S.I. No. 33/1968 - Conditions of Employment (Nylon Stockings Industry (Exclusion) Regulations, 1968

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Conditions of Employment (Nylon Stockings Industry) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1968.

2. The

Interpretation Act, 1937

(No. 38 of 1937), applies to these Regulations.

3. The following form of industrial work, namely, the manufacture, pairing, examining and packaging of ladies' nylon stockings as operated at the premises of Killarney Hosiery Co. Ltd., Killarney is hereby declared to be excluded industrial work for the purpose of

section 46

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 woman shall be employed to do any such work at any time between the hour of 12 midnight on and day and the hour of 8 a.m. on the following day

(

b

) no woman shall be so employed on any day until after the expiration of eleven hours from the time at which she ceased to do industrial work on the previous day.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 16th day of February, 1968.

Signed P. S. Ó hIRIGHILE,

Minister for Labour.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The

Conditions of Employment Act, 1936

, provides that women may be employed in industrial work between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m. only. The purpose of these Regulations is to permit the employment of women between the hours of 8 a.m. and 12 midnight on shift work in the manufacture, pairing, examining and packaging of ladies nylon stockings as operated at the premises of Killarney Hosiery Co. Ltd., Killarney.

S.I. No. 33 of 1968.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (NYLON STOCKINGS INDUSTRY (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1968

I, P. S. Ó hIRIGHILE, Minister for Labour, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

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. 64 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 make the following regulations