Employment Regulation Order (Women's Clothing and Millinery) Joint Labour Committee, 2004
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: On any day other than Sundays and Public Holidays:
(i) For the first four hours of overtime, one and a half times the minimum rate otherwise applicable i.e. time-and-a-half.
(ii) For overtime after the first four hours of overtime, twice the minimum rate otherwise applicable i.e. double time.
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paragraphs: On Sundays and customary or statutory public holidays: twice the minimum rate otherwise applicable i.e. double time.
PART III
ANNUAL LEAVE
All employees are entitled to paid annual leave in accordance with the provisions of the Organisation of Working Time Act, 1997 .
PART IV
WORKERS TO WHOM THIS ORDER APPLIES
The minimum remuneration and conditions of employment set out in this Order shall apply, subject to the provisions of the Industrial Relations Acts, 1946 - 2004 and of this Order, to all workers in respect of any time during which they are employed in any branch of the trade specified in the Trade Boards (Women's Clothing and Millinery) Order, 1926 and the Trade Boards (Women's Clothing and Millinery) (Variation) Order, 1944, that is to say:-
The making from textile or knitted fabrics of (a) tailored and non-tailored wearing apparel (other than handkerchiefs) worn by women or girls or by children without distinction of sex; or (b) boys' ready made washing suits or sailor suits, where carried out in association with, or in conjunction with, the making of garments to be worn by women or girls, or by children without distinction of sex; and the making from any material of women's or female children's headgear, or the trimming thereof.
including:-
(1) All operations and processes of cutting, making or finishing by hand or machine of coats, costumes, coatfrocks, mantles, service clothing, dresses, skirts, wraps, blouses, blouse robes, jumpers, sports-coats, neckwear, tea-gowns, dressing-gowns, dressing-jackets, pyjamas, underclothing, underskirts, aprons, overalls, juvenile clothing, baby-linen or similar articles.
(2) (a) The altering of any of the above-mentioned garments where carried out in association with, or in conjunction with, the altering, repairing, renovating or re-making of such garments.
(b) The cleaning of any of the above-mentioned garments where carried out in association with, or in conjunction with, the altering, repairing, renovating or re-making of such garments.
(3) All processes of embroidery or decorative needlework where carried out in association with, or in conjunction with, the making, altering, repairing, renovating or re-making of such articles other than hand embroidery or hand drawn-thread work on articles made of linen or cotton or of mixed linen and cotton.
(4) The lining with fur of any of the above-mentioned garments where carried out in association with, or in conjunction with, the making of such garments.
(5) The following processes, if done by machine; thread-drawing, thread-clipping, top-sewing, scalloping, nickelling and paring.
(6) Laundering, smoothing, folding, ornamenting, boxing, packing, warehousing or other operations incidental or appertaining to the making, altering, repairing, renovating or re-making of any of the above-mentioned articles.
But excluding:-
(a) The making of knitted articles, knitted headgear, the making of headgear from knitted fabrics; the making of underclothing, socks, and stockings from knitted fabrics and the making from knitted fabrics of articles mentioned in paragraph 1, where carried on in association with, or in conjunction with, the manufacture of the knitted fabrics.
(b) The making of gloves, spats, gaiters, boots, shoes and slippers.
(c) The making from rubberised or oilskin material or material commonly called plastic of men's or women's, boys' or girls' outer garments excluding aprons; and the making from rubberised or oilskin material or material commonly called plastic of women's or girls' headgear where carried out in association with, or in conjunction with, the making of other rubberised oilskin or plastic articles.
(d) The making of women's collars and cuffs and of nurses' stiff washing belts where carried on in association with, or in conjunction with, the making of men's or boys' shirts or collars.
(e) Warehousing, packing and other similar operations carried on in shops mainly engaged in the retail distribution of articles of any description that are not made on the premises.
(f) The casting and making of solid metal helmets.
(g) The lining with fur of any of the articles mentioned in paragraph 1 above, and the making of fur hats, where carried on in association with, or in conjunction with, the manufacture of furs or furriers' skins into garments, rugs or similar articles.
(h) The branches of the trade covered by the Trade Board (Corset) Order, 1919.
(i) The making of hoods which:-
(i) are for women's or female children's headgear
and
(ii) are from materials which, at any stage of the making of the hoods, are felted in the premises in which the hoods are made.
PART V
DEFINITIONS
SECTION I
The term “homeworker” shall be deemed to mean a worker who works in her/his own home or any other place not under the control or management of her/his employer.
SECTION II
A Learner is a worker who:-
(a) is employed during the whole or a substantial part of the hours of work in learning any branch or process of the trade by an employer who provides the learner with reasonable facilities for such learning; and
(b) has received a learner's certificate or has been registered in accordance with the rules from time to time laid down by the Joint Labour Committee or has made an application for such certificate of registration which has been duly acknowledged and is still under consideration.