S.I. No. 16/1986:

EMPLOYMENT REGULATION ORDER (CONTRACT CLEANING (CITY AND COUNTY OF DUBLIN) JOINT LABOUR COMMITTEE), 1986.

EMPLOYMENT REGULATION ORDER (CONTRACT CLEANING (CITY AND COUNTY OF DUBLIN) JOINT LABOUR COMMITTEE), 1986.

WHEREAS the Labour Court (hereinafter called "the Court") pursuant to the provisions of Section 43 of the Industrial Relations Act, 1946 (hereinafter called "the Act") made an Employment Regulation Order, dated 24th January, 1985 ( S.I. No. 14 of 1985 ) (hereinafter called "the said Order") fixing the statutory minimum remuneration and regulating the statutory conditions of employment of workers in relation to whom the Contract Cleaning (City and County of Dublin) Joint Labour Committee (hereinafter called the Committee") operates.

AND WHEREAS the Committee has submitted to the court a proposal for revoking the said Order;

AND WHEREAS the Committee has also submitted to the Court the proposals set out in the schedule hereto for fixing the statutory minimum rates of remuneration and regulating the statutory conditions of employment of workers in relation to whom the Committee operates:

AND WHEREAS the provisions of Section 43 of the Act have been complied with.

NOW THEREFORE the Court in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Section 43 of the Act hereby orders as follows:--

(1) This Order may be cited as Employment Regulation Order (Contract Cleaning (City and County of Dublin) Joint Labour Committee), 1986.

(2) Effect is hereby given to the proposals set out in the schedule hereto.

(3) The provisions set out in the Schedule hereto shall have effect as from 1st February, 1986.

Note: Enquiries should be directed to the Secretary, Joint Labour Committees, The Labour Court, Tom Johnson House, Haddington Road, Dublin 4, (Phone No. 608444 Extensions Nos. 301, 303 and 304).

SCHEDULE.

PART I.

WORKERS TO WHOM THIS SCHEDULE APPLIES.

1. Workers employed in Contract Cleaning in the City and County of Dublin who are engaged on any of the following duties, that is to say:--

The cleaning of the interior of offices, shops, hospitals factories, stores and other similar establishments.

BUT EXCLUDING.

(i) Workers affected by any Employment Agreement, that is, "an agreement relating to the remuneration or the conditions of employment of workers of any class, type or group made between a trade union of workers and an employer or trade union of employers or made, at a meeting of a registered joint industrial council, between members of the council representative of workers and members of the council representative of employers."

(ii) Workers to whom an Employment Regulation Order made as a result of proposals received from another Joint labour Committee applies.

(iii) Workers engaged on exterior structural cleaning.

2. In this schedule "Contract Cleaning" means the cleaning of premises by companies engaged in whole or in part on the provision of cleaning and janitorial services in establishments such as hospitals, offices, shops, factories, stores or similar establishments on a contract basis.

PART II.

STATUTORY MINIMUM REMUNERATION AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT.

SECTION I.

RATES OF REMUNERATION.

(i) £2.65 per hour from effective date of Order + 50p Travel Allowance per shift per person where transport is not provided by employer.

(ii) £2.75 per hour from 1st December, 1986 + 50p travel allowance per shift per person where transport is not provided by employer.

SECTION II.

ANNUAL HOLIDAYS.

( a ) In the Holiday year, 1986 and thereafter workers with 1 years service are entitled to 13 days annual leave per annum in accordance with the terms of the Holidays (Employees) Act, 1973 , exclusive of any qualifying number of hours required by the Act, calculated at 1.08 days per month, with pro rate entitlement for workers with less than 1 years service.

( b ) Payment for Public Holidays is in accordance with the Holidays (Employees) Act, 1973 , exclusive of any qualifying number of hours required by the Act, provided the employee has 5 week's service prior to Public Holidays.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Labour Court this 22nd day

of January, 1986.

(Signed) JOHN M. HORGAN,

Chairman.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This instrument fixes with effect from the 1st February, 1986 statutory minimum rates of remuneration and statutory conditions of employment of certain workers in Contract Cleaning establishments in the City and County of Dublin. It is made by the Labour Court on the recommendation of the Contract Cleaning (City and County of Dublin) Joint Labour Committee.