Employment Regulation Order (Tailoring Joint Labour Committee) 1979.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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Presser-off, is a person employed in pressing off a garment or major portion of a garment by hand or machine where the work requires judgement and skill to ensure required quality standards.
JOB CLASS 3:
Inline Passer . Warehouse Worker General Worker Packer and Machine operators employed primarily in the making of Samples.
£57.00
£57.00
JOB CLASS 4:
Machine operators employed full-time as spare operators to fill in as required on a variety of processes and machines.
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JOB CLASS 5:
Machine operators, operating sewing machines or automatic or semi-automatic ancillary machines in all the processes of making a garment including all other operations, either by hand or machine, where the flexibility and skill employed are not of Class 3 or 4 standards and are of a highly repetitive nature.
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All other operations not covered in Job Classes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
The minimum rate payable for job Class 5 is £50 per week. Incentive based earnings shall be calculated on £46 per week to gross no less than £50 per week.
LEARNERS.
(i) For 1st six months of Learnership— 60% of job class 5 i.e. £50 for 40 hours work per week.
For 2nd six months of Learnership — 70% of job class 5 i.e. £50 for 40 hours work per week.
For 3rd six months of Learnership or at 20 years of age of over — 80% of job class 5 i.e. £50 for 40
hours work per week.
For 4th six months of Learnership — 90% of job class 5 i.e. £50 for 40 hours work per week.
After two years — 100% of appropriate Job Class rate.
(ii) On completion of two years' learnership a person may be appointed to a job in Job Class 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 and shall be entitled to the general minimum remuneration appropriate to that Job Class.
SECTION II.
PIECE-WORK BASIS RATE FOR ALL WORKERS.
Workers, including Learners, when employed on Piece-Work, shall be paid for each operation on which so employed, a Piece-Rate not less than that which would yield at least the equivalent of the rate applicable to the relevant Job Class.
SECOND PHASE.
The Second Phase shall operate from 20th February, 1980.
Under this second phase, the basic pay of employees should be increased by 2 per cent, together with an increase of 1 per cent for each 1 per cent rise over 7 per cent in the Consumer Price Index in the period mid-November, 1978 to mid-November, 1979 subject to a limit of 5 per cent.
In respect of any increase above 12 per cent in the Consumer Price Index in the period mid-November 1978 to mid-November 1979, an amount of 60p for each one percentage point should be paid, subject to a limit of £2.40 per week.
The minimum increase under this phase should be £3 per week.
PART II.
HATMAKING BRANCH.
GENERAL MINIMUM TIME-RATES AND PIECE-WORK BASIS TIME-RATES FOR WORKERS EMPLOYED IN JOB CLASSES REPRESENTED BELOW, OR IN JOBS EQUAL IN SKILL, EFFORT AND RESPONSIBILITY TO JOBS REPRESENTED BELOW, SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE EQUAL PAY ACT.
Section 1.
General Minimum Time-Rates
Per week Date of order
JOB CLASS 1:
CUTTER (other than Lining Cutter) A Cutter is a person employed in marking in and cutting, using electric machine, band knife, shears or hand knife on any material other than linings, interlinings, or any other trimmings
£56.54
BLOCKER.
A Blocker is a person employed in pulling-on and blocking hats or caps by hand iron or steam, or by hydraulic machine, and in making shapes by the French gas block.
JOB CLASS 2:
LINING CUTTER.
A Lining Cutter is a person employed in cutting linings and interlinings, or in marking-out, laying or hooking up.
£56.02
WAREHOUSE WORKER.
A Warehouse Worker is a person employed wholly or mainly on the following operations, viz., the assembling, keeping, storing and distributing of stock (excluding such operations included in the definition of a Packer or General Worker as defined in this Section) and who has been so employed for not less than two years, or has reached the age of 21 years.
JOB CLASS 3:
PACKER.
A Packer is a person employed wholly or mainly upon the operation of packing goods and material (excluding such operations included in the definition of General Worker or Warehouse Worker as defined in this Section) and who has been so employed for not less than two years, or has reached the age of 21 years.
£55.53
GENERAL WORKERS.
A General Worker is a person performing operations requiring levels of flexibility and experience in excess of Job Class 5.
MACHINE OPERATORS.
Machine Operators employed primarily in the making of samples.
JOB CLASS 4.
Machine operators employed full-time as spare operators to fill in as required on a variety of processes and machines.
£50.50
JOB CLASS 5.
Machine operators, operating sewing machines or automatic or semi-automatic and ancillary machines in all the processes of making a garment including all other operations, either by hand or by machine, where the flexibility and skill employed are not of Class 3 or 4 standards and are of a highly repetitive nature.
All other operations not covered in Job Classes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
£45.31
LEARNERS.
(i) For 1st six months of Learnership — 60% of job class 5 for 40 hours work per week.
For 2nd six months of Learnership — 70% of job class 5 for 40 hours work per week.
For 3rd six months of Learnership or at 20 years of age or over — 80% of job class 5 for 40 hours
work per week.
For 4th six months of Learnership —90% of job class 5 for 40 hours work per week.
After two years —100% of appropriate Job Class rate per week.
(ii) On completion of two years' Learnership a person may be appointed to a job Class 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 and shall be entitled to the general minimum remuneration appropriate to that Job Class.
SECTION II.
PIECE-WORK BASIS TIME-RATE FOR ALL WORKERS.
Workers, including Learners, when employed on Piece-Work for which no General Minimum Piece-Rate has been fixed by the Committee, shall be paid for each operation on which so employed a Piece-Rate not less than that which would yield in the circumstances of the case to an ordinary worker at least the equivalent of the rate applicable to the relevant Job Class.
SECOND PHASE.
The Second Phase shall operate from 20th February, 1980.
Under this second phase, the basic pay of the employees should be increased by 2 per cent together with an increase of 1 per cent for each 1 per cent rise over 7 per cent in the Consumer Price Index in the period mid-November 1978 to mid-November, 1979 subject to a limit of 5 per cent.
In respect of any increase above 12 per cent in the Consumer Price Index in the period mid-November, 1978 to mid-November, 1979, an amount of 60p for each one percentage point should be paid, subject to a limit of £2.40 per week.
The minimum increase under this phase should be £3 per week.
PART III.
NORMAL WORKING HOURS.
SECTION I.
( a ) For that class of workers who customarily attend on six days a Week:
Normal Hours
Workers over 16 years of age In any week
40
On any day other than the short day not exceeding
8
On the short day not exceeding
4
( b ) For that class of workers who customarily attend on five days a week:
For Workers of 18 years and over
For Workers whose age is less than 18 and over 16 years
In any week
Monday to Thursday (inclusive) not exceeding
On Friday not exceeding
40
9
40
8
8
Workers over 16 years and under 18 years; the maximum number of hours which may be worked shall be governed by the provisions of the Protection of Young Persons (Employment) Act, 1977 .
Normal Hours
Maximum Hours
Workers between 15 and 16 years of age
In any week not exceeding
37½
40
On any day not exceeding
8
8
PROVIDED THAT.
Overtime shall be payable where on any day the number of hours worked exceeds the normal number of hours for that day, notwithstanding that the number of hours worked in the week does not exceed the normal number of hours of work for the week.
SECTION II OVERTIME RATES.
The minimum rates for overtime to apply in respect of hours worked by a worker employed in any Branch of the trade whether employed on Time-Work or on Piece-Work in excess of the normal number of hours shall as follows:—
(1) 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.
(2) On Sunday — Twice the minimum rate otherwise applicable i.e. double time.
(3) On Customary or Statutory Public Holidays.
Twice the minimum rate otherwise applicable i.e. double time plus a day in lieu or treble time.
PART IV.
ANNUAL HOLIDAYS.
Those workers who do not have 17 days annual leave shall be entitled to a total of 17 days leave the additional day(s) to be taken during the current employment year, or before the 31st March, 1980, and thereafter as additional holidays per year. The entitlement to these additional day(s) shall be based on the provisions of the Holidays (Employees) Act, 1973 .
PART V.
CONDITIONS GOVERNING LEARNERSHIP.
SECTION I — 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 certificate, or has been registered in accordance with rules from time to time laid down by the Joint Labour Committee, or has made an application for such certificate or registration which has been duly acknowledged and is still under consideration.
Provided that—
(i) The Certification or registration of a Learner shall become invalid if the other conditions of Learnership are not complied with.