Employment Regulation Order (Aerated Waters and Wholesale Bottling Joint Labour Committee), 1975.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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SECTION I
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Female Workers of 18 years of age and over
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Note
In the case of workers employed on piece-work each piece-rate paid must be such as will yield, in the circumstances of the case, to an ordinary worker not less than the appropriate General Minimum Time-rate.
Hourly Rate
The hourly rate should be ascertained by dividing by the appropriate number of hours as set out in Part II, Section I.
Fourth Phase
The Fourth Phase increase—which shall be applied to the basic rate as at the end of the third phase—shall be in accordance with the fourth phase of the National Wage Agreement 1975 as in force on the operative date of the fourth phase.
PART IINormal Working Hours and Overtime Rates
SECTION I
( a ) The normal number of hours to be worked in any week shall be 40 hours.
( b ) The working week shall be one of 5 days, the off-day to be taken on the normal local short day, unless otherwise mutually agreed between the employer and worker.
PROVIDED THAT:—
(i) All hours worked by a worker on the weekly off-day, on Sundays and on Customary Public or Statutory Holidays shall be regarded as Overtime to which the Overtime Rates shall apply.
(ii) In any week in which one or more Customary Public or Statutory Holidays occur, the normal number of hours shall be less in respect of each such holiday, the number of hours which would have been worked on such holidays if it had been a normal working day.
SECTION II
The Minimum Rates for Overtime to apply in respect of hours worked by Male or Female workers, whether employed on Time-work or on Piece-Work, 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) and (c) of this Section.
( b ) For all time worked on Sundays and on Customary Public or Statutory Holidays, the Overtime Rate shall be twice the General Minimum Time-Rate otherwise applicable— i.e. Double Time.
( c ) For all time worked in excess of four hours on the customary day off the Overtime Rate shall be twice the General Minimum Time-Rate otherwise applicable— i.e. Double Time.
PART IIIWorkers in Relation to Whom the Committee Operates
The above Statutory Minimum Remuneration shall be payable subject to the provisions of the Industrial Relations Act, 1946 , and of this Order, to all workers in respect of any time during which they are employed in any Branch of the Trade as specified hereunder:—
THE AERATED WATERS AND WHOLESALE BOTTLING TRADE, that is to say:
( a ) The manufacture, wherever carried on, of mineral or aerated waters, non-alcoholic cordials, flavoured syrups, unfermented sweet drinks and other similar beverages and the manufacture under licence of brewed liquors elsewhere than upon the licensed premises of a cider manufacturer or of a brewer of beer;
( b ) the operations of bottle-washing, bottling and filling and all other operations preparatory to the sale of any of the aforesaid liquors in bottles, jars, syphons, casks or other similar receptacles;
( c ) the operations of bottle-washing, bottling and filling and all subsidiary operations preparatory to the sale under a Beer Dealer's licence in bottles, jars and other similar receptacles of ale, stout, porter and other alcoholic beers except where such operations are conducted or carried on upon the licensed premises of a brewer of beer and
( d ) the operations of bottle-washing, bottling and filling and all subsidiary operations preparatory to the sale by wholesale of cider in bottles, jars or other similar receptacles, except where such operations are conducted or carried on upon the licensed premises of a cider manufacturer.
PART IVAnnual Leave
( a ) Workers in relation to whom the Committee operates shall be granted annual leave in accordance with the provisions of the Holidays (Employees) Act, 1961 , except that workers with 1 year's service with the same employer shall be granted 5 additional days annual leave.
( b ) The Additional Annual Leave may be granted at such time as may be agreed between the worker and employer.
( c ) The expression "employment year" where used in this part shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Holidays (Employees) Act, 1961 .
PART VService Pay
Male and Female Workers who have been in continuous employment with the one employer to be granted Service Pay as follows:
NUMBER OF YEARS EMPLOYMENT
5
10
15
20
Pence
Pence
Pence
£
25
50
75
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PART VIPension and Mortality Scheme
Pending the introduction of a pensions and mortality scheme a temporary mortality scheme commencing from 15th June, 1970 to be provided for workers for whom cover can be obtained at normal rates of premium and who have at least 2 years service with their present employer.
Category of Worker
Death Benefit
Male workers aged 25— 65 years
£1,500
Female workers aged 30— 65 years
£1,500
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Court this 4th day of December, 1975.
(Signed) D. MacDIARMADA
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 the 5th December, 1975 for workers employed in the Aerated Waters and Wholesale Bottling Trade. It is made by the Labour Court on the Recommendation of the Aerated Waters and Wholesale Bottling Joint Labour Committee.