Employment Regulation Order (Aerated Waters and Wholesale Bottling) Joint Labour Committee, 2004
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: Full pension will be 50% of final pensionable salary. Full pension to be earned at age 65 provided the employee had completed 40 years' continuous service. Provision for early retirement will be made in accordance with actuarial procedures.
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paragraphs: Death benefit of an amount equivalent to 1½ years' salary shall be provided for dependants on the death of a member in service before age 65.
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paragraphs: All eligible employees with 2 years' continuous service, aged 25 years and over and under 55, qualify for membership of the scheme.
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paragraphs: The pension from age 65 shall be payable for the lifetime of the employee with a guarantee that, on the death of the member within five years of normal retiring age, member's pension would continue for the balance of five years to a dependent relative; otherwise there should be provision of an equivalent nature for a dependent relative.
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paragraphs: Pensionable salary shall be the basic rate for the employee less an amount equivalent to twice the basic Social Welfare pension at the single person's rate. Final pensionable salary shall be the average pensionable salary over three years prior to retirement.
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paragraphs: The foregoing shall be subject to a review in the event of the introduction of a pay related State pension scheme.
PART V111
SICK PAY SCHEME
Eligibility:
All employees with 12 months' service.
Duration:
No payment will be made in respect of the first 3 days. Benefits will be payable for a maximum of 15 weeks in any calendar year for a medically certified illness. A certificate signed by a medical practitioner must be produced by the third day of any absence on sick leave, specifying the nature of the illness. Where sick leave extends beyond the period initially certified, then further certification is required.
Benefit:
In the case of full time employees, up to €32 per week subject to the sum of all benefits, i.e. both State and company benefits, not exceeding the individual's personal basic rate of pay.
For part-time employees, this benefit shall be applied on a pro-rata basis (i.e. the condition of employment concerned shall be related to the proportion which the normal hours of work of that part-time employee bears to the normal hours of work of the full-time comparable employee concerned).
Contribution:
Full-time employee: €0.30 (max) may be deducted weekly.
Part-time employee: Deductions will be made on a pro-rata basis.
Employer: Twice the employees' contribution or appropriate as shall guarantee the above benefit.
Notice:
It will be the worker's duty to ensure that the employer is informed of his absence from work due to illness before normal starting time on the first day of absence.
Abuse:
Disciplinary procedures may be applied to any worker found to have abused the scheme.
PART IX
GENERAL
Nothing in this Employment Regulation Order shall be taken to exclude, limit or be in any way inconsistent with the rights of any employee under any statutory enactment.
Given under the Official Seal of the Labour Court this 28th day of September, 2004.
L.S.
KEVIN DUFFY
CHAIRMAN
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.
This Instrument fixes minimum rates of pay and regulates statutory conditions of employment as from 1st October, 2004 for workers employed in the Aerated Waters and Wholesale Bottling Trade. It is made by the Labour Court on the Recommendation of the Aerated Waters and Wholesale Bottling Joint Labour Committee.