S.I. No. 85/1981:

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (LABORATORY TECHNICIANS) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1981.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (LABORATORY TECHNICIANS) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1981.

I, TOM NOLAN, 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 Regulaiotns:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Conditions of Employment (Laboratory Technicians) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1981.

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

3. The following form of industrial work, namely, the provision of a laboratory quality control service as carried on at the premises of Quigley Magnesite Division, Pfizer Chemical Corporation, Dungarvan, in the county of Waterford, is hereby declared to be excluded industrial work for the purpose of sections 33 and 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 ) these Regulations shall apply only to women holding responsible positions of a managerial or technical character;

( b ) no woman shall be employed to do any such work unless at least eleven hours have expired since she ceased to do industrial work on the previous day.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 6th day of March, 1981.

TOM NOLAN,

Minister for Labour.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The Conditions of Employment Act, 1936 provides that adult females may not be employed on industrial work between the hours of 10 p.m. on any day and 8 a.m. the following morning.

The effect of these Regulations is to remove this restriction in the case of adult females holding responsible positions of a managerial or technical nature. These regulations permit the employment of adult females providing a laboratory quality control service on 8 hour shifts as carried on at the premises of Quigley Magnesite Division, Pfizer Chemical Corporation, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford.