S.I. No. 63/1980:

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (MANUFACTURE OF COMPONENTS FOR THE MOTOR INDUSTRY) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1980.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (MANUFACTURE OF COMPONENTS FOR THE MOTOR INDUSTRY) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1980.

I, GENE FITZGERALD, Minister for Labour, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by the 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 made the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Conditions of Employment (Manufacture of Components for the Motor Industry) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1980.

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

3. The following form of industrial work, namely, the manufacture of components for the motor industry as carried on at the premises of Simpson Europa Limited, Industrial Estate, Shannon, in the county of Clare 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 by him in any three consecutive weeks would exceed forty;

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

(i) one fifteen minute break between three and four hours after the commencement of each shift,

(ii) one thirty minute break to be taken after five hours work,

(iii) one ten minute break to be taken during the last four hours of work

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 29th day of February, 1980.

GENE FITZGERALD,

Minister for Labour.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The Conditions of Employment Act, 1936 provides that no shift shall be longer than nine hours in duration. These regulations permit, subject to certain conditions, the employment of adult workers on 10 hour shifts on the manufacture of components for the motor industry as carried on at the premises of Simpson Europa Limited, Industrial Estate, Shannon, Co. Clare.