Employment Regulation Order (Law Clerks Joint Labour Committee), 1996
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

num: 238
paragraphs: 44
num: 240
paragraphs: 82
Per Week
£
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SECTION II
CONVEYANCING CLERK/COST CLERK
1st year of employment
num: 198
paragraphs: 47
num: 200
paragraphs: 45
2nd year of employment
num: 206
paragraphs: 48
num: 208
paragraphs: 54
3rd year of employment
num: 211
paragraphs: 79
num: 213
paragraphs: 90
Conveyancing Clerk is a person who is wholly or mainly engaged in title work in all its branches, including the preparing of contracts, investigation of title, drawing and completion of conveyances, mortgages and other deeds.
A Cost Clerk is a person who is wholly or mainly engaged in the drawing and taxation of his employer's costs, and who is not remunerated on a commission basis by his/her employer.
SECTION III
GENERAL LAW CLERK 17 YEARS OF AGE AND OVER
First six months of employment
num: 123
paragraphs: 08
num: 124
paragraphs: 31
Second " " " "
num: 129
paragraphs: 21
num: 130
paragraphs: 50
2nd year of employment
num: 135
paragraphs: 33
num: 136
paragraphs: 68
3rd year of employment
num: 141
paragraphs: 44
num: 142
paragraphs: 85
4th year of employment
num: 148
paragraphs: 03
num: 149
paragraphs: 51
5th year of employment
num: 158
paragraphs: 60
num: 160
paragraphs: 18
6th year of employment
num: 165
paragraphs: 27
num: 166
paragraphs: 92
7th year of employment
num: 172
paragraphs: 15
num: 173
paragraphs: 87
8th year of employment
num: 182
paragraphs: 48
num: 184
paragraphs: 30
9th year of employment
num: 190
paragraphs: 49
num: 192
paragraphs: 39
10th year of employment
num: 198
paragraphs: 47
num: 200
paragraphs: 45
A General Law Clerk is a person other than a managing clerk, a conveyancing clerk, a cost clerk, a shorthand typist or a typist but who may be a court clerk or a book-keeper and who is wholly or mainly engaged on clerical or book-keeping duties.
SECTION IV
SHORTHAND TYPIST/TYPIST
First six months of employment
num: 123
paragraphs: 08
num: 124
paragraphs: 31
Second " " " "
num: 129
paragraphs: 21
num: 130
paragraphs: 50
2nd year of employment
num: 135
paragraphs: 33
num: 136
paragraphs: 68
3rd year of employment
num: 141
paragraphs: 44
num: 142
paragraphs: 85
4th year of employment
num: 147
paragraphs: 59
num: 149
paragraphs: 06
5th year of employment
num: 154
paragraphs: 20
num: 155
paragraphs: 74
6th year of employment
num: 160
paragraphs: 83
num: 162
paragraphs: 43
7th year of employment
num: 167
paragraphs: 55
num: 169
paragraphs: 22
8th year of employment
num: 174
paragraphs: 56
num: 176
paragraphs: 30
9th year of employment
num: 182
paragraphs: 48
num: 184
paragraphs: 30
A Shorthand Typist or Typist is a person who is wholly or mainly employed on one or more of the following duties, viz: shorthand, typing, dictaphone, reception, copying, scrivenery, filing, post work, despatch and telephone operation.
Where a Shorthand Typist / Typist has been trained and is performing duties appropriate to a law clerk such person shall be paid the rate appropriate to a law clerk.
SECTION V
MESSENGER
1st year of employment
num: 119
paragraphs: 06
num: 120
paragraphs: 25
2nd year of employment
num: 125
paragraphs: 17
num: 126
paragraphs: 42
3rd year of employment
num: 131
paragraphs: 26
num: 132
paragraphs: 57
A Messenger is a person wholly or mainly engaged in post work, collection and delivery.
N.B. It should be noted that the scales as specified in the Order apply, having regard to previous employment experience in a Solicitor's Office and whether or not there has been a break in service due to domestic situations or otherwise.
SECTION VI - OVERTIME RATES
The minimum hourly rates for all hours of overtime shall be as follows:—
One-and-a-half times the hourly rates as defined in Section II, Part II below i.e., time-and-a-half.
PART II CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
The following conditions of employment shall apply to all workers referred to in Part I above.
SECTION I-
NORMAL WORKING WEEK
The Normal working week shall not exceed 38 hours. Where the normal working hours prescribed by an employer are 38 or less in any one week of not less than five working days, a worker who works the normal working hours so prescribed shall be entitled to the appropriate weekly wage set out in Part I.
The normal number of hours to be worked by workers in relation to whom the Committee operates shall be as follows:–
Normal Hours
Workers over 16 years of age - in any week not exceeding
38
For 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
SECTION II-
THE HOURLY RATE
For full-time workers or for part-time workers the hourly rate shall be the appropriate weekly wage divided by the appropriate normal number of hours worked per week.
SECTION III-
MEAL INTERVALS
Meal intervals shall not be reckoned as time worked.
SECTION IV -
OVERTIME
All hours worked in excess of the normal hours in any week shall be overtime and shall be paid for at the overtime rates as outlined in Section VI of Part I of this Order.
SECTION V-
SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS
All hours worked on Sunday or on a statutory Public Holiday shall be paid for at twice the hourly rate as defined in Section II above, i.e. at Double Time.
SECTION VI-
ANNUAL HOLIDAYS
Holidays shall be in accordance with the Holidays (Employees) Act, 1973 provided however that those workers who do .not have 20 days paid leave shall be entitled to a total of 20 days paid leave in the holiday year 1983 and thereafter.
PART III WORKERS IN RELATION TO WHOM THE COMMITTEE OPERATES
Clerical workers and messengers, whether whole time or part-time employed by Solicitors in connection with their professional work and by Bodies Corporate in their law departments under the direction of their law agents including managing clerks, general law clerks, cost clerks, typists, stenographers, and book-keepers, but excluding Solicitors' Apprentices and Solicitors.
Given under the Official Seal of the Labour Court this 26th day of
March, 1996.
(SIGNED) EVELYN OWENS
CHAIRMAN