S.I. No. 192/1977:

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (QUARRIED LIMESTONE PRODUCTS INDUSTRY) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1977.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (QUARRIED LIMESTONE PRODUCTS INDUSTRY) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1977.

I, MICHAEL O'LEARY, Minister for Labour, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 29 and 34 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 (Quarried Limestone Products Industry) (Exclusion) Regulations 1977.

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

3. The following form of industrial work, namely, the production of quarried limestone, as carried on at the premises of John A. Wood at Carrigtwohill in the county of Cork, 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 relation to the hours of work worked by workers employed to do the industrial work specified in these Regulations:

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

( d ) no such worker shall work for so many hours in any week that the average number of hours per week worked by him in any four consecutive weeks would exceed fifty-six;

( e ) every worker shall be allowed at least one hours rest in each shift.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 23rd day of June, 1977.

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 quarried limestone products as carried on at the premises of John A. Wood Limited at Ballyvodock Quarry, Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork.