S.I. No. 45/2009 - Hairdressing Joint Labour Committee Establishment Order 2009

S.I. No. 45 of 2009

HAIRDRESSING JOINT LABOUR COMMITTEE ESTABLISHMENT ORDER 2009

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 13th February, 2009.

WHEREAS pursuant to the provisions of Section 36 of the Industrial Relations Act, 1946 (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”), application has been made to the Labour Court for the establishment of a Joint Labour Committee with respect to workers employed in hairdressing and their employers;

AND WHEREAS the Labour Court, having considered the application, is satisfied that it is expedient that a Joint Labour Committee should be established;

AND WHEREAS the provisions of Section 38 of the Act as amended by Section 45 of the Industrial Relations Act, 1990 have been complied with;

AND WHEREAS the Labour Court held, in pursuance of the said Section 38, an inquiry into the application and considered objections submitted to it in accordance with the said Section;

NOW, THEREFORE, the Labour Court by virtue of the powers conferred on it by Section 35 and 39 of the Act and Section 45 of the Industrial Relations Act 1990 hereby orders as follows;

• (1) A Committee is hereby established to perform in relation to the workers described in the Schedule to this Order and their employers, the functions assigned to it by Part IV of the Act, as amended by the Industrial Relations Act 1990 .

• (2) The Committee established by this Order may be known as The Hairdressing Joint Labour Committee.

• (3) This Order may be known as The Hairdressing Joint Labour Committee Establishment Order, 2009.

• (4) This Order shall come into operation on 10th February, 2009.

SCHEDULE WORKERS TO WHOM THIS ORDER APPLIES

1.

• (a) workers employed in Dublin, Dún Laoghaire or Bray in a hairdressing undertaking including hairdressers, apprentice or learner hairdressers, trichologists, physiotherapists, beauticians, chiropodists, manicurists, wigmakers, compounders, perfumers, receptionists, cashiers, clerks, typists, shop assistants and porters, and

• (b) workers employed in Cork in a hairdressing undertaking including hairdressers, apprentice or learner hairdressers, and manicurists.

2.

“Bray” means the area known until 1st January, 2002 as the Urban District of Bray;

“Cork” means the area known until 1st January, 2002 as the County Borough of Cork;

“Dublin” means the area known until 1st January, 1994 as the County and County Borough of Dublin;

“Dún Laoghaire” means the area known until 1st January, 1994 as the Borough of Dún Laoghaire;

“hairdressing undertaking” means an undertaking or any part of an undertaking which is wholly or mainly engaged in hairdressing including operationsincidental or ancillary thereto.

“hairdressing” includes the following operations performed on hair growing on the head, face or neck of a male or female person, that is to say, lathering, shaving, cutting, singeing, shampooing, waving, setting, dressing, tinting, dyeing, bleaching or similar operations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Labour Court,

6 February 2009

Signed: CAROLINE JENKINSON,

Deputy Chairman.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

The purpose of this instrument is to establish The Hairdressing Joint Labour Committee.