S.I. No. 371/1979 - Conditions of Employment (Manufacture of Corrugated Containers Industry) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1979.

S.I. No. 371 of 1979.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (MANUFACTURE OF CORRUGATED CONTAINERS 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 Corrugated Containers 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 corrugated containers as carried on at the premises of S.C.C. Limited, Pouladuff Road, Togher, Cork, in the county of Cork, is hereby declared to be excluded industrial work for the purposes 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 ten hours in duration;

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

( c ) no worker shall work on any shift unless at least twelve 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 forty;

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

(i) one twelve minute break to be taken after two and a half hours work,

(ii) one twenty two minute break to be taken after five hours work, and

(iii) one twelve minute break to be taken during the last three hours of work.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 21st 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 10 hour shifts on the manufacture of corrugated containers as carried on at the premises of S.C.C. Limited, Pouladuff Road, Togher, Cork.