S.I. No. 280/1968:

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (PAPER CREAM CONTAINERS) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1968.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (PAPER CREAM CONTAINERS) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1968.

I, P. S. Ó h-IRIGHILE, Minister for Labour, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 29 and 52 of the Conditions of Employment Act, 1936 (No. 2 of 1936), and the Labour (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1966 ( S.I. No. 164 of 1966 ), and after consultation with representatives of employers interested in the form of industrial work hereinafter specified and with representatives of workers so interested, hereby make the following regulations:--

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Conditions of Employment (Paper Cream Containers) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1968.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to these Regulations.

3. The following forms of industrial work, namely, the manufacture and waxing of paper cream containers are hereby declared to be excluded industrial work for the purpose of section 46 of the Conditions of Employment Act, 1936 (No. 2 of 1936).

4. The following provisions shall have effect in respect of the work to which these Regulations relate :

( a ) no woman shall be employed to do any such work at any time between the hour of 11 p.m. on any day and the hour of 7 a.m. on the following day;

( b ) no woman shall be employed on any day until after the expiration of eleven hours from the time at which she ceased to do such work on the previous day.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 20th day of December, 1968.

P. S. Ó hIRIGHILE,

Minister for Labour.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The Conditions of Employment Act, 1936 provides that no adult female worker, may commence work before 8 a.m. nor finish after 10 p.m. on shift work. The purpose of these Regulations is to permit female adult workers to work between 7 a.m. and 11 p.m. in manufacture and waxing of paper cream containers.