Employment Regulation Order (Shirtmaking Joint Labour Committee) 1961
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

num: 1
paragraphs: Men's plain square shirts: Per Doz. Shirts:
Single Seams ... ... ... ...
12
5
11
3
Double Seams ... ... ... ...
16
3¼
14
9¾
num: 2
paragraphs: Boys' plain square shirts:
Single Seams (Sizes 1-5) ... ...
9
5
8
5¼
(Sizes 6-9) ... ...
10
10½
9
9½
Double Seams (Sizes 1-5) ... ...
11
1¾
10
1
(Sizes 6-9) ... ...
13
3¾
12
0¼
(The above rates cover all the machine work normally done by the Home-worker on the shirts, but do not cover the making of button holes and sewing on of buttons).
Additional rates to be paid in the case of shirts in which the undermentioned variations occur:—
num: 3
paragraphs: Armholes shaped ... ... ... ...
5¼
5¼
num: 4
paragraphs: Front of Shirt shaped ... ... ...
5¼
5¼
num: 5
paragraphs: Back or front lining ... ... ... ...
1
1½
1
0¼
num: 6
paragraphs: Back and front lining
2
3¼
1
11¾
num: 7
paragraphs: Tab below breast piece ... ... ...
8¾
7¼
num: 8
paragraphs: Making button holes and sewing on buttons
1
4½
1
1½
num: 9
paragraphs: Stitching on name labels, per doz. labels ...
7¼
6¾
num: 10
paragraphs: Making collar tops, per doz. collar tops ...
9¼
8½
num: 11
paragraphs: Sewing on collar tops ... ... ... ...
1
1½
1
0¼
num: 12
paragraphs: Sewing on pockets, per doz. shirts ... ...
5¼
5¼
NOTE.—For the purpose of the General Minimum Piece-Rates set out in this section the following definitions and conditions shall apply:—
(i) A coarse shirt shall be deemed to be a shirt made from any kind of the following materials—
Flannelette, army grey, khaki, sateen drill, coarse Oxford, Harvard and twisted tweed.
(ii) A plain square shirt shall be deemed to be a shirt without shape in the armholes, skirts or cuffs, with a shoulder piece or lifted shoulder, with band and cuffs made in one piece, and with single breast piece having only one row of stitching and the bottom square or diamond.
SECTION II.—WORKERS EMPLOYED IN MAKING SHIRTS OTHER THAN COARSE SHIRTS:—
(A) Homeworkers employed elsewhere than in Co. Donegal.
The General Minimum Piece-Rates for Home-Workers employed elsewhere than within the Administrative Area of the County of Donegal in making shirts other than Coarse Shirts, shall be the rates set out below.
MACHINING—
Per doz.
Shirts
s.
d.
num: 1
paragraphs: Stitching on casings, Back ... ... ... ... ...
9¼
num: 2
paragraphs: Stitching on casings, Front ... ... ... ... ...
9¼
num: 3
paragraphs: Stitching on trimming:
(a) Neckbands ... ... ... ... ... ...
1
4½
(b) Neckbands (if dressed) ... ... ... ...
1
8¾
(c) Cuffs (ordinary gathering) ... ... ... ...
1
8¾
(d) Cuffs (measured gathering) ... ... ... ...
3
10½
num: 4
paragraphs: Making and stitching on yokes ... ... ... ... ...
2
5¾
num: 5
paragraphs: Stitching back of yoke to back body only ... ... ...
2
0¾
num: 6
paragraphs: Making sleeves—4 pieces: 2 pieces and 2 hems, or 4 hems and 2 vents ... ... ... ... ... ...
1
8¾
num: 7
paragraphs: Putting in Sleeves and seaming Sleeves and Body with Vents (double seaming and double stitching all through) ...
5
2¾
num: 8
paragraphs: Double seaming and double stitching Gore in Sleeve ... ...
9¼
num: 9
paragraphs: Stitching on Neck Pieces ... ... ... ... ... ...
9¼
num: 10
paragraphs: Stitching on Name Labels: 7d. per dozen labels.
HAND FINISHING—
num: 11
paragraphs: Hemming inside Neckbands: per dozen Shirts ... ...
4
11¼
num: 12
paragraphs: Sewing Cuff Holes (7/8 inch) per dozen Holes ... ... ...
1
11¾
num: 13
paragraphs: Sewing ½ inch Holes, per dozen Holes ... ... ... ...
1
4
num: 14
paragraphs: Sewing on Buttons for 3 dozen Buttons ... ... ...
7¼
(B) Home-workers employed in County Donegal.
The General Minimum Piece-Rates for Home-workers, employed within the Administrative Area of the County of Donegal in making Shirts other than Coarse Shirts shall be the rates shown hereunder:
PROCESSES—
Per dozen
Shirts
s.
d.
num: 1
paragraphs: Yoking (Single Yokes) ... ... ... ... ... ...
1
8¼
num: 2
paragraphs: Yoking and Taping (Double Yokes, pleat on back body) ...
2
2¾
num: 3
paragraphs: Yoking (Double Yokes, 2 rows at back body) ... ... ...
2
10
num: 4
paragraphs: Yoking (Double Yokes, back body gathered) ... ... ...
3
2¾
num: 5
paragraphs: Cuffing (when laid up stitched through) ... ... ...
1
2¼
num: 6
paragraphs: Cuffing (Sleeves gathered) ... ... ... ... ...
1
4
num: 7
paragraphs: Cuffing (Cuffs run on) ... ... ... ... ... ...
1
5
num: 8
paragraphs: Stiff Cuffs when dressed ... ... ... ... ... ...
1
4½
num: 9
paragraphs: Banding ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
1
5
num: 10
paragraphs: Banding (Bands run on by machine) ... ... ... ...
2
4
num: 11
paragraphs: Hemming inside neckband by hand ... ... ... ...
3
10
num: 12
paragraphs: Side Seaming and Sleeving ... ... ... ... ...
2
3¾
num: 13
paragraphs: Side Seaming and Sleeving (Vented) ... ... ... ...
2
6¾
num: 14
paragraphs: Stitching down Vents ... ... ... ... ... ...
5¼
num: 15
paragraphs: Hemming Sleeves (no Vents) ... ... ... ... ...
5¼
Per doz.
Shirts
s.
d.
num: 16
paragraphs: Hemming and Venting Sleeves ... ... ... ... ...
6½
num: 17
paragraphs: One Sleeve Piece and Hem, or two Sleeve Pieces ... ...
1
1
num: 18
paragraphs: Sleeve Gores ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
5¼
num: 19
paragraphs: Casings round armholes (Back) ... ... ... ... ...
5¼
num: 20
paragraphs: Casings round armholes (Front) ... ... ... ... ...
6½
num: 21
paragraphs: Patch (Split) or Neck Piece ... ... ... ... ...
6½
num: 22
paragraphs: Stitching on Name Labels (One Label per Shirt) ... ...
5¼
num: 23
paragraphs: Stitching on Name Labels (Two Labels per Shirt) ... ...
6½
num: 24
paragraphs: Hand Buttonholes (½ inch holes) Per dozen Holes ... ...
1
1¼
num: 25
paragraphs: Hand Buttonholes (7/8 inch holes) Per dozen Holes ... ...
1
5
num: 26
paragraphs: Sewing on Buttons by hand, per dozen Buttons ... ...
2½
SECTION III.—WORKERS EMPLOYED IN MAKING PYJAMAS.
Home workers employed in County Donegal.
The General Minimum Piece-Rates for Home-workers employed within the Administrative Area of the County of Donegal in making Pyjamas shall be the rates shown hereunder
(a) MACHINING PYJAMAS including the following processes:—
Stitching Pocket on Jacket (one piece pocket). Double stitching or felling Parts and Jacket (full back) 4 seams in Jacket, 4 seams in Sleeves, and 3 seams in Pants. Stitching on Collar. Laying up and stitching skirt of Jacket and ends of Sleeves and Pants. Making Girdle Hem, and inserting Girdle. Making Fly. Putting on Patch. Stitching on size Labels on Jacket and Pants. Running, turning and stitching collar. Laying and stitching on one-piece strap:—
s.
d.
General Minimum Piece Rates:— Jackets per dozen ...
11
9½
Pants do. ...
9
8½
(b) The following additional Rates shall be paid in respect of the processes and variations named hereunder:—
PROCESSES:
s.
d.
Laying and stitching on two-piece strap, per dozen Suits ...
5¼
Stitching on name Labels, per dozen Labels ... ... ...
5¼
Sewing on Buttons by hand, per dozen Buttons ... ...
2½
VARIATIONS:
s.
d.
Split Back in Jacket, per dozen Suits ... ... ...
6½
Split Pants, per dozen Suits ... ... ... ... ...
1
1
PART III
GENERAL MINIMUM TIME-RATES AND PIECE-WORK BASIS TIME-RATES FOR MALE AND FEMALE WORKERS EMPLOYED IN THE TIE MAKING BRANCH OF THE TRADE
SECTION I.—General Minimum Time-Rates for Male Workers (all areas).
Per Hour
s.
d.
(a) Tie Cutters of 22 years of age and over, who are employed as such during the whole or a substantial part of their time, and who have had not less than five years' experience in Tie Cutting ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
4
2
(b) Male Workers (Other than Tie-Cutters as specified in (a) above):—
s.
d.
When employed under 15 years of age ... ... ... ...
9¾
,, ,, at 15 and under 16 years of age ... ... ...
11½
,, ,, ,, 16 ,, ,, 17,,,,,, ... ...
1
1½
,, ,, ,, 17 ,, ,, 18,,,,,, ... ...
1
3¼
,, ,, ,, 18 ,, ,, 19,,,,,, ... ...
1
6
,, ,, ,, 19 ,, ,, 20,,,,,, ... ... ...
1
10
,, ,, ,, 20 ,, ,, 21,,,,,, ... ... ...
2
0
,, ,, ,, 21 ,, ,, 22,,,,,, ... ... ... ...
2
7¼
,, ,, ,, 22 years of age and over ... ... ...
3
3½
SECTION II.—General Minimum Time Rates for Female Workers (all areas).
Per Hour
s.
d.
(a) Female Workers (other than Learners) ... ... ... ...
2
3½
(b) Female Learners as defined in Part VI:—
Period of Employment
Learners commencing at
18 years of age or over
An earlier age than 18 years
Per Hour
Per Hour
s.
d.
s.
d.
During 1st year of Learnership ... ... ...
11
9½
,, 2nd,, ,, ,, ... ... ...
1
6¼
1
1¾
,, 3rd,, ,, ,, ... ... ...
—
1
3¾
,, 4th,, ,, ,, ... ... ...
—
1
7¼
Per Hour
s.
d.
SECTION III.—Piece-Work Basis Time-Rates for all Female Workers ... ... ... ...(All Areas)
2
3½
SECTION IV.—General Minimum Piece-Rate for Female Home-Workers ... ... ... ...(All Areas)
Per Dozen
s.
d.
Making of Neck Ties (exclusive of cutting). ...
10
9
PART IV
NORMAL WORKING HOURS AND OVERTIME RATES
The normal number of hours to be worked by workers in relation to whom the Committee operates shall be as follows:—
(a) Workers of 18 years of age and over:
In any Week ... ... ... ... ...
42
On any day other than the Short Day ...
8
On the Short Day ... ... ... ...
4
(b) Workers whose age is less than 18 years:—
In any Week ... ... ... ... ...
40
The Minimum Rate for Overtime to apply in respect of all hours worked in excess of the above declared normal number of hours shall be one-and-a-quarter times the Minimum Rate (whether Time-Rate or Piece-Rate) otherwise applicable i.e., TIME-AND-A-QUARTER.
PART VIII
WAITING TIME
A worker must be paid not less than the appropriate Minimum Rate in respect of all time during which he is present on the employer's premises unless the employer can prove that such worker was so present (a) without the employer's consent, express or implied, or (b) for some purpose unconnected with his work and other than waiting for work to be given him to perform; or unless the worker was present (c) only by reason of the fact that he was resident on the premises, or (d) during normal meal hours in a room or place in which no work is being done.
A worker employed on piece-work is deemed during "waiting time" to have been employed at the General Minimum Time-Rate applicable.
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Court, this 18th day of July, 1961.
(Signed) P. D. McCARTHY.
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 minimum rates of pay and regulates conditions of employment as from the 31st July, 1961, for workers employed in the Shirtmaking Trade. It is made by the Labour Court on the recommendation of the Shirtmaking Joint Labour Committee.