Employment Regulation Order (Hotels Joint Labour Committee) 1978.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: Workers employed in a hotel undertaking anywhere throughout the State except the County Boroughs of Dublin and Cork and the Borough of DÃºn Laoghaire by the person carrying on that undertaking and who are engaged in any of the following work, that is to say:
( a ) the preparation of food or drink;
( b ) the service of food or drink;
( c ) the provision of living accommodation;
( d ) the retail sale of goods;
( e ) work incidental to (a), (b), (c) or (d);
( f ) work performed at any office or at any store or warehouse or similar place;
BUT EXCLUDING
(i) Managers, assistant managers, trainee managers, receptionists, head clerks, head storemen and housekeepers.
(ii) Workers affected by a Registered Employment Agreement.
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paragraphs: In this Schedule "hotel" means either:—
( a ) a premises registered in the register of hotels under the provisions of the Tourist Traffic Acts, 1939 to 1957,
or
( b ) a premises licensed under the Licensing Acts 1833 to 1962 and having not less than 10 apartments normally available for the sleeping accommodation of travellers.
PART II.
STATUTORY MINIMUM RATES OF REMUNERATION PER WEEK.
SECTION I.—NON-TIPPING ZONE
With full Board and Lodging
With Board only
Without Board or Lodging
£
£
£
Cooks
12·22
15·96
21·36
1st year .. ..
16 49
20 23
25·63
2nd " .. ..
21·29
25·03
30·43
3rd " .. ..
29·30
33·04
38·44
4th " .. ..
44·25(a)
47·99(a)
53·39(a)
Trained .. ..
34·10(b)
37·84(b)
43·24(b)
( a ) This rate is for a cook who has completed 4 years training with C.E.R.T. and has passed a qualifying examination.
( b ) This rate is for a C.E.R.T. trained cook who does not hold a certificate but over a period of time could be moved up to grade (a) Cook.
( c ) No worker shall suffer a reduction in status or remuneration.
SECTION I.—NON-TIPPING ZONE
With full Board and Lodging
With Board only
Without Board or Lodging
General Workers
£
£
£
Under 18 years of age ..
19·75
23·49
28·89
18 to 19 " " " ..
28·61
32·35
37·75
19 to 20 " " " ..
29·54
33·28
38·68
20 and over .. ..
37·46*
41·20*
46·60*
*This top rate applies to a worker able and willing, as required, to perform all the general work of an hotel, not covered in the other job descriptions herein, as part of normal duties.
SECTION II.—TIPPING ZONE
With full Board and Lodging
With Board only
Without Board or Lodging
Guaranteed Gratuities
£
£
£
£
Waiter/ Waitress
1st year .. ..
14·30
18·04
23·44
1·35
2nd year ..
18·90
22·64
28·04
2·70
3rd year .. ..
21·41
25·15
30·55
4·75
4th year and over
32·71*
36·45*
41·85*
6·80
*(i) Existing workers who have already completed 3 years' service shall be immediately entitled to the top rate on passing an assessment by an independent authority, approved by the J.L.C., of their ability to perform the full range of duties applicable to a trained Waiter/Waitress.
(ii) Those existing workers who have already completed 5 years' service who do not offer themselves or pass this assessment shall proceed to the top rate in 2 equal phases—the first phase 6 months from the date of the E.R.O. or the date on which they started their 4 years, whichever is the earlier, and the 2nd phase 6 months later.
(iii) Workers who have satisfactorily completed their 5th year shall be deemed to have passed the assessment.
(iv) No worker shall suffer a reduction in status or remuneration.
With full Board and Lodging
With Board only
Without Board or Lodging
Guaranteed Gratuities
£
£
£
£
Barman/Barmaid
1st year .. ..
16·96
20·70
26·10
1·35
2nd year ..
23·95
27·69
33·09
2·05
3rd year .. ..
29·07
32·81
38·21
2·70
4th year and over
37·46*
41·20*
46·60*
3·40*
*(i) Existing workers who have already completed 3 years' service shall be immediately entitled to the top rate on passing an assessment by an independent authority, approved by the J.L.C., of their ability to perform the full range of duties applicable to a trained Barman/Barmaid.
(ii) Those existing workers who have already completed 5 years' service who do not offer themselves or pass this assessment shall proceed to the top rate in 2 equal phases—the first phase 6 months from the date of the E.R.O. or the date on which they started their 4th year of service whichever is the earlier, and the 2nd phase 6 months later.
(iii) Workers who have satisfactorily completed their 5th year of service shall be deemed to have passed the assessment.
(iv) No worker shall suffer a reduction in status or remuneration.
SECTION II.— TIPPING ZONE
With full Board and Lodging
With Board only
Without Board or Lodging
Guaranteed Gratuities
£
£
£
£
House Assistant
1st year .. ..
15·97
19·71
25·11
1·35
2nd year .. ..
22·99
26·73
32·13
2·70
3rd year and over
27·79
31·53
36·93
4·10
Porter
1st year .. ..
13·88
17·62
23·02
2·70
2nd year .. ..
20·16
23·90
29·30
4·10
3rd year .. ..
24·34
28·08
33·48
5·45
4th year and over
32·71
36·45
41·85
6·80
Page .. ..
20·05
23·79
29·19
2·05
Provided that:
Porters who commence employment at 19 years of age shall start at the 2nd rate.
Porters who commence employment at 20 years of age shall start at the 3rd rate.
Porters who commence employment at 21 years of age or over shall be paid full rate.
"Guaranteed Gratuities" means the minimum sum to be received by a worker from this source in each full week: where the worker receives less than this sum directly the employer shall make good the deficiency.
SECTION III.—Persons appointed to the following posts by management shall be paid the minimum differential over the standard rate as indicated:—
Minimum Differential
£
Post
Head Cook .. .. .. .. .. ..
8·60
2nd " " .. .. .. .. .. ..
5·50
Head Waiter/Waitress .. .. .. .. ..
6·80
2nd " " "
4·90
Head Porter .. .. .. .. .. ..
6·80
2nd " " .. .. .. .. .. ..
4·90
Head House Assistant .. .. .. .. ..
6·40
2nd " " .. .. .. .. ..
4·25
Head Barman/Barmaid .. .. .. .. ..
6·25
2nd " " " .. .. .. .. ..
4·40
NOTE:
In calculating the statutory minimum rate of remuneration applicable to any of the workers specified in Section I or II of this Part the following provisions shall apply:
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paragraphs: A worker who has completed a full-time hotel training course of six months' duration under the auspices of the Council for Education, Recruitment and Training for the Hotel Industry (C.E.R.T.) or a Vocational Education Committee shall, on commencement of employment be placed on the appropriate second year scale.
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paragraphs: A worker who has completed a full-time hotel training course of two years duration under the auspices of C.E.R.T. or a Vocational Education Committee shall, on commencement of employment, be placed on the appropriate third year scale.
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paragraphs: In any hotel where only junior staff of any of the following categories are employed—waiting, cooking and bar staff, house-assistants and porters—the following provisions shall apply:—
( a ) where four juniors are employed one of the four shall be placed on the next higher scale;
( b ) for each additional three juniors employed one additional junior shall be placed on the next higher scale.
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paragraphs: In any hotel where none of the cooking staff is on full rate, one of the cooks shall be paid a rate one year in excess of the highest prevailing rate of any of the cooking staff.
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paragraphs: In the case of temporary staff employed in seasonal hotels, the season, or that part of the season during which the hotel is open, shall count as a full year for the purpose of calculating the appropriate rate of pay applicable the following season.
PART III.
STATUTORY CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT.
SECTION I.—NORMAL WORKING HOURS.
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paragraphs: During the season the normal working fortnight shall be any 10 days.
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paragraphs: During the off-season the normal working fortnight shall be 10 days, calculated on the basis of alternative Sundays off.
The "season" means the period commencing on the Sunday before Easter Sunday and ending on the last Sunday in September.
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paragraphs: The normal number of hours for workers aged 18 years and over in any fortnight shall be 80 hours.
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paragraphs: The normal number of hours and the maximum number of hours which may be worked in any week by workers between the ages of 15 years and 18 years shall be governed by the provisions of the Protection of Young Persons (Employment) Act, 1977 .
Normal
Maximum
Workers aged between 15 and 16 years ..
37½ hrs. p.w.
40 hrs. p.w.
" " " 16 " 18 " ..
40 " "
45 " "
N.B. there is also a maximum on the number of hours which can be worked per 4 week period (172 hrs.) and per year (2,000 hrs.) for workers under 18 years of age.
SECTION II.— HOLIDAYS
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paragraphs: Workers shall be granted holidays in accordance with the provisions of the Holidays (Employees) Act, 1973 . These provisions include 21 whole holidays including 3 Sundays. The Act also provides entitlement to eight Public Holidays as follows:—Christmas Day, St. Stephen's Day, New Year's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Easter Monday, June Holiday, the First Monday in August, and the last Monday in October.
Where a worker is required to work on a Public Holiday, he must be given either—
( a ) a day off in lieu with pay within a month, or
( b ) an additional day with pay added to his annual leave, or
( c ) payment for the day equivalent to twice the amount of a full day's pay.
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paragraphs: Six weeks' notice of intention to allow annual leave shall be given by employers to their workers.
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paragraphs: Where a worker has worked on any Public Holiday throughout the year, the days off in lieu may be taken consecutively and added to the worker's three weeks' annual leave.
SECTION III.— OTHER CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
Overtime Rates.
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paragraphs: Overtime shall be paid for at the rate of time-and-a-half. Overtime rates shall be calculated by reference to the hourly rate which shall be the appropriate weekly rate "Without Board or Lodging" divided by the declared normal number of hours worked per week.
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paragraphs: A worker rostered to work night duty, which is not overtime, shall be compensated by the payment of an allowance equivalent to 20% of his basic pay.
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paragraphs: Sunday Work.
(i) Work performed on Sunday shall be paid for at the rate of double time;
(ii) Where a worker is required to work Sunday duty on a day which in normal circumstances he would have been off duty such work shall be paid for at the rate of double time.
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paragraphs: Finishing Time.
(i) Workers shall be entitled each week throughout the year to either one early finishing night at 7 p.m. or two at 8.30 p.m.
(ii) All workers under 18 years of age shall not be required to work later than 10 p.m. on any night.
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paragraphs: Spreadover Duty.
(i) The maximum period for spreadover duty shall not exceed 14 hours in any day.
(ii) A minimum period of 8 hours shall elapse between a worker's normal finishing time each night and starting time next morning.
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paragraphs: Breaks.
No worker shall be required to work continuously for more than 4½ hours without a break of at least 15 minutes except where the provisions of the Protection of Young Persons (Employment) Act, 1977 provide otherwise.
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paragraphs: Lifting Excessive Weights.
Workers under 18 years of age shall be employed on suitable light work.
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paragraphs: Certificate of Service.
Each worker shall be entitled to receive from his employer on termination of his employment a certificate of service showing the period for which he was employed and the standing of his employment at the date of termination.
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Labour Court this 8th day of June, 1978.
(Signed) JAMES G. McCAULEY.
A person authorised under Section 18 ofthe Industrial Relations Act, 1946 , to authenticate the Seal of the Court.
EXPLANATORY NOTE.
This instrument fixes statutory minimum rates of pay and regulates statutory conditions of employment as from 12th June, 1978 for workers employed in a hotel undertaking anywhere throughout the State except the County Boroughs of Dublin and Cork and the Borough of DÃºn Laoghaire. It is made by the Labour Court on the recommendation of the Hotels Joint Labour Committee.