32 tal-1989

L.N. 32 of 1989

COND IT IONS OF EMPLOYMENT (REGULATION) ACT

(CA-P. llS)

WhoIcsa~ a nd R~tal l Tndes Wage$ Council Wagt

Regulllcion Order,

IN EXER CIS E of the powers oon fcrred by sectioo 8 ofttle Conditions of

Employmen t (Regulation) Act , the Ministe r for Soci.l Policy , having

recei~cd propo$3ls from the Wholeple and Relli l Trade Wages Council

conce rni ng the cond itions of employment o f the emplayccs in relation to whom

the said Wages Council <>pe" tcs . has mad<:: the fo llowing order:-

This order may be cited as the Who lesale and RClail Trades Wages , O, ~tio n . nd

Council Wage Regulation O rder. 1989 a nd shall (Ome ;n lo force on lhe <om"", """ ........

18th March. 1989.

The provisions $C l oul in the S<-hedule herelo shall apply 10 all

In Ihi s S.hedul. unless Ihe oon le~1 otherwise u qui rcs:-

I.

" custo mary ho lidays" means the days (other IhM Sundays) d=cla",d

(or the time being 10 be public holidays by or under the Nat ional Holidays

and other Public Holiday, Act , 1975;

"half day" me~ns a period of twelve ODn$CCu tive hours endin, It \.00

p .m. o r 1.00 ' .m.;

" houQ of work " means the time on any daydurifIJ which e mploye,",

Ire at the disposal o f the employer. c ~clusive of inlervals . 1I0 .... ed for meals

and rest

" parH ime e mployee" means I n employee .... ha is not I .... hole·time

e mployee;

··time·a nd·a·half' a nd ··double·time" mean reloptCtivc\y one and.

half limes and lWi~ the actual time rate applieahle 10 the employee;

" whole· lime e mployee'· means an e mployee who works for more

Ihln lwenly hours in any onc week, spread ovtr. period of not less Ihan

four days;

'"Wages·· mealll remuneration or eaminp . ,,"yable in money by an

employer 10 a n e mployee;

"week·· means I Qllencbr week ;

··wee kly d ay of re$t·· means a pe riod of twenty·four consecutive hours

commencing It the time I 1 which the employee would nonnally rommenc:e

h is tu mofOUlY·

2. Subject to the provisions of pIITagraph (S) of this Schedule: . the

minimum weekly. remuneration plyable 10 whole·time employees .han be

related 10 a week ofnol more thi n forty hours spread over fiye and a IlalfdBYS

Provided that the hou rs o f work of employce$ in

(I) shop$ wboic main 1000,,,;ty is lhe u lc o f newspllpers. bread . frub

meat. fish . milk. fruil . YC~ tables . flowers. tobacco. lake·away foods.

confectionery and bona fide j,OUvcnirs;

(b)

petrol kiO$ks and petrol.talions

dispcnsa ,~.; and

(c)

(d)

barbers .nd hairdressers.

sha ll be sp,ead oye, six days

Plovided funher lhat lhe houn of work o f walchmen shall be rela led

to a we ek of!\Ol mOre thin $i~ty hours spread oyer six da)'$.

J . Subject 10 the provisions o f paragraph 2 of this Schedule, the

minimum weekly rcmuner~tion payable to whole·time emplo)'Us shlll be as

follows;-

(a) Who!e· lime employees olher than watchmen . o f the age

!pCcified in Column 1 of the table immediate ly following Shall be entided

to Ihe IJlIl"I"OIlriate nlle of ",munerallon set o ut in Column 2 thereof

Minimum Remunenllon

WHOLE·TI ME EMPLOYEES (OTHER THAN WATCHMEN )

Column 1

Column 2

At a~ 16yelll .. .. ..... .. ...... .. ..... .. ..... .. .

1.m26. 13.0

17 YUIl . . .. ........... . ....•.....•••.....

l.m27.24.0

LmJO.3II.0

ISyunandove r . .... . .. .. . ... .. ...... . .. .

(b) Watchmen employed IS whole· tlme e mployee$ performinl

dUlies as specified in Column I oflhe table immediately followinl'>hl ll be

entitled to Ill<: appropriate rale o f rcmuncnuion KI nul in Column 2

Ihereof

Minimum Acmu ntraliOll

WATCHMEN EMPLOYED AS WHOLE-TIME EMPLOYEES

Column 2

Column I

LmlO.38,O

Watc hm en wh05C duties Ire mainly !)Cllonned indoors

Lm31.38.0

Walchmen wh05C duties are mainly performed outdoors

e m ployees in rcsp«tofwhom the Who1cu1c and Rctai1Tradn Wages Council

operates other than pcrsonsemploycd in bars. re$tauranlS I ndcoffee-llouses .

( I) O n the date 0 1 commencement ofthisordcr, the Wholnale and

Rela il Trades Wages Council Wage Reju lation Orde r. 197$. sItall be revoked

without prejud ice. howevcr. 10 Iny righlS I nd liabilities u istin, thereunder on

lhat date.

(2) Notwithstand ing the re>'OCltion of the Wholesale Ind Re",l

Trades Wages Council Wal'" Regulation Order. 1975. the provisions of tllat

orde r shall OOnl;nue 10 apply to persons employed in bars, rc:$laUTlnlS and

cofree· houscs umil new provisions arc made by tile Minisler after Ihe

publ icalion o f proposals by the Hote'" a nd Clubs WaCU Coonei!.

An whok-time employees shall be allowed ;nlel"lllll of 001 less in Ihe .'-t if>imum

aggreple, than one hou r for meals and rest everyday.

S. (l) All whole-time emplo}'U:I who Ire condilioned \0 • five and a

half day wee k in aa::ordancc wilh para,raph 20fthisSchedulcshall beentilled

10 one and a half day$ off in every period of '<even a1nscculive d~Y'. wilh Ihe

~Ir day in question being allowed in Ihe af1emoon;

Provided that every employee shall be enlitled 10 hi. haLf-day o ff in

Ihe Ifternoon of a Saturday at leMl once in every three weeks. in aODOfdaRCe

wilh a rOStc r made and kepi by Ihe employ<:r.

(2) All other whole'lime employees 1hall be enlitled 10 II least onc

day ofrCSI in cvery <:alendar WN:k .

(I) L-impjegati kollha whole-lime Ii jkunu marbutin L-i"'l"..u..rien

b'kondiujonijiet ta ' xoghol fejn jabdmu hamest ijiem u nofs fgimgha ,,' ku'! iim"",.

skood iI-paragrafu 2 ta' dio I-Iskeda ikunu intij()lati ghal gumata u nofs

franki n.ull perijodu la' sebat ijiem ko nsekutt ivi, b'mod li n-nob ta'

ohar frank imsemmi jittiehcd wara nofs in-o har

I:t da kull impjegat ikun intilolat Ii jichu n-nofs ta' nhar tieghu

fran k wara noli; io-nhar, nhar ta' Sibt gha ll -inqas darba kull tliet

gimghat, skond rOSIer maghmul u mi.tmum mill-principal.

(2) L-impjegati whole-lime l-ol'lra kollha ikunu intitolati

ghall-inqas ghal gurnata wal'lda la' mistrich i'kull gimglia kalcndarja.

Whole·time cmployCQ OIher Ihan watchmen shall be entilled 10

overtime remUlleralion as follows

(a) for III hours of work in C~ce5S of Ihe normal hours of work in

acrordanec with paragraph 2 of Ihis Schedule - time·and ·a-hlf

(b) for all hours in e xcess 0 1 eighl hours in any week day 00 which

Ihe employee il not emitled to a half day off -limc-and-I ·half

(c) for aIL hours ofwo.k in uccss 01 five: hours o n any day in which

the e mployee is enlilled 10 the: weekly half-day o ff _ Iime-.lnd·._hllf;

(d) for ,11 hours of WQrk On SundaY' and amom.ry HoIidays-

double·tin,c ;

(c ) for an hours of work in Iny calcndlr week in exe<:u of Ihe

n umber o f wolking hours. bcingl100l mole Ihan forty. stipulated in Ihe

con lraCI of service excluding from such number _

(i) all lime paid for under the foregoing provisions of this

paragraph ; and

(ii) IIIe number of hours during which an employee;' 00

holiday . sick leave o r is Ibsent from work without remuneration

subjecl 10 a maximum of ~ven hours in rcspect of Bny whole day-

lim~ ·8nd·._half

Provided ~hat ~hc Director o!Labour may authorize all employer

in writing to pay o~rlime to speci fied emplo yees or groups of

employees in Tespcet only of hou ... o f WOfk in ucess of a weekly

average of the oumbe. of work ing hours being oot more than forty .

stipul ated in ~he contract of service. calcul.~ed ove. such • numbe. of

conseculive weeks as the Di.ecto. may deem rea.~nablc: and;n ~h.~

case lhe pro~of ilem (a)oflhls pa.a,l'lIph sh all not Ipply

(r) (i) fo. all hours of work by watchmen in excess of ten hoors

d.ily 0. in CXceM nf sixty hours in a period of six conseculive days -

lime-and-a·half

(il) for all hoursof worlc by watchmen on the sevenlh day Cday

o f rest) - douhle-timc.

7_ <I) In addilion IQ Ihe minimum weekly rest to which whole time

employees may be e nlitled unde r parllrraph S subp.ragrapns CI}.nd (2).

whole· time employees mall be entitled 10 III custom.')' holidays wilh fun pay.

and 10 the following vaca tion leave nO( being less IhBn :-

(a) four. working weeks Ind one working day during each of Ihe

calendar yUf$l988 and 1989;

(b) fou. working Wffb Ind lWO worlcing days during lhe calendar

yea. 1990

(e) four working weeks and three workillj days during lhe calendar

year 19\11 : and

(d) four workin,( _eb and four work ing daY' during the ",lendar

yea. 1992 and 'during Iny o ther cale ndar year the.eafter

Provided Ihal when . whole -lime employee;s in employment for less

thin twelve months du ring any calenda. yell, he $hall be enlit led 10 such

part of the said y.calion leaYe as;s in proportion 10 lhe number ofmonl M

in e mployment.

(2) For Ihe pu!pO'ClI of Ih i, paragraph "vaul;on leave'" mean~

lcave wilh pay which mly be lvailed o f

(I) one day vacation leave during C<ldI o f the cIlendar year, 1988

and 1989;

(b) lwodays vacation leave d uring 1990

(c)

three days vlcaUOlllelve durinll9\l l ;

(d) four days vacalion leave during 1992, and during any calendar

year thereafler;

~hall not form pari of Iny shutdown and shall be ,ranted by tile

employer as optionalleavc in addition to any optionalleue the employce

may have been entitled to Oflthe 9th N~mber. 1988.

After completin S the first 5iJ months of e mployment , whole·time Sick le."".

employee~ shall

be entitled 10 fifICCn days sick leave on full pay IC$$ any

sickness benefit 10 which they may be entitled \lnder the Social Seasrity Act,

1987 and to a further thiny-six days on lIalf pay in e very calendar yea"

Provided 'lIal a medical certifia te oertifying incapacilY for work

covering the period of absence is produced 10 th~ e mployer.

W!tole·,ime employees shall be allowed twO dl)'l paid leave on the

occasion of tile death o f any o f the followins relations: wife, husband, mother.

father . (or the pe!'SO<l w!to It the lime was in facl acting as Ihe mother or father

of the employee), son, daughter, bl"O(her o r si$ttr.

A whole-lime employee shall be allowed three days leave with pay

on the oc:couion of his Or he rmarria,e, IndonC d;ty leave on the occasion of thc

binh of a child to the wife oflhe employee.

! I . A whole-time employee J.hall be ent;tled 10 onc year injury leave on

full pay less Ihe full amount of Iny injury benefillo whiCh sllCb employc:c may

bc en titled under the Socilll ~curity Act. 1987. if he{sbe is injured durinS the

actual discharge of hislher dUlY and nOt due to Iny contributory ~aligcnoeon

his/her pan o r to any cont rlw:n tion of nfety rules Ilid down by tile

m;lna~menl .

Whole-lime employees alled for jllry $Crvice shall be allowed alllhe

necessary timeoffon fun p;ly 10 IlIendsuch $Crvice 11 the Court.

(I) The minimum remuneration payable 10 pari-lime cmploy<:cs

OfIthedaYSi~cir.ed in Column I orlhe table immediately fonowin, shallbe It

lhe appropriate TIle per hou.r $Cl QUI in Column 2 thereof

:\-1inimum Remune-ratlOOl

PA RT-TIM E EMPLOYEES

Column I

Column 2

Rile per hour

Monday!O ~turdlY ...•............•........•••.

Lm1.3t.8

Lm2.06.S

Sundays and CUSTomary Holidays . ..... ...•....... .

(2) When the Government grants 10 III its whole-time e mployees a

genera l increase in wag" and su,h increase is decla red by the Minister

rc.ponsible for labour by notice in the Gaunc 10 be of gene ral application 10

alt whole·tim e employees. the rites rc(eITed 10 in sub·paragraph (I) of Ihis

paragraph shall be proporti onately increued by dividing the weekly rale

applicable 10 .... hole-t;me employees o f the $.lime cale,ory by sixty in the case of

watchmen and by forty in the case ofolh eremployees.

(3) For Ihe pur')105es of Ihis paragraph "part-time empklyee" means

an e mploy«

who is [lQt e mployed for more than twenty hou ~ in any

(a)

week

(b) wOOsc hou~ of work in any day are oomained in BOt more

than four <.:On!iCCUtive hou~ in I period of [lQt mOre than half a day

",d

In c:a,"w~re IM reliring age of I male employ«' itexpec:ted al the

R.'irin,AJ<

age of60 years. such e mploy« , haJllx given li>e opportunily by his employer

10 relain his employmem beyond Ih it age al least until Ihe age of 61 years.

provided Ihal II1c employee in qUC'llion shall still be allovoed. if Ix !O wishe5 . 10

retire atlhe age of60 yurs.

EX PlANATORY NOTE

(This nolt Is nol fN'rI oflhe Order bur iT intended 10 indictllt ilS tlpplictlbility)

The provisions of tile above Schedule: shall apply 10 all pc:rsons employed by wholesale

merchants. distribulors. importe". e xporters . oommissiQn agents. wholesale and marke ti .. ,

co-operalives. retailers. lending libraries. hawkers . hairdressers. oonsumers' co-operalives.

photographic sludios: buI it shall I10t apply 10 employ«:s in any shop Tun directly under the

management of a hoIel .. part of IIle amenities of lhe hotel. nor 10 employees in any .shop either

run di rectly by the management of. dub as part of Ihe amenilies therwf or given out under

contract for the pur')105e of increasing lhose amenities.

The provisions of Ihe Wholcs.ale a nd Relail Tradei Wages Council Wage Re&ulalion

Order. I97S, shall re main applicable to employeei employed in bars, reil8urants and coffee

shops until such employees are oo~ercd by an appropriate Wage Regulation Order.

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