S.I. No. 190/1976:

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (PASTA PRODUCTS INDUSTRY) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1976.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (PASTA PRODUCTS INDUSTRY) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1976.

I, MICHAEL O'LEARY, 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 (Pasta Products Industry) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1976.

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

3. The following form of industrial work, namely, the manufacture of pasta products as carried on at the premises of Roma Food Products Limited at Dublin Industrial Estate, Finglas Road, Dublin 11, is hereby declared to be excluded industrial work for the purpose of section 33 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 12 hours duration;

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

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

( d ) no worker shall work for more than 56 hours in any week;

( 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.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 6th day of August, 1976.

MICHAEL O'LEARY,

Minister for Labour.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The Conditions of Employment Act, 1936 , prohibits the working of shifts of longer than nine hours duration on industrial work. These Regulations permit the employment of male adult workers on twelve-hour shifts in the manufacture of pasta products as carried on at the premises of Roma Food Products Limited, Dublin Industrial Estate, Finglas Road, Dublin 11.