TRADE BOARDS ACTS, 1909 and 1918 - GENERAL WASTE MATERIALS RECLAMATION TRADE - GENERAL MINIMUM TIME-RATES AND OVERTIME RATES

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Trade Boards Acts, 1909 and 1918 applies to the general waste materials reclamation trade in the Irish Free State. The order confirms varied minimum wages for certain classes of female workers and sets effective minimum time-rates for male and female workers employed across branches of the trade, including home-workers. It specifies normal hours of work and defines overtime treatment for work beyond declared hours, including rules for Sunday, public and statutory holidays, with overtime rates expressed as time-and-a-quarter, time-and-a-half, and double time.

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PART I.

SECTION I.—GENERAL MINIMUM TIME-RATES FOR MALE WORKERS

SECTION II.—GENERAL MINIMUM TIME-RATES for all FEMALE WORKERS

PART II.

OVERTIME RATES—MALE AND FEMALE WORKERS—ALL AGES

97-84156-27Ireland.Ministry of Industry and CommerceTrade Boards Acts, 1909 and 1918 Dublin 1927 # COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIESPRESERVATION DIVISIONBIBLIOGRAPHIC MICROFORM TARGET ORIGINAL MATERIAL AS FILMED-EXISTING BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD 308Z Box 672 Irish Free State.Ministry of industry and commerce..Trade boards acts,1909 and 1918.The general wastebranch of the waste materials reclamation trade.Generalminimum time-rates and overtime rates for male and femaleworkers.DublinStationery office,1927.7 p.242m. At head of title:(T.'B.24.)Saorstát Eireann. 1.Vages—Minlmum wage—Irish Free State.2.Waste productsr.TItle. 28-1935Library of CongressHD4966.W3I719272 Reproductions may not be made without permission from Columba University Lbraries. ## RESTRICTIONS ON USE: # TECHNICAL MICROFORM DATA FILM SIZE: mm 10:/ IMAGE PLACEMENT:IA (IIA REDUCTION RATIO: IB IIB DATE FILMED: 8/719INITIALS: ZMTBACKING\#: 26558 FILMED BY PRESERVATION RESOURCES,BETHLEHEM,PA. SAORSTác éiReann TRADE BOARDS ACTS,1909 and 1918. THE GENERAL WASTE BBANCH OF THEWASTE MATERIALS RECLAMATION TRADE. General Minimum Time-Rates and Overtime Rates forMale and Female Workers. 308 Z r672 DUBLIN :PUBLISHED BY THE STATIONERY OFFICE. To be purchased through any Bookseller or directly fromMESSRS.EASON&SON,LTD.,40-41 Lower Sackville Strect,Dublin. 1927. (Price Two Pencenet.) 体 SAORSTAT EIREANN. TRADE BOARDS ACTS,1909 and 1918. GENERAL WASTE MATERIALS RECLAMATION TRADEBOARD(IRISH FREE STATE). WHEREAS the Minister for Industry and Commerce hasreceived intimation from the Trade Board established under theTrade Boards Acts,1909 and 1918,for the GENERAL WASTEMATERIALS RECLAMATION TRADE IN THE IRISH FREESTATE,that the said Board has,in pursuance of the powersvested in it by the said Acts,varied minimum rates of wagesfor certain classes of female workers in the said Trade,and therates as varied are set out in the Schedule to this Order : MINIMUM RATESOF WAGES(AS FIXED AND_ASVARIED)FOR MALE AND FEMALE WORKERS,EFFECTIVE AS FROM 22nd AUGUST,1927, (and incorporating Minimum Rates of Wages effective underprevious Orders of the Minister,particulars of which areindicated in the Schedule below.) NOV 14 1944 PCR SCHEDULE. ## PART I. AND WHEREAS the Minister for Industry and Commerce,having taken the matter into consideration,is of opinion thatthe variations of rates should be confirmed: GENERAL MINIMUM TIME-RATES FOR MALE AND FEMALE WORKERS employed in any Branch of the General Waste Materials Reclamation Trade as defined in ## Part III.of this Schedule. NOW,THEREFORE,the Minister for Industry and Com-merce in pursuance of the powers vested in him by Section 4of the Trade Boards Act,1918,and of every other power himthereunto enabling,hereby confirms the said variations of ratesand he specifies the 22nd DAY OF AUGUST,1927,as the datefrom which the said minimum rates as varied and as set outin the said Schedule shall become effective. SECTION I.—GENERAL MINIMUM TIME-RATES FOR MALE WORKERS(including Home-workers). Per week of 47 hours. s.d. .*460 Workers of 18 years of age and over …1300 ,16 and under 18 years of age… 44-9371 …十176 under 16 years of age … *Effective as from 26th July,1923.十Effective as from 21st April,1922. Given under the Order of the Minister for Industryand Commerce this Second Day of AUGUST,inthe year One thousand nine hundred andtwenty-seven. SECTION II.—GENERAL MINIMUM TIME-RATES for all FEMALE WORKERS(including Home-workers), Per week of 47 hours. s.d.Workers of 20 years of age and over……*2001118 and under 20 years of age.*1801917191811..*16011691711…120115161111415\#…8070 (Signed)R.C.FERGUSON,Roinn Tionnscail agus Trachtala(Department of Industry and Commerce). *Effective from 15th Janu

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What trade is covered under the order?

The order covers the GENERAL WASTE MATERIALS RECLAMATION TRADE in the Irish Free State.

When do the general minimum time-rates become effective?

The minimum rates as varied and set out in the schedule become effective from 22nd August, 1927.

How are overtime rates determined for male and female workers?

Overtime is applied for hours worked beyond the declared normal number of hours, using time-and-a-quarter for the first two overtime hours, time-and-a-half for subsequent overtime (excluding certain holidays), and double time for Sundays and public or statutory holidays.

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