Food Manufacture Industry Wages Council Wage Regulation

L.N. 25 of 1981

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (REGULATION) ACT, 1952

(ACT NO. XI OF 1952)

Food Manufacture Industry Wages Council Wage Regulation

(Amendment) Order, 1981

IN exercise of the powers conferred by section 8 of the Conditions

of Employment (Regulation) Act, 1952, the Minister of Labour, Wel­

fare and Culture having received proposals from the Food Manufacture

Industry Wages Council concerning the conditions of employment of

the employees in relation to whom the said Wages Council operates,

has made the following order:-

(1) This order may be cited as the Food Manufacture Indus­

try Wages Council Wage Regulation (Amendment) Order, 1981, and

shall be read and construed as one with the Food Manufacture Industry

Wages Council Wage Regulation Order, 1977 , hereinafter referred to as

"the principal order".

(2) This order shaI1 come into force on the 16th March, 1981 ,

with the exception of paragraph 3 which shall have effect as from the

1st day of January, 1981 .

For paragraoh 2 of the Schedule to the principal order there

shall be substituted the following

"2 .

( 1) The minimum weekly remuneration shall be

related to a week of nat more than fortv-six hours in the case of all

whole-time employees other than watchmen.

(2) The minimum weekly remuneration in the case of

watchmen shall be related to a week of not more than sixty hours,

inclusive of on the spot breaks for meals.".

For oara!:!ranh 3 of the Schedule to the principal order there

shall be substituted the following

"3.

(1) The minimum weekly wages pavable to whole-time

employees, other than watchmen, shall be as fol1ows

!26. 8 8

18 years or over

. !24.6 8

1 7 years

!2 3.75.

16 years

(2)

(a) Watchmen whose duties are mainly performed

indoors shall be paid a minimum weekly wage of !26.88,O; and

(b) Watchmen whose duties are mainly oerformed

out of doors shall be paid a minimum wage of !21.88,O.".

For paragranh 4 of the Schedule to the principal order there

shall be substituted the following

"4. Part-time employees shall be entitled to a minimum hourIy

rate calculated pro rata in accordance with the provisions of para.

graphs 2 and 3 of this Schedule.",

S. For sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 7 of the Schedule to the

principal order there shall be substituted the following

of the Scħedule

to the principal

"(2) Whole-time employees shall be

entitled

to

overtime

remuneration as fol1ows

(a) in the case of all employees other

than watchmen, for work in excess of 46

time-and-a-half;

hours in any one week

(b) in the case of watchmen, for work

time-and-a-half;

in ex cess of 10 hours daily or 60 hours weekly

(c) in the case of all employees, inc1ud-

ing watchmen for work on the seventh day

(being the weekly day of rest)

double time.".

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Minflok is-sub-paragrafu (2) tal-paragrafu 7 ta' l-Iskeda li tin­

sab ma' l-ordni prinċipali għandu jidħol dan li ġej

"(2) Impjegati whole-time

għandhom

jitħallsu

rimuneraz­

l-ordni prinċipali.

zjoni għal sahra kif ġej

(a) fil-każ ta' l-impjegati kollha, barra

minn għassiesa, għal xogħol 'i1 fuq minn 46 sie-

ħin-u-nofs;

għa fil-ġimgħa . . .

(b) fil-każ ta' għassiesa, għal xogħol 'il

fuq minn 10 sigħat kuljum jew 60 siegħa fil-

ħin-u-nofs;

ġimgħa . . .

(ċ) fil-każ ta' l-impjegati kollha, inklużi

l-għassiesa, għal xogħol fis-seba' ġurnata (li

tkun il-ġurnata ta' mistrieħ fil-ġimgħa)

ħin doppju.".