S.I. No. 278/1975:

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (GREETING CARD INDUSTRY) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS 1975.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (GREETING CARD INDUSTRY) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS 1975.

I, MICHAEL O'LEARY, 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 specified in these Regulations and with representatives of workers so interested, hereby make the following regulations:--

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Conditions of Employment (Greeting Card Industry) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1975.

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

3. The following form of industrial work, namely, the manufacture and packaging of greeting cards as carried on at the premises of Hallmark Cards (Ireland) Limited at Butterfield Avenue, Dublin 14, is 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 11.00 p.m. on any day, and the hour of 7.00 a.m. on the following day;

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

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 25th day of November, 1975.

MICHAEL O'LEARY,

Minister for Labour.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The Conditions of Employment Act, 1936 , provides that female adult workers may not be employed on shifts between the hours of 10 p.m. on any day and 8 a.m. on the following day. The purpose of these Regulations is to allow Hallmark Cards (Ireland) Limited to employ female adult workers on shifts between 7.00 a.m. and 11 p.m. at their premises at Butterfield Avenue, Dublin 14.