from the said period of six years, to a total deduction of not more than two years, in respect of: (
- i)each year of attendance by the prospective apprentice following the attainment by him of Period of apprenticeship. Amended by: XLIV. 1965.4; L.N. 119 of 1969. 2 [ S.L.594.01 WOODWORKING INDUSTRY SCHEME - SCHEME NO. 1 the twelfth year of his age, at any woodworking course in a Government technical day-school, in St. Joseph Institute, Hamrun, or in any other technical or trade school or institute of comparable standard approved by the Minister, such attendance being certified as satisfactory by the Director of the school or institution concerned; and (
- ii)each year or learnership in either of the callings of joiner or cabinet-maker undergone by the prospective candidate with the permission of the Director: Provided that in respect of contracts of apprenticeship entered into after the first day of January, 1970, for the words "six years" wherever they occur in this article, there shall be substituted the words "five years". Apprenticeship in one calling. 7. A person who has completed his apprenticeship in one calling shall be credited with four years towards a period of a subsequent apprenticeship in respect of the other calling covered by this scheme. Wages. Amended by: G.N. 523 of 1953. Substituted by: G.N. 209 of 1957; L.N. 32 of 1967; L.N. 119 of 1969; L.N. 124 of 1976; L.N. 61 of 1977; L.N. 80 of 1979. Amended by: L.N. 424 of 2007. 8. The wages payable to apprentices in the callings to which this scheme applies shall be as follows: Hours of work. Added by: L.N. 119 of 1969. Substituted by: L.N. 47 of 1970. 9.
(1)The hours of work of apprentices employed under this scheme shall not exceed nine hours in any one day: Year First Second Third Fourth Fifth Wages per week €24.57 €29.23 €33.92 €38.60 €43.26. Provided that employers may employ apprentices on overtime work with the approval of the Director, who may impose such conditions as he may deem fit, at the following rates of remuneration: (
- a)for all time worked in excess of nine hours daily: time and a half; (
- b)for all time worked in excess of forty-five hours in any week, exclusive of any time paid at overtime rates: time and a half; (
- c)for all time worked on Sundays and on customary holidays: double time.
(2)Apprentices under 16 years of age may not be employed between 11 p.m. of any one day and 6 a.m. of the next following day. Overtime. Substituted by: G.N. 209 of 1957. 10. The wage rates specified in article 8 shall be related to a week of forty-eight
(48)hours of work, exclusive of overtime and of breaks for mealtimes and rest. Overtime shall be payable as follows: WOODWORKING INDUSTRY SCHEME - SCHEME NO. 1 [ S.L.594.01 3 (a) for work in excess of nine
(9)hours on any day time-and-a-half; (b) for work in excess of forty-eight hours in any week exclusive of any time paid for at overtime rates time-and-a-half: Provided that in any week which includes a Holy Day of Obligation, Good Friday or the 8th of September, overtime at time-and-a-half shall be payable for work in excess of forty
(40)hours, exclusive of any time paid for at overtime rates. For the purposes of this article time-and-a-half means one and a half times the rate applicable to the apprentice. 11. The employer shall afford to any apprentice employed by him under this scheme facilities for attending during the period of apprenticeship such classes of instruction as the Minister may by order determine. Such classes shall not take up more than ten hours in any one week, and if such classes are held during ordinary working hours, the hours so spent shall be reckoned as hours of employment for the purpose of the payment of wages. Classes of instruction. Amended by: G.N. 114 of 1953; G.N. 209 of 1957. The apprentice shall be bound to attend all classes determined as aforesaid. Should he fail so to attend on any day without just cause, the employer shall be entitled to make a deduction from the wages of the apprentice equivalent to one-twelfth of the weekly rate in respect of each half day or part thereof of default. 12. Apprentices shall be granted one whole day of rest in every calendar week. 13. Apprentices shall be entitled, in every calendar year, to (
- a)all customary holidays with full pay, and (
- b)after three months in employment, vacation leave of such number of working days with full pay as is equivalent to the number of working days as that particular apprentice should normally attend to work during a period of four weeks: Periods of rest. Substituted by: L.N. 119 of 1969; L.N. 80 of 1979. Vacation leave. Added by: L.N. 119 of 1969. Substituted by: L.N. 77 of 1970; L.N. 86 of 1977. Provided that (
- a)all apprentices who have been in employment for less than one year shall be entitled to such part of the said vacation leave as is in proportion to the number of months in employment, and (
- b)vacation leave may not normally be availed of on any day when the apprentice is required to attend school for theoretical instruction.. 14.
(1)After completing the first six months of apprenticeship, apprentices shall be entitled to twenty days sick leave on full pay in every calendar year less any sickness benefit to which they may be entitled under the Social Security Act: Provided that a medical certificate certifying incapacity for work covering the period of absence is produced to the employer, Sick leave. Added by: L.N. 119 of 1969. Cap. 318. 4 [ S.L.594.01 WOODWORKING INDUSTRY SCHEME - SCHEME NO. 1 who may require his medical practitioner to examine the apprentice.
(2)Apprentices shall not be entitled to the payment of any wages for the first three days of every period of sick leave: Provided that the number of unpaid days of sick leave shall not be deducted from the entitlement of paid sick leave. Bereavement leave. Added by: L.N. 119 of
- Apprentices shall be allowed two days paid leave on the death of any of the following: the wife, husband, mother, father (or the person who at the time was in fact acting as the mother or father), son, daughter, brother and sister of the apprentice. Customary holidays. Added by: L.N. 119 of
- Amended by: L.N. 124 of
- Substituted by: L.N. 61 of
- Cap.
- In this scheme "customary holidays" means the days (other than Sundays) declared for the time being to be public holidays by or under the National Day and other Public Holidays Act. Injury leave. Added by: L.N. 80 of
- Cap.
- An apprentice shall be entitled to one year injury leave on full pay, less the full amount of any injury benefit to which an apprentice may be entitled in terms of the Social Security Act, if he is injured during the actual discharge of his duty and such injury is not due to contributory negligence on his part or to contravention by him of safety rules laid down by the management.