S.I. No. 113/1987:

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (MANUFACTURE OF INDUSTRIAL GASES) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1987.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (MANUFACTURE OF INDUSTRIAL GASES) (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 Industrial Gases) (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 industrial gases, 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 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 so many hours in any week that the average number of hours per week worked in any 4 consecutive weeks would exceed 40;

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

(i) one break of 10 minutes to be taken after the first 2 hours of work,

(ii) one break of 30 minutes to be taken after the first 5 hours of work, and

(iii) one break of 10 minutes to be taken during the last 3 hours of work.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 10th day of April, 1987.

BERTIE AHERN, T.D.,

Minister for Labour.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

Section 34 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 industrial gases.