Bennett's of Ballinacurra Descriptive List (Ref. B609)

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B609/5/B

Wages Books and Printouts, 1908-2000

Wages Books and Printouts, 1908-2000. Records of wages paid to staff, and of work completed. The earliest volumes note staff number, name, days worked, wages per day, total volume of extras (e.g., overtime), total value of week’s work, and remarks (e.g., ‘sick’). The later volumes note week, date, hours, rate amount, gross wages, deductions (income tax, PRSI, cumulative and other), net pay, and name. The Wages printouts contain related reports, including Timesheet Audit Report; Control Summary Report; Gross to Net Summary Report; Deductions Lists; and Cheque Register (this last is the most common type). Salaries and Pensions printouts follow in a separate sub-section.

B609/5/B/1 Wages Book, October 1869 to July 1895

B609/5/B/2 Wages Book, August 1899 to January 1902

B609/5/B/3 Wages Book, January 1902 to December 1905

B609/5/B/4 Wages Book, December 1905 to December 1907

B609/5/B/5 Wages Book, January 1908 to February 1911. Volume, noting work and wages details as per main description above. Pages are headed ‘Weekly Account of Labour’. On the last page is a rough list titled ‘Masons who have applied to work on New House, January 1911’. Inside the front cover is a Certificate of Registration from Midleton Rural District Council, certifying that John H Bennett of Charleston, Ballinacurra, is registered as a cowkeeper and purveyor of milk under the Dairies, Cowsheds, and Milkshops (Ireland) Order, 1908 [see B609/6/D/6 below].

B609/5/B/6 Wages Book, February 1911 to August 1912

B609/5/B/7 Wages Book, June 1940 to October 1943. Similar format to above, but with two new columns: health insurance, and unemployment insurance deductions.

B609/5/B/8 Wages Book, October 1943 to August 1946

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