S.I. No. 325/1952 - Employment Regulation Order (Law Clerks Joint Labour Committee), 1952.

S.I. No. 325 of 1952.

EMPLOYMENT REGULATION ORDER (LAW CLERKS JOINT LABOUR COMMITTEE), 1952.

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 9th August, 1951 (hereinafter called " the said Order "), fixing the statutory minimum remuneration and regulating the conditions of employment of workers in relation to whom the Law Clerks 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 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 Employment Regulation Order (Law Clerks Joint Labour Committee), 1952.

(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 28th day of November, 1952, and as from that date the said Order shall be revoked.

SCHEDULE.

PART I.

SECTION I.—MINIMUM RATES OF REMUNERATION FOR MANAGING CLERKS

A Managing Clerk is a legal assistant (not being a Solicitor) of not less than 10 years' experience who is fully experienced in all the branches of a Solicitor's work conducted in the Office in which he is employed and who is able to, and habitually does, conduct legal cases, including the interviewing of clients, in that Office without constant supervision and who is entrusted with the control of a staff of not less then three.

For workers employed in the Co. Boroughs of Dublin and Cork, and the Borough of Dun Laoghaire		For workers employed in the Co. Borough of Limerick		For workers employed in the Co. Borough of Waterford		For workers employed in all other areas.
Per Week		Per Week		Per Week		Per Week
s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.
198	0	193	2	188	2	178	3

SECTION II.—MINIMUM RATES OF REMUNERATION FOR CONVEYANCING CLERKS.

A Conveyancing Clerk is a person who is wholly or mainly engaged in title work in all its branches, including the preparation of contracts, investigation of title, drawing and completion of conveyances, mortgages and other deeds.

	For workers employed in the Co. Boroughs of Dublin and Cork, and the Borough of Dun Laoghaire		For workers employed in the Co. Borough of Limerick		For workers employed in the Co. Borough of Waterford		For workers employed in all other areas.
	Per Week		Per Week		Per Week		Per Week
	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.
1st year of employment	148	6	144	10	141	1	133	8
2nd year of employment	160	11	156	11	152	11	144	10
3rd year of employment and over	173	3	168	11	164	8	156	0

SECTION III.—MINIMUM RATES OF REMUNERATION FOR COSTS CLERKS.

A Costs Clerk is a person who is wholly or mainly engaged in the drawing and taxation of his employer's costs, and who is not remunerated on a commission basis by his employer.

	For workers employed in the Co. Boroughs of Dublin and Cork, and the Borough of Dun Laoghaire		For workers employed in the Co. Borough of Limerick		For workers employed in the Co. Borough of Waterford		For workers employed in all other areas.
	Per Week		Per Week		Per Week		Per Week
	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.
1st year of employment	142	4	138	10	135	3	128	2
2nd year of employment	148	6	144	10	141	1	133	8
3rd year of employment and over	154	8	150	10	147	0	139	3

SECTION IV.—MINIMUM RATES OF REMUNERATION FOR GENERAL LAW CLERKS (MALE) 17 YEARS OF AGE AND OVER.

A General Law Clerk (Male) is a person, other than a Managing Clerk, a Conveyancing Clerk, a Costs Clerk, a Shorthand Typist or a Typist, but who may be a Court Clerk or a Book-keeper, and who is wholly or mainly engaged on clerical duties.

	For workers employed in the Co. Boroughs of Dublin and Cork, and the Borough of Dun Laoghaire		For workers employed in the Co. Borough of Limerick		For workers employed in the Co. Borough of Waterford		For workers employed in all other areas.
	Per Week		Per Week		Per Week		Per Week
	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.
1st year of employment	37	2	37	2	37	2	37	2
2nd year of employment	49	6	49	6	49	6	49	6
3rd year of employment	55	8	55	8	55	8	55	8
4th year of employment	61	11	61	11	61	11	61	11
5th year of employment	80	5	80	5	80	5	80	5
6th year of employment	99	0	96	7	94	2	89	2
7th year of employment	111	5	108	8	105	10	100	4
8th year of employment	129	11	126	9	123	6	117	0
9th year of employment	136	2	132	9	129	5	122	7
10th year of employment and over	142	4	138	10	135	3	128	2

SECTION V.—MINIMUM RATES OF REMUNERATION FOR GENERAL LAW CLERKS (FEMALE) 17 YEARS OF AGE AND OVER.

A General Law Clerk (Female) is a female person, other than a Managing Clerk, a Conveyancing Clerk, a Costs Clerk, a Shorthand Typist, a Typist or a Bookkeeper as defined elsewhere in this Part but who may be a Court Clerk and who is wholly or mainly engaged on and does perform the clerical duties which a General Law Clerk (Male) normally performs.

	For workers employed in the Co. Boroughs of Dublin and Cork, and the Borough of Dun Laoghaire		For workers employed in the Co. Borough of Limerick		For workers employed in the Co. Borough of Waterford		For workers employed in all other areas.
	Per Week		Per Week		Per Week		Per Week
	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.
1st year of employment	37	2	37	2	37	2	37	2
2nd year of employment	49	6	49	6	49	6	49	6
3rd year of employment and over	55	8	55	8	55	8	55	8
4th year of employment	61	11	61	11	61	11	61	11
5th year of employment	74	3	74	3	74	3	74	3
6th year of employment	92	10	90	7	88	3	83	6
7th year of employment	105	2	102	7	99	11	94	8
8th year of employment	117	7	114	8	111	9	105	10
9th year of employment	123	9	120	8	117	7	111	5

SECTION VI.—MINIMUM RATES OF REMUNERATION FOR SHORTHAND-TYPISTS, TYPISTS AND BOOK-KEEPERS (FEMALE).

A Shorthand Typist, a Typist or a Book-keeper (Female) is a female person who is wholly or mainly employed on one or more of the following duties, viz. shorthand, typing, book-keeping, copying, scrivenery, filing, post work or telephone operation.

	For workers employed in the Co. Boroughs of Dublin and Cork, and the Borough of Dun Laoghaire		For workers employed in the Co. Borough of Limerick		For workers employed in the Co. Borough of Waterford		For workers employed in all other areas.
	Per Week		Per Week		Per Week		Per Week
	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.
1st year of employment	37	2	37	2	37	2	37	2
2nd year of employment	49	6	49	6	49	6	49	6
3rd year of employment and over	55	8	55	8	55	8	55	8
4th year of employment	61	11	61	11	61	11	61	11
5th year of employment	74	3	74	3	74	3	74	3
6th year of employment	80	5	78	6	76	6	75	5
7th year of employment	86	8	84	6	82	4	77	11
8th year of employment and over	92	10	90	7	88	3	83	6

SECTION VII.—OVERTIME RATES.

The minimum hourly rates for overtime shall be as follows :—

(i) For the first two hours of overtime—one-and-a-quarter times the hourly rate as defined in Section II, Part II below i.e., Time-and-a-quarter.

(ii) For all hours of overtime in excess of the first two hours—one-and-a-half times the hourly rate as defined in Section II Part II below, i.e., time-and-a-half.

PART II

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT.

The following conditions of employment shall apply to all workers referred to in Part I above.

SECTION I.—Normal Working Week : The normal working week shall not exceed 38 hours. Where the normal working hours prescribed by an employer are 38 or less in any week of not less than five working days, a worker who works the normal working hours so prescribed shall be entitled to the appropriate weekly wage set out in Part I.

SECTION II.—The Hourly Rate : For full-time workers or for part-time workers the hourly rate shall be the appropriate weekly wage divided by 38.

SECTION III.—Meal Intervals : Meal intervals shall not be reckoned as time worked.

SECTION IV.—Overtime : All hours worked in excess of 38 in any week shall be overtime and shall be paid for at overtime rates as specified in Section VII, of Part I of this Order.

SECTION V.—Sundays and Public Holidays : All hours worked on a Sunday on a statutory Public Holiday shall be paid for at twice the hourly rate as defined in Section II above, i.e., at Double Time.

SECTION VI.—Annual Holidays : Workers referred to in Part I of this Order who quaify for annual leave under Section 10 of the Holidays (Employees) Act, 1939 , shall, in addition to the seven consecutive whole holidays prescribed therein, be granted a further period of seven consecutive whole holidays, and payment in respect of this further period shall be calculated in the same manner as that for the statutory period provided by that Act.

PART III.

WORKERS IN RELATION TO WHOM THE COMMITTEE OPERATES.

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 21st day of November, 1952.

(Signed) T. J. CAHILL.

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