Common use of PROPORTION OR RATIO OF EMPLOYEES Clause in Contracts

PROPORTION OR RATIO OF EMPLOYEES. The following provisions shall apply to employers and employees in the Clothing Sector of the Industry: (1) An employer shall not employ an unqualified employee unless he has in his employ two qualified employees, and for every two qualified employees not more than three unqualified employees shall be employed: Provided that for the purpose of this subclause an unqualified employee receiving not less than the total wage of a qualified employee of his class shall be reckoned as a qualified employee: Provided further that employees, for whom a flat rate of payment is prescribed, shall not be included for the purposes of this subclause. (2) Nothwithstanding the provisions of subclause (1), no employer shall employ an assistant supervisor unless he has in his employ a supervisor, and for each supervisor he has in his employ, not more than three assistant supervisors shall be employed. The following provisions shall apply to employers and employees in the Millinery Sector of the Industry: (3) One qualified xxxxxxxx and one qualified trimmer shall be employed before a trainee xxxxxxxx or trimmers may be employed in a workplace. For every five trainee milliners and/or trimmers employed in a workplace, at least one qualified xxxxxxxx and one qualified trimmer shall be employed. (4) One qualified machine operator shall be employed before employing any other trainee machine operators. For every qualified machine operator, two trainee machine operators shall be employed.