Employment Regulation Order (Messengers) (Waterford City) Joint Labour Committee, 1973.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

num: 7
paragraphs: 63
15 years but under 16 years
num: 8
paragraphs: 83
16 " " " 17 "
num: 10
paragraphs: 36
17 " " " 18 "
num: 12
paragraphs: 05
18 " " " 19 "
num: 13
paragraphs: 03
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 three hours' wages at such rate in respect of each day on which he works:—
Age of Worker
Minimum
Hourly Rate
Pence
Under 15 years
25
15 years but under 16 years
29
16 " " " 17 "
35
17 " " " 18 "
40
18 " " " 19 "
43
Phase II Basic wages at the end of the first phase will be increased by 4% from 1st June 1974, and for each 1% increase in the Consumer Price Index over 4% between February 1973 and February 1974, a 16p per week supplement shall be added.
Section 4—Normal Number of Hours of Work and Overtime
The normal number of hours of work shall be as follows:—
From Date of Order
From 1st September, 1973
In any week
42 hours
40 hours
On four days in each week, not exceeding 8 hours per day.
On one day in each week, not exceeding 9 hours per day
On the short day in each week, not exceeding 5 hours per day
Any time worked in excess of the normal number of hours shall be overtime and shall be paid for at overtime rates. Except in the Christmas period, a worker shall not be permitted to work.
( a ) after 2 p.m. on one day of the week;
( b ) after 8 p.m. on any three other days of the week;
( c ) after 6 p.m. on any of the other days of the week.
Section 5—Christmas period—Special Provisions
(1) The "Christmas period" means the period beginning on 11th December and ending on 24th December.
(2) During the Christmas period a worker may work not more than 10 hours in excess of the permitted or normal hours of work, provided that:—
( a ) he shall be paid at overtime rates for all such excess time;
( b ) he shall not be permitted to work after 10 p.m. on any day.
Section 6—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 purposes 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 43,
( b ) In the case of a worker who qualified for payment under Section 3, the appropriate hourly rate set out in Section 3.
Section 7—Meal Intervals
(1) A worker shall not be permitted to work for a longer period than five hours without being allowed a meal interval of not less than half an hour's duration.
(2) If a worker is required to work before noon and after 2 p.m. on any day he shall be allowed a meal interval of not less than one hour's duration beginning between those hours.
(3) If a worker is required to work before 5 p.m. and after 7 p.m. he shall be allowed a meal interval of not less than half an hour's duration beginning between those hours.
Section 8—Annual Holidays
Workers who qualify for annual leave under Section 10 of the Holiday (Employees) Act, 1961, shall be granted fourteen consecutive whole holidays including two Sundays.
Section 9—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 workers to take reasonable care of the protective clothing provided.
Section 10—Use, 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;
(3) The employer shall not require the worker to carry excessive loads on such vehicle nor to load in such a manner as to obstruct the view of the worker or his control of the vehicle.
Section 11—Deductions for absences
If a worker absents himself from work without leave for any day or portion of a day without reasonable cause, the employer shall have a right to deduct from the worker's remuneration a sum equivalent to the pay for such time so missed on a basis pro rata to the worker's normal working week.
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Labour Court this 1st day of August 1973.
(Signed) J. G. McCAULEY,
A person authorised under Section 18 of the Industrial Relations Act, 1946 , 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 6th August, 1973, for Messengers employed in Waterford City. It is made by the Labour Court on the recommendation of Messengers (Waterford City) Joint Labour Committee.