S.I. No. 139/1968 - Employment Regulation Order (Provender Milling Joint Labour Committee), 1968.

S.I. No. 139 of 1968.

EMPLOYMENT REGULATION ORDER (PROVENDER MILLING JOINT LABOUR COMMITTEE), 1968.

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 Employment Regulation Order (Provender Milling Joint Labour Committee), 1966 dated 20th July, 1966 ( S.I. No. 178 of 1966 ) (hereinafter called "the said Order") fixing the statutory minimum rates of remuneration and regulating the statutory conditions of employment of workers in relation to whom the Provender Milling 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 statutory minimum rates of remuneration and regulating the statutory 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 (Provender Milling Joint Labour Committee), 1968.

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 1st day of July, 1968, and as from that date the said Order shall be revoked.

SCHEDULE.

Statutory Minimum Remuneration and Conditions of Employment.

SECTION 1.

Workers to Whom this Schedule Applies.

Workers, other than carters and lorry drivers, employed in the manufacture for sale or on commission (including packing where such packing is carried on in conjunction with such manufacture) of animal feeding stuffs by any process whatsoever including the grinding, cutting or flaking of cereals and the mixing of one substance with another substance but excluding production merely by natural agencies or in the course of ordinary farm husbandry.

"Animal feeding stuff" means any article manufactured for use as food for horses, mules, jennets, asses, cattle, sheep, swine, goats or poultry, but does not include grass meal.

SECTION 2.

Zones.

In this Schedule—

Zone A means the County Boroughs of Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Waterford.

Zone B means the Boroughs of Drogheda, Sligo, Wexford, Galway, Kilkenny, and Clonmel and the Urban Districts of Dundalk and Tralee including in each case an area within a radius of 3 miles from the central post office.

Zone C means all other areas.

SECTION 3.—STATUTORY MINIMUM REMUNERATION.

Weekly Rates	With effect from 1/7/1968			From the 1/7/1969		With effect from 1/7/1968			From the 1/7/1969		With effect from 1/7/1968		From the 1/7/1969
ZONE A Per week			Zone B Per week					Zone C Per week
	s.	d.		s.	d.	s.	d.		s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.
MALE WORKERS:
Male Workers of 21 years of age and upwards	252	0		269	6	229	0		246	6	218	6	236	0
Age 20 to 21 years .. .. .. ..	185	0		198	6	172	0		185	6	163	6	177	0
,, 19 to 20 ,, .. .. .. ..	160	0		171	6	148	6		160	0	141	6	153	0
,, 18 to 19 ,, .. .. .. ..	137	0		147	0	126	0		136	0	120	0	130	0
,, 17 to 18 ,, .. .. .. ..	110	0		118	0	97	6		105	6	91	6	99	6
,, 16 to 17 ,, .. .. .. ..	88	0		94	6	78	6		85	0	73	0	79	6
Under 16 years of age .. .. ..	77	0		83	0	69	6		75	6	64	6	70	6

FEMALE WORKERS:
Female Workers of 21 years of age and upwards	167	0		179	6	155	0		167	6	147	0	159	6
Age 20 to 21 years .. .. .. ..	124	6		134	0	115	6		125	0	109	6	119	0
,, 19 to 20 ,, .. .. .. ..	107	6		115	6	100	0		108	0	95	6	103	6
,, 18 to 19 ,, .. .. .. ..	92	6		99	6	85	0		92	0	81	0	88	0
,, 17 to 18 ,, .. .. .. ..	74	6		80	6	67	0		73	0	61	6	67	6
,, 16 to 17 ,, .. .. .. ..	60	0		65	0	52	6		57	6	50	0	55	0
Under 16 years of age .. .. ..	52	6		57	6	46	6		51	6	44	0	49	0

HOURLY RATE:

The hourly rate shall be ascertained by dividing the appropriate weekly wage by the appropriate number of hours as set out in Section 4 below calculated to the nearest farthing.

SECTION 4.—NORMAL WORKING HOURS.

The normal number of hours to be worked by workers other than shift workers shall be as follows:—

With effect from	ZONE A		ZONE B		ZONE C		For Workers under 18 years all areas
	Over 18 years of age	Over 18 years of age	Over 18 years of age	Over 18 years of age	Over 18 years of age	Over 18 years of age
	1st July, 1968	6th January, 1969	1st July, 1968	6th January, 1969	1st July, 1968	6th January, 1969

The normal number of hours to be worked by shift workers shall be as follows:—

With Effect from	ZONE A		ZONE B		ZONE C
1st July, 1968	6th January, 1969	1st July, 1968	6th January, 1969	1st July, 1968	6th January, 1969
In any week .. ..	40	40	41½	40	42	40	40

SECTION 5.

Overtime Rates.

The minimum rates for overtime, which shall be calculated on a daily basis, to apply in respect of hours worked by male and female workers in excess of the normal number of hours of work shall be as follows:—

(a) For all time worked in excess of the normal number of hours of work the overtime rate shall be one-and-a-half times the general minimum time-rate otherwise applicable, i.e. time-and-a-half, except in so far as double time is payable under the provisions of paragraph (b) of this Section.

(b) For all time worked on Sundays or statutory public holidays (or customary public holidays substituted therefor) the overtime rate shall be twice the general minimum time-rate otherwise applicable, i.e. double time.

SECTION 6.

Shift Work Allowances.

Shift workers shall receive in addition to the basic statutory minimum remuneration of shift allowance as follows:—

(a) Third or Night Shift, in accordance with the terms of the Shift Work Licence granted by the Minister for Labour, an allowance in addition to the statutory minimum remuneration ... ... ...	7s. 0d.
(b) Second or Evening Shift, as above ... ... ...	4s. 0d.
(c) First or Morning Shift, as above ... ... ...	3s. 0d.

These allowances shall not be computable for overtime.

SECTION 7.

Holidays and Holiday Remuneration.

Workers in relation to whom the Committee operates shall be granted holidays in accordance with the provisions of the Holidays (Employees) Act, 1961 , except that workers with two years service with the same Employer (reckoned from the date on which the worker first took up employment with the Employer) shall be granted additional Annual Leave as follows:

2 additional days in the employment year 1967/1968 and future employment years

2 further additional days in the employment year 1968-1969 and future employment years

1 further additional day in the employment year 1969/1970 and future employment years.

SECTION 8.

Service Pay with Effect from 6th January, 1969.

Male and Female Workers who have 10 years service or over with the same Employer to be granted 5/-d. per week.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Labour Court this 21st day of

June, 1968.

D. Mac DIARMADA,

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

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Instrument fixes new statutory minimum rates of pay and regulates statutory conditions of employment as from 1st July, 1968 for workers employed in the Provender Milling Industry. It is made by the Labour Court on the recommendation of the Provender Milling Joint Labour Committee.