S.I. No. 281/1978 - Employment Regulation Order (Catering Joint Labour Committee) 1978.

1. Overtime shall be at the rate of time plus one half for hours worked in excess of 80 hours per fortnight. Work done on a day on which a worker would normally be off duty including Sunday shall be paid for at the rate of double time except where an option to take time off in lieu can be agreed between employer and worker.

2. Each worker shall be made aware of his rostered duty for each period of the rostered duty one week in advance of the commencement of rostered duty. Any hours worked in excess of rostered duty on any day shall be paid for at the overtime rate of time plus one half up to 12.00 o'clock midnight and thereafter at double time.

3. A worker rostered to work night duty between the hours of 12 midnight and 7.00 a.m. which is not overtime, or which is not covered by a trade union negotiated shift pay agreement, shall be compensated by the payment of an allowance equivalent to 25% of his basic pay, for hours worked during that period.

4.

Sunday Work.

(i) Within the 80 hour fortnight every second Sunday shall be regarded as a day off;

(ii) Work performed on Sunday as part of the normal roster shall be paid at the rate of double time;

5.

Spreadover Duty/Finishing Time.

(i) The maximum period for spreadover duty shall not exceed 12 hours in any day, and workers subject to spreadover duty shall be entitled in each week throughout the year to one day at a maximum of 8 hours spreadover or 2 days at a maximum of 10 hours spreadover. The short spreadover shall be calculated from normal starting time unless otherwise agreed.

(ii) A minimum period of 8 hours shall elapse between a worker's normal finishing time each night and starting time next morning.

(iii) Permanent and casual workers under 18 years of age shall not be required to work after 10 p.m. on any night.

6.

Breaks.

No worker shall be required to work continuously for more than 4½ hours without a break of at least 15 minutes exclusive of main meal breaks.

7.

Certificate of Service.

Each worker who has accumulated at least a total of the equivalent of six months full time service shall be entitled to the next full time rate provided at least one calendar year has elapsed since he commenced on the lower rate.

Each worker shall be entitled to receive from his employer on termination of his employment a certificate of service showing the period of his employment, the length of service and average weekly hours worked in each particular grade in which he or she may have been employed.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Labour Court this 5th day

of October, 1978.

(Signed) COLM COYNE.

A person authorised under Section 18 of the Industrial Relations

Act, 1946, to authenticate the seal of the Court.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This instrument fixes with effect from the 9th October, 1978 statutory minimum rates of remuneration and statutory conditions of employment of certain workers employed in Catering establishments throughout the State except the County Borough of Dublin and the Borough of Dún Laoghaire. It is made by the Labour Court on the recommendation of the Catering Joint Labour Committee.

5. Workers appointed to the following posts by employers shall be paid the minimum differential over the standard rate as indicated

Post

Minimum Differential

£

Head Cook

8·60

2nd " "

5·50

Head Waiter/Waitress

6·80

2nd " " "

4·90

Head Barman/Barmaid

6·25

2nd " " "

4·40

6.

Apprenticeship ratios.

A ratio of 1:1 i.e. 1 trainee worker for every trained worker will apply with a derogation for attendance at C.E.R.T. training courses and/or a training programme organised with the approval of C.E.R.T.

7.

Service Charge.

Service charge, where levied, shall be distributed weekly to waiters, waitresses, counter assistants, bar men and bar maids. A maximum of 20% of the total service charge may be distributed to any other classes covered by this Employment Regulation Order with the agreement of the majority of the staff.

PART III.

STATUTORY CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT.

SECTION I.—Normal Working Hours.

The normal working fortnight shall be any 10 days and shall consist of 80 hours for all workers except where the provisions of the

Protection of Young Persons (Employment) Act, 1977

apply.

SECTION II.—Holidays.

S.I. No. 281 of 1978.

EMPLOYMENT REGULATION ORDER (CATERING JOINT LABOUR COMMITTEE) 1978.

WHEREAS the Labour Court (hereinafter called "the Court") pursuant to the provisions of

Section 43

of the

Industrial Relations Act, 1946

(hereinafter called "the Act") made Catering Joint Labour Committee Establishment Order, 1977 (

S.I. No. 225 of 1977

) establishing the Catering Joint Labour Committee (hereinafter referred to as the "the Committee");

AND WHEREAS the Committee has submitted to the Court proposals in the Schedule hereto for fixing the statutory remuneration and regulating the conditions of employment of workers in relation to whom the Committee operates;

AND WHEREAS the provisions of Section 43 of the Act have been complied with;

NOW, THEREFORE, the Court, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Section 43 of the Act hereby orders as follows: —

(1) This Order may be cited as Employment Regulation Order (Catering Joint Labour Committee) 1978.

(2) Effect is hereby given to the proposals set out in the Schedule hereto.

(3) The provisions set out in the Schedule hereto shall have effect as from the 9th day of October, 1978.

SCHEDULE.

PART I.

Workers to whom this schedule applies.