S.I. No. 179/1987:

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (MANUFACTURE OF PLASTIC CARRIERS) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1987.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (MANUFACTURE OF PLASTIC CARRIERS) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1987.

I, BERTIE AHERN, 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 Plastic Carriers) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1987.

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

3. The following form of industrial work, namely, the manufacture of plastic carriers used for securing cans of liquid together, is hereby declared to be excluded industrial work for the purposes of Section 33 of the Conditions of Employment Act, 1936 (No. 2 of 1936).

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

(a) no shift shall be longer than 12 hours in duration;

(b) no worker shall work on 2 consecutive shifts;

(c) no worker shall work on any shift unless at least 12 hours have elapsed since he last worked a shift;

(d) no worker shall work for more than 40 hours in any week;

(e) each worker shall be allowed in each shift at least:

(i) one break of 10 minutes to be taken during the first 4 hours of work,

(ii) one break of 20 minutes to be taken during the last 4 hours of work, and

(iii) one break of 30 minutes to be taken during the shift.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 8th day of July, 1987.

BERTIE AHERN,

Minister for Labour.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

Section 33 of the Conditions of Employment Act, 1936 provides that no shift shall be longer than nine hours duration. The effect of these Regulations is to permit the employment of adult workers on 12 hour shifts on the manufacture of plastic carriers.