ISB SI

S.I. No. 8 of 1956.

EMPLOYMENT REGULATION ORDER (BRUSH AND BROOM 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 the Employment Regulation Order (Brush and Broom Joint Labour Committee), 1952, (hereinafter called " the Principal Order ") fixing the minimum rates of remuneration to be paid generally to and regulating the conditions of employment of workers in relation to whom the Brush and Broom 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 generally to workers in relation to whom the Committee operates ;

AND WHEREAS the provisions of section 43 of the act have been 18 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 (Brush and Broom Joint Labour Committee), 1956.

(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 4th day of February, 1956, and as from that date the Principal Order shall be amended by the addition of Sections 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the Schedule hereto to the Schedules to the Principal Order.

SCHEDULE.

Section 1. In addition to any payments due to him under the Principal Order, a male worker of 21

years of age or over,

whether on Time Rates or Piece Rates, shall be paid a wage at the rate of 16/- per week of 48 hours.

Section 2. In addition to any payments due to her under the Principal Order, each female worker of 21

years of age or over in the Twigmaking Branch

of the Trade and each female worker of 18

years of age or over in the Brush and Broom Branch

shall be paid a wage at the rate of 9/- per week of 48 hours.

Section 3. Hourly rates paid to Juvenile Workers (other than apprentices) shall be increased by 8¾% on the hourly rates applicable and specified in the Principal Order calculated to the nearest farthing.

Section 4. Notwithstanding anything contained in Sections 2 and 3 above, the provisions of those Sections shall not apply to female workers paid in accordance with Part V of Schedule I of the Principal Order.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Labour Court this 31st day of January, 1956.

(Signed) E. de BÚRCA,

A person authorised under

Section 18

of the

Industrial Relations Act, 1946

, to authenticate the Seal of the Court.