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                                              WHEREAS the Minister is satisfied 
                                              that it is expedient to appoint a 
                                              Wages Board in accordance with the 
                                              provisions of this Order:</span></p>
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                                              AND WHEREAS the Minister has 
                                              complied with the requirements of 
                                              section 92 of the Labour Ordinance 
                                              as to the publication of a notice 
                                              of his intention to make this 
                                              Order and as to the consideration 
                                              of objections:</span></p>
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                                              Cap. 89.</span></p>
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                                              NOW THEREFORE in exercise of the 
                                              powers conferred upon the Minister 
                                              by section 92 of the Labour 
                                              Ordinance the following Order is 
                                              hereby made:—</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Order 1—Title.</span></p>

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                                              This Order may be cited as the 
                                              Wages Board (Retail Trade Workers) 
                                              Order, 1958.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Order 2—Interpretation.</span></p>
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                                              (1) In this Order, unless the 
                                              context otherwise requires,—</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              “goods&quot; means anything which is 
                                              the subject of trade, manufacture, 
                                              or merchandise;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              “the Ordinance&quot; means the Labour 
                                              Ordinance;</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              “person employed in the retail 
                                              trade&quot; means any person so 
                                              employed whose wages do not exceed 
                                              £300 per annum;</span></p>
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                                              “retail trade &quot; means the sale of 
                                              goods by retail and includes,—</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) work done or services 
                                              performed in or about any shop 
                                              where the work or services are for 
                                              purposes of or related to the sale 
                                              of goods by retail;</span></p>
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                                              (b) work done or services 
                                              performed in connection with any 
                                              warehouse where the warehouse is 
                                              operated in conjunction with a 
                                              shop for the sale of goods by 
                                              retail; and</span></p>
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                                              (c) clerical work or office work 
                                              performed or done in conjunction 
                                              with the sale of goods by retail 
                                              and whether or not in any shop or 
                                              warehouse;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              “sale&quot; means the disposal of goods 
                                              for money or money's worth;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              “shop&quot; includes any other place or 
                                              premises of retail business;</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;the Wages Board&quot; means the Retail 
                                              Trade Workers Wages Board 
                                              appointed by this Order;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              “wages&quot; includes salary;</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              “warehouse &quot; includes any store or 
                                              other place of wholesale business.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) References in this Order to 
                                              &quot;shop” “store &quot; or &quot; warehouse &quot; 
                                              includes, as the case may require, 
                                              any branch, department or other 
                                              division made for convenience of 
                                              handling retail trade.</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Order 3—Retail Trade Workers Wages 
                                              Board Appointed.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              There is hereby appointed a Wages 
                                              Board to be known as the Retail 
                                              Trade Workers Wages Board which 
                                              shall consist of the following 
                                              persons—</span></p>
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                                              (a) Four persons representing 
                                              employers elected and appointed 
                                              under the provisions of section 93 
                                              of the Ordinance;</span></p>
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                                              (b) four persons representing 
                                              employees elected and appointed 
                                              under the provisions of section 93 
                                              of the Ordinance; and</span></p>
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                                              (c) three persons appointed under 
                                              the provisions of section 94 of 
                                              the Ordinance.</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Order 4—Functions of Retail Trade 
                                              Workers Wages Board.</span></p>
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                                              The functions of the Wages Board 
                                              shall be,—</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (a) to investigate the 
                                              remuneration and conditions of 
                                              employment of any person employed 
                                              in the retail trade and to make 
                                              recommendations to the Minister as 
                                              to the minimum wages to be paid to 
                                              and the conditions of employment 
                                              of any such person;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) to consider any matter 
                                              referred to the Wages Board by the 
                                              Minister with reference to 
                                              industrial conditions of persons 
                                              employed in the retail trade and 
                                              to report to the Minister.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              AKO ADJEI</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Minister Responsible for Labour.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Accra.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              18th August, 1958.</span></p>