S.I. No. 165/1978 - Conditions of Employment (Gramophone Record Industry) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1978.

S.I. No. 165 of 1978.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (GRAMOPHONE RECORD INDUSTRY) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1978.

I, GENE FITZGERALD, Minister for Labour, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 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 (Gramophone Record Industry) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1978.

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

3. The following form of industrial work, namely, the manufacture of gramophone records as carried on at the premises of Carlton Productions (1967) Limited, John F. Kennedy Drive, Dublin 12, is hereby declared to be excluded industrial work for the purpose of sections 34 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 ) no shift shall be longer than ten and a half hours in duration;

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

( c ) no worker shall work on shift unless at least ten and a half 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 three consecutive weeks would exceed fifty two and a half;

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

(i) at least fifteen minutes rest which shall commence not less than three nor more than four hours after the commencement of such shift, and

(ii) at least fifteen minutes rest which shall commence not less than seven nor more than eight hours after the commencement of such shift;

( f ) no woman shall be employed to do any such work at any time between the hours of 12 midnight and 5 a.m. on the following morning;

( g ) no woman shall be employed on 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 16th day of June, 1978.

GENE FITZGERALD

Minister for Labour.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The Conditions of Employment Act, 1936 , provides that adult female workers may not be employed on industrial work between the hours of 10.00 p.m. on any day and 8.00 a.m. on the following day. The Act also prohibits the working of shifts of longer than nine hours duration. The effect of these regulations is to permit the employment of adult workers on shifts up to a maximum of 10½ hours in the manufacture of gramophone records as carried on at the premises of Carlton Productions (1967) Ltd. John F. Kennedy Drive, Dublin 12. Adult females may only be employed between the hours of 5.00 a.m. and 12 midnight.