The Gazette 1995

GAZETTE

NOVEMBER 1995

whom the Law Clerks Joint Labour Committee operates. The effective date Qf the order is August 1, 1995. Pursuant to the Industrial Relations Act, 1946 to 1990 any agreement between a law clerk, typist etc. and his/her employer for payment of wages less than the minimum rate or for conditions o f employment less favourable than the statutory conditions of employment is void. The minimum rates for wages are to be payable clear of all deductions except any deductions lawfully made under any enactment for the time being in force. The penalty for payment less than the statutory minimum rates is a fine not exceeding £ 7 5 0 . 00 for each offence. The penalty for non-compliance of the statutory conditions of employment by Rory O'Connor - Rory died on 11 June 1995. We all thought of him as one who would never be absent from the legal world he loved. From his admission as a solicitor in 1943 he passionately upheld the honour and dignity of his chosen profession, readily accepting the onerous duties o f membership of the Law Society, it's Council and of it's Disciplinary Committee and at the same time advising and counselling fellow members in regard to their problems with unstinted energy and expertise. The Dublin Solicitors B ar Association benefited from his membership for all his professional life. He served on its Council and as its Treasurer and was honoured to be elected its President. The Association will long remember him. As a member of an established legal family he followed his father in the practice at Upper Ormond Quay in Dublin, where he gave o f his all for his clients. A family man, he devoted himself unstintingly to his wife and children, and, in more recent times, to his many grandchildren.

the support and co-operation of the Law Society of England and Wales. The Institute has branches throughout England, Wa l es and overseas including Bermuda and Hong Kong. The Institute publishes The Legal Executive Journal which provides information on all changes in the law, points o f practice and articles and legal topics all o f which are essential to those performing legal services. Unfortunately, legal executives in Ireland are not as active in this regard although an Institute was formed some few years ago. In Ireland, the EmploymentRegulation Order, (Law Clerks Joint Labour Committee) 1995, (S.I. No. 189 of 1 9 9 5) has fixed the statutory minimum rates o f remuneration and has specified statutory conditions of employment of workers in relation to Beware Scams Several readers have drawn our attention to the face that another spate o f scam letters and faxes from Nigeria are arriving on solicitors' desks. Although the letters tell a variety of implausible stories o f enormous sums o f money which can be released from Nigeria with a little assistance from the solicitor in question, usually with a promised 'cut' for the solicitor o f many millions of dollars, a constant request is for information relating to the solicitor's bank account numbers. Unfortunately, for those who might supply their bank account numbers, it is for the purpose of making withdrawals rather than lodgments that these numbers have been sought! It is hard to believe that any solicitor would be so naive as to supply such information in response to one of these requests. The Gazette has warned against this in the past. Just one more time, however, we will strongly advise solicitors not to respond to these 'get rich quick' offers made to you with fraudulent intent.

the employer is a fine not exceeding £ 7 5 0 . 00 for each offence. An employer o f any worker to whom a minimum rate is applicable is required to keep for a period of three years such records as are necessary to show whether or not the provisions o f the Industrial RelationsAct 1946 to 1990 are being complied with. Penalty for non-compliance is a fine not exceeding £ 5 0 0 . 0 0. Notices containing minimum rates of pay and conditions o f service are to be publicly displayed in the office of the employer. Further enquiries should be addressed to The Secretary, Joint Labour Committees Section, The Labour Court, Tom Johnson House, Haddington Road, Dublin 4 (Phone 6 6 0 8 4 4 4 Extensions 3 0 1, 3 03 and 3 0 4 ). An Appreciat ion

Rory O'Connor supporting and his hospitality knew no bounds. | We sympathise with his wife, Dickie, his children, Helen, Gay, Marie, Rory, \ Louise, Barry, Philippa and Peter and | with his grandchildren, as well as with his sisters Kitty and Mabel and his j brothers Jimmy (solicitor) and Paddy.

We shall all mourn the loss of one of nature's gentlemen.

E.O.S.

T o his friends he was ever affable and

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