S.I. No. 365/1979:

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (MANUFACTURE OF CENTRAL HEATING RADIATORS INDUSTRY) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1979.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (MANUFACTURE OF CENTRAL HEATING RADIATORS INDUSTRY) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1979.

I, GENE FITZGERALD, 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 (Manufacture of Central Heating Radiators Industry) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1979.

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

(3) The following form of industrial work, namely, the manufacture of central heating radiators as carried on at the premises of Barlo Heating Limited, Davis Road, Clonmel, in the county of Tipperary, is hereby declared to be excluded industrial work for the purpose of section 34 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 shift shall be longer than eleven hours in duration;

( b ) no worker shall work on two consecutive shifts;

( c ) no worker shall work on any shift unless at least eleven hours have elapsed since he last worked a shift;

( d ) no worker shall work for so many hours in any week that the average number of hours per week worked in any four consecutive weeks would exceed forty-four;

( e ) every worker shall be allowed in each shift;

(i) at least fifteen minutes rest which shall commence not less than 3 nor more than 4 hours after the commencement of such shift;

(ii) at least thirty minutes rest to be taken after 6 or 7 hours work, and

(iii) at least fifteen minutes rest to be taken after 9 hours work.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 13th day of November, 1979.

GENE FITZGERALD,

Minister for Labour.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

Section 34 of the Conditions of Employment Act, 1936 provides that no shift shall be longer than nine hours in duration. The effect of these Regulations is to permit the employment of adult workers on 11 hour shifts on the manufacture of central heating radiators as carried on at the premises of Barlo Heating Limited, Davis Road, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary.