S.I. No. 308/1947 - Law Clerks Joint Labour Committee (Establishment) Order, 1947.

STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS. 1947. No. 308.

LAW CLERKS JOINT LABOUR COMMITTEE (ESTABLISHMENT) ORDER, 1947.

WHEREAS pursuant to the provisions of Section 36 of the Industrial Relations Act, 1946 , application has been made to the Labour Court by a trade union of workers for the establishment of a Joint Labour Committee with respect to certain workers including the workers described in the Schedule to this Order and their employers :

AND WHEREAS the Labour Court, having considered the application, is satisfied that the existing machinery for effective regulation of remuneration and other conditions of employment of the workers described in the said Schedule is inadequate :

AND WHEREAS the Labour Court is further satisfied that having regard to the existing rates of remuneration and conditions of employment of the workers described in the said Schedule it is expedient that a Joint Labour Committee should be established :

AND WHEREAS the provisions of Section 38 of the Industrial Relations Act, 1946 , have been complied with :

AND WHEREAS the Labour Court held, in pursuance of the said Section 38, an inquiry into the application on the 12th June, 1947, and has considered all objections submitted in accordance with the said Section :

NOW, THEREFORE, the Labour Court, by virtue of the powers conferred on it by sections 35 and 39 of the Industrial Relations Act, 1946 , HEREBY ORDERS as follows :—

(1) A Committee is hereby established to perform, in relation to the workers described in the Schedule to this Order, and their employers, the functions assigned to it by Part IV of the Industrial Relations Act, 1946 .

(2) The Committee established by this Order may be known as the Law Clerks Joint Labour Committee.

(3) This Order may be cited as the Law Clerks Joint Labour Committee (Establishment) Order, 1947.

(4) This Order shall come into operation on the 6th day of November, 1947.

SCHEDULE.

Clerical workers and Messengers whether whole time or part time employed by Solicitors in connection with their professional work and by bodies corporate in their law departments under the direction of their law agents including managing clerks, general law clerks, court-clerks, costs-clerks, typists, stenographers and book-keepers but excluding Solicitors' Apprentices and Solicitors.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Labour Court this 17th day of October, 1947.

(Signed), T. J. CAHILL,

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