S.I. No. 405/1979 - Employment Regulation Order (Catering Joint Labour Committee), 1979.

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 12.00 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 of 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 10.00 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 19th day of

December, 1979.

JAMES 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 with effect from the 24th December, 1979 statutory minimum rates of remuneration and statutory conditions of employment of certain workers employed in Catering establishments throughout the State except the Co. Borough of Dublin and the Borough of Dun 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 Head Cook

£5.50

Head Waiter/Waitress

2nd Head Waiter/Waitress

£6.80

£4.90

Head Barman/Barmaid

£6.25

2nd Head Barman/Barmaid

£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

Workers in relation to whom the Committee operates shall be granted annual leave in accordance with the provisions of the

Holidays (Employees) Act, 1973

.

Those workers who do not have 17 days' annual leave shall be entitled to a total of 17 days leave.

The Act also provides entitlements to eight Public Holidays as follows:—Christmas Day, St. Stephen's Day, New Year's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Easter Monday, First Monday in June, the First Monday in August, and Last Monday in October.

Where a worker is required to work on a Public Holiday or where a public holiday coincides with a rest day, 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.

S.I. No. 405 of 1979.

EMPLOYMENT REGULATION ORDER (CATERING JOINT LABOUR COMMITTEE), 1979.

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 an Employment Regulation Order dated 9th October, 1978 (

S.I. No. 281 of 1978

) (hereinafter called "the said Order") fixing the statutory minimum rates of remuneration and regulating the statutory conditions of employment of workers in relation to whom the Catering Joint Labour Committee (hereinafter called "the Committee") operates;

AND WHEREAS the Committee has submitted to the Court a proposal for revoking the said Order;

AND WHEREAS the Committee has also submitted to the Court the proposals set out in the Schedule hereto for Fixing the statutory minimum rates of remuneration and regulating the statutory 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 the Employment Regulation Order (Catering Joint Labour Committee) 1979.

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

(3) The provisions set out in the Schedule hereto shall have effect as from 24th December, 1979 and as from that date the said Order shall be revoked.

NOTE

: Enquiries should be directed to the Joint Labour Committees Section, The Labour Court, Mespil Road, Dublin 4 (Phone 765861 Extension Nos. 169 and 182).

SCHEDULE

PART I

Workers to whom this schedule applies