Fur Wages Council (Great Britain) Wages Regulation Order, 1952
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1952/1615 |
1952 No. 1615
The Fur Wages Council (Great Britain) Wages Regulation Order, 19522ndSeptember 1952
22ndSeptember 1952
Whereas the Minister of Labour and National Service (hereinafter in this Order referred to as "the Minister") has received from the Fur Wages Council (Great Britain) (hereinafter in this Order referred to as "the Wages Council") the wages regulation proposals set out in the Schedule hereto;
Now, therefore, the Minister, by virtue of the powers conferred on him by section 10 of the Wages Councils Act, 1945(a), and of all other powers in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:—
1. This Order may be cited as the Fur Wages Council (Great Britain) Wages Regulation Order, 1952.
2.—(1) In this Order the expression "the specified date" means the 22nd day of September, 1952, provided that where, as respects any worker who is paid wages at intervals not exceeding seven days, that date does not correspond with the beginning of the period for which the wages are paid, the expression "the specified date" means, as respects that worker, the beginning of the next such period following that date.
(2) The Interpretation Act, 1889(b), applies to the interpretation of this Order as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
3. The wages regulation proposals set out in the Schedule hereto shall have effect as from the specified date and as from that date the Fur Wages Council (Great Britain) Wages Regulation Order, 1949(c), the Fur Wages Council (Great Britain) Wages Regulation (Amendment) Order, 1951(d), and the Fur Wages Council (Great Britain) Wages Regulation (Amendment) (No. 2) Order, 1951(e), shall cease to have effect.
Signed by order of the Minister of Labour and National Service this 2nd day of September, 1952.
H. H. Wiles, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Labour and National Service.
(a) 8 & 9 Geo. 6. c. 17.
(b) 52 & 53 Vict. c. 63.
(c) S.I. 1949/268; 1949 I, p. 4346.
(d) S.I. 1951/1768; 1951 II, p. 1004.
(e) S.I. 1951/1967; 1951 II, p. 1011.
SCHEDULE
The following minimum remuneration shall be substituted for the statutory minimum remuneration fixed by the Fur Wages Council (Great Britain) Wages Regulation Order, 1949 (Order Z. (49)), as amended by the Fur Wages Council (Great Britain) Wages Regulation (Amendment) Order, 1951 (Order Z. (55)), and the Fur Wages Council (Great Britain) Wages Regulation (Amendment) (No. 2) Order, 1951 (Order Z. (57)).
STATUTORY MINIMUM REMUNERATION
PART I
APPLICATION
Paragraph 1
(1) Subject to the provisions of Part III and Part IV of this Schedule, the minimum remuneration payable to a worker to whom this Schedule applies for all work except work to which a minimum overtime rate applies under Part V is—
(a) in the case of a time worker, the hourly general minimum time rate applicable to the worker under the provisions of this Schedule;
(b) in the case of a worker employed on piece work (other than an apprentice in the Dressers and Dyers' Section of the trade to whom paragraph 10 applies);
(i) where a general minimum piece rate applies under Part VII, that rate;
(ii) where no general minimum piece rate applies, piece rates each of which would yield, in the circumstances of the case, to an ordinary worker at least the same amount of money as the piece work basis time rate applicable to the worker or, where no piece work basis time rate applies, at least the same amount of money as the hourly general minimum time rate which would be applicable if the worker were a time worker, or
(c) in the case of an apprentice in the Dressers and Dyers' Section of the trade who is employed on piece work and to whom paragraph 10 of this Schedule applies, the piece rates specified in that paragraph: Provided that where an hourly guaranteed time rate is applicable to the worker and his minimum remuneration calculated on a time work basis at that rate exceeds the minimum remuneration calculated at the said piece rates the worker shall be paid not less than that guaranteed time rate.
(2) In this Schedule the expressions "hourly general minimum time rate" and "hourly guaranteed time rate" mean respectively the general minimum time rate and the guaranteed time rate applicable to the worker under Part II of this Schedule divided in either case by 44.
Paragraph 2
This Schedule applies to workers in relation to whom the Fur Wages Council (Great Britain) operates, that is to say, workers employed in Great Britain in the trade specified in the Regulations made by the Minister of Labour and dated 25th October, 1919(a), with respect to the Constitution and Proceedings of the Trade Board for the Fur Trade (Great Britain), namely:—
The dressing, dyeing and making up of furs or of skins for furriers' purposes including:—
(1) The dressing or dyeing or general preparation of furs or skins;
(2) The manufacture of furs or skins into garments, rugs, or other articles;
(3) The remaking, repairing or cleaning of articles made from furs or skins where carried on by fur dressers or fur manufacturers;
(4) The lining with fur of coats, cloaks, mantles, capes, gloves or similar articles where carried out by fur manufacturers;
(a) S.R. & O. 1919/1634; Rev. XXIII, p. 474; 1919 II, p. 549.
(5) Bundling, packing, warehousing and other operations carried on by fur skin merchants, fur dressers, fur dyers or fur manufacturers;
but excluding:—
(a) The making up of fur toys, purses, boots, shoes or slippers;
(b) The making of fur hats when carried on in association with or in conjunction with the making or trimming of men's, women's or children's headgear from other materials;
(c) Warehousing, packing and other similar operations carried on in shops wholly, mainly, or substantially engaged in the retail distribution of articles of any description that are not made on the premises.
PART II
GENERAL MINIMUM, GUARANTEED AND PIECE WORK BASIS TIME RATES
CUTTING AND NAILING BRANCH OF THE FURRIERS' SECTION GENERAL MINIMUM TIME RATES
Paragraph 3
Subject to the provisions of this Schedule, the general minimum time rates per week of 44 hours applicable to workers in the cutting and nailing branch of the Furriers' Section are as follows:—
Male Female
workers workers
s. d. s. d
(a) CUTTERS who, having worked in the said branch
for six years or, in the case of workers who were
apprentices, for five years, have subsequently worked
as cutters for—
(i) not less than two years 150 0 146 0
(ii) less than two years but not less than one year 124 6 121 0
(iii) less than one year 107 6 103 6
(b) NAILERS who, having worked in the said branch
for six years or, in the case of workers who were
apprentices, for five years, have subsequently worked
as nailers for—
(i) not less than two years 122 6 119 0
(ii) less than two years but not less than one year 113 6 109 0
(iii) less than one year 105 0 100 0
Provided that where a nailer performs also the work of a cutter (as defined in paragraph 13 of this Schedule) the rate applicable to him in respect of that work shall be that which would be applicable if he were a cutter.
(c) APPRENTICES to cutting and nailing whose employment complies with the provisions of paragraph 20 of this Schedule during the following years of apprenticeship—
Workers aged
18 years or over
All other
Male Female workers
workers workers
s. d. s. d. s. d
The first year 36 6 33 6 31 6
The second year 42 6 39 0 36 6
The third year 51 0 47 6 46 0
The fourth year 61 6 59 0 57 0
The fifth year 79 0 76 0 74 6
(d) LEARNERS to cutting and nailing, whose employment complies with the conditions specified in paragraph 23 of this Schedule, during the following years of employment—
Workers aged
18 years or over
All other
Male Female workers
workers workers
s. d. s. d. s. d
The first year 36 6 34 6 31 6
The second year 40 6 37 6 35 6
The third year 47 6 45 0 42 6
The fourth year 54 6 52 0 49 6
The fifth year 69 0 66 0 64 0
The sixth year 83 0 80 6 —
(e) ALL OTHER WORKERS employed in cutting and nailing or in either of such operations, during the following years of employment—
Workers aged
18 years or over
All other
Male Female workers
workers workers
s. d. s. d. s. d
The first year 39 0 35 6 33 6
The second year 42 6 40 6 37 6
The third year 51 0 47 6 46 0
The fourth year 61 6 59 0 57 0
The fifth year 76 0 73 0 71 0
The sixth year 90 0 87 6 —
(f) MALE WORKERS aged 21 years or over and engaged in s. d
CLEANING by any method, fur skins or articles manufac-
tured from fur 117 0
PIECE WORK BASIS TIME RATES—CUTTERS OR NAILERS
Paragraph 4
The piece work basis time rate applicable to a cutter or nailer specified in sub-paragraph (a) or sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph 3 of this Schedule when employed on piece work is a rate equal to one-and-one-third times the hourly general minimum time rate which would be applicable if the worker were employed on time work.
MACHINING, LINING, FINISHING AND HAND FUR SEWING BRANCH OF THE FURRIERS' SECTION
GENERAL MINIMUM TIME RATES
Paragraph 5
Subject to the provisions of this Schedule, the general minimum time rates per week of 44 hours applicable to female workers in the machining, lining, finishing and hand fur sewing branch of the Furriers' Section are as follows—
s. d.
(a) FUR MACHINISTS who have worked for five years in the
said branch 93 0
(b) LINERS, FINISHERS, HAND FUR SEWERS OR
MACHINISTS (other than fur machinists) who have worked
for five years in the said branch 84 0
(c) LEARNERS to machining, lining, finishing or hand fur sewing, or to two or more of such operations, whose employment complies with the conditions specified in paragraph 24 of this Schedule, during the following years of employment—
Workers
aged 18 All other
years or workers
over
s. d. s. d.
The first year 34 6 31 6
The second year 41 6 39 0
The third year 48 6 46 0
The fourth year 55 6 53 0
The fifth year 63 0 60 0
(d) ALL OTHER WORKERS employed in the said branch, during the following periods of employment—
Workers
aged 18 All other
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