Empemployment Regulation Order (Messengers (Cork City Area) Joint Labour Committee), 1978.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

num: 19
paragraphs: 90
16 years but under 17 years......
num: 23
paragraphs: 22
17 years but under 18 years......
num: 26
paragraphs: 54
18 years but under 19 years......
num: 29
paragraphs: 85
19 years but under 20 years......
num: 33
paragraphs: 17
SECTION 3.—Part time Workers.
In any week in which a worker works for less than thirty hours, he shall be paid an hourly wage not less than the rate shown in the following table as appropriate to his age and he shall be paid a minimum of four hours' wages at such rate in respect of each day on which he works:—
Age of Worker
Minimum Hourly Rate
From Date of Order
p
15 years but under 16 years......
num: 51
paragraphs: 65
16 years but under 17 years......
num: 59
paragraphs: 46
17 years but under 18 years......
num: 64
paragraphs: 49
18 years but under 19 years......
num: 79
paragraphs: 30
19 years but under 20 years......
num: 87
paragraphs: 19
SECTION 4.—Overtime and Normal Hours of Work.
The normal number of hours of work shall be as follows:
Normal Hours
(a)
Workers over 16 years of age
in any week not exceeding.................
40 hours
on four days each week not exceeding
8 hours
on one day per week not exceeding..
5 hours
For workers over 16 years and under 18 years the maximum number of hours which may be worked shall be governed by the provisions of the Protection of Young Persons (Employment) Act, 1977 .
Normal Hours
Maximum Hours
(b)
Workers between 15 and 16 years of age
in any week not exceeding......................
37½ hours
40 hours
on any day per week not exceeding......
8 hours
8 hours
All time worked in excess of normal hours shall be overtime and shall be paid for at overtime rates.
SECTION 5.—Overtime Rates and Rates for Sundays and Public Holidays.
(1) The minimum rate for overtime as defined in Section 4 shall be as follows:—
( a ) For the first two hours of overtime on any day one-and-a-quarter times the rate otherwise applicable, i.e., time-and-a-quarter.
( b ) For all overtime in excess of the first two hours on any day, one-and-a half times the rate otherwise applicable, i.e. time-and-a half.
(2) The minimum rate for all hours worked on Sundays and Customary Public or Statutory Holidays shall be twice the rate otherwise applicable, i.e., double time.
(3) For the purpose of this Section "the rate otherwise applicable" means:
( a ) In the case of a worker who qualified for payment under Section 2 the appropriate weekly rate set out in Section 2 divided by the declared normal number of hours worked per week.
( b ) In the case of a worker who qualified for payment under Section 3, the appropriate hourly rate set out in Section 3.
SECTION 6.—Meal Interval.
An interval of 1¼ hours shall be allowed for a meal on each day other than the short day. Such interval shall not be regarded as time worked.
SECTION 7.—Annual Holidays.
All workers qualify for annual leave under the terms of the Holidays (Employees) Act, 1973 .
SECTION 8.—Protective Clothing.
(1) It shall be the duty of the employer to provide protective clothing such as capes, pull-ups and souwesters for workers employed by him.
(2) It shall be the duty of the workers to take reasonable care of the protective clothing provided.
SECTION 9.—Maintenance and Care of Vehicles.
(1) The employer shall ensure that a vehicle to be used by a worker is maintained in good mechanical order.
(2) The worker shall take proper care of any vehicle used by him and shall bring to the notice of the employer any defect of which he becomes aware.
SECTION 10.—Identification of Vehicles.
The name and address of the employer shall be displayed on bicycles, tricycles, box-carriers, hand-carts and barrows, in letters and figures at least one inch in height and clearly legible.
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Court this 20th day of
December, 1978.
(Signed) JAMES G. McCAULEY.
A person authorised under Section 18 of the Act to
authenticate the Seal of the Court.
EXPLANATORY NOTE.
This Instrument fixes new statutory minimum rates of pay and regulates statutory conditions of employment as from the 2nd January 1979 for Messengers employed in the Cork City Area. It is made by the Labour Court on the recommendation of the Messengers (Cork City Area) Joint Labour Committee.