National Stalldard Order , 1988

L.N. 85 or 1988

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (REG UI.ATION) ACT, 1952

(ACT NO. XI OF 1952)

Weekly Day of Rest and Annual Vacation Lea~e

National Stalldard Order , 1988

IN EXERCISE of the powers co nferred by section 4 of the

Conditions of Employment (Regulation) Act, 1952 the Minister for

Social Policy on the recommendation oflhe Labour Board has made the

following order:-

I. This order may be cited as the Weekly Da y of Rest and Annual

Vacalion Leave National Standard Order, 1988.

In this order -

"Act" means the Conditions of Emp loyment (Regulation) "'",No. XI

Act, 1952; and

"whole-time employee" shall have HII' same meaning as is

assigned to it in any recogn ised conditions of employment in

accordance with section 10 of the Ac!.

3, Whole-time employees shall be entitled to a minimum of one

day of reSt in every spedfic calendar wee k .

Whole-t ime employees shall be entitled to the National Day

and to all puhlic holidays with full pay, and to the following vacation

leave not being less than -

(a) four working weeks and onc working day during the

calendar year 1988;

(b) four working weeks and two working days during the

calendar year 1989;

(c) fou r working weeks and three working da)'5 during the

calendar year 1990

(d) four working weeks and four working days during the

calendar year 1991: and

(c)

four working weeks and five working days during the

~a1endar year 1992 and during any othe r cale ndar year thereafte r

Provided that when 3 whole-ti me employee is in

employment for less than twelve months duri ng any calendar year.

he shall be entitled to such part of Ihe said vacalion leave as is in

proportion 10 Ihe number of month s in employment.

S. For the purposes of paragraph 4. "vacation leave" means leave

with pay which may be availed of on days agreed upon between the

employer and the employee, provided that olle working day duri ng 1988,

two working da~ during 1989, three working days during 1990. four

worki ng days d uring 1991 and five worki ng days during ]992 and duri ng

any calendar year the reafter shall not form pan of any shutdown ,HId

shall be granted by the employer as optiona l leave in addition 10 any

optional leave the employee may have been entilled to on the 9th

November. 1988,

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