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CONUlTIONS 0.' EMPLOYMENT (REGULATION) ACT

(CA I'. IJS)

Woodworlu Wages Counci l Wa~ Rrgu lation

(Amendmcnt)Ordu, 199O

IN uercise of the powel1l ronferred by section 8 of the Conditio ns

o f Employment ( Regulation) Act. the Minister for Social Policy. having

received p roposa ls from the Wood ..... orkl; Wages Council conce rning the

rond itions of cmployme nt of the employees in rel ation towho m the said

Wuges Coullcil operates. hns made the following order:-

I . (I) This ordl' r ma y be cited as the Wood w{)Tk s Wages

Council Wage Regu lation (Amend ment ) O rder. 1990 and shall be r<:ad

and construed 3 5 one with the: Woodwork!; Wages Cou nci l Wage

Regulation Ordl'r, 1977. hereinaftcr re ferred to as .. the principa l

orde r" ,

Th is ordc r shall come intQ force on thc 25th Jun e. 1990.

(2)

2, Pal'1lgraph 2 o f the Schedule to the principal orde r shall be

amended as foll ow5:-

in sub,paragraph (1) thereof. for the ..... ords MnOt more

(8)

than forty-si~ (46) ho urs of work " there shall be substitu ted Ihe

..... ords "not more than fony (40) houl1l of work M: and

(b) in $ub-parllgraph (2) th ereof. for the words " not more

than $i~t y (60) houl1l of work" the re shall be substituted the ... ·ords

" not more than fifty-two (52) hou rs o f work M.

For paragraph 3 of the Schedu le to the princi pal order there

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shall be substi tuted the fo l1owin8: -

II-paragra ru 2 la ' 1-lskeda li linsab ma' l-ordn i priOCipali

ghand u jigi emendat kif gej;-

(a) fis-subparagrafu (1) tiegtlu. minnok il·kliem Mmhux aklar

min n S;lIa w erbghin (46) siegl'la- ghandhom jidhlu I-kliem Mmh ux

a klar min n erbghi n (40) siegha" ; u

(b) fis-subparagraru (2) l ieghu. minnok il-kliem Mmhux ak tar

minn silli n (60) siegha " ghandhom jidhl u I-k liem - mhux aktarminn

Inein U hamsin (52) siegha ".

Subject to the provisions of paragraph 6 o f Ihis

").t,.i.,um

fCOn.....n' .... SChcd uie. the mi nimum wage ra tes payable to whole-t illl c

e mployees , shall he the following :-

(a)

<i) Wa tchmen whose dutics

arc m~inly perform~d in·

doors .... __ . ...... .. _....... ...

Lm 32 ,8/!c

(ii)

Walchmen ..... hose d uti es

are mainly pe rformed out

of doors ....... .... ...... .. ..

Lm 33.88c

(b)

Othcrwhu le-ti mt: employees:-

AI age 18yca rsorove r , .. ..

I.m32.11&

Lm29.97c

AI age 17 years

Lm28.74c.··.

AI age 16 years

4, Paragraph 6 of the Schedule to Ihe princi pal orde r shall be

amended as follows:-

(a) in subparagraph ( I) (a) thereof. for the words "in excess

of nine and a half (9'~ ) hours" there sh all be substituted the words

"in exccss of eight (8) hours";

(b) in sub-paragraph (I) (c) th ereof. for the words "in e~cess

of forty-six (46) hours" there shu ll be substituted the words "in

e~ccss offorly (40) hours";

in the proviso to sub-pa ragraph (I) thereof. for the words

(c)

~in excess of thirty_seven (37) hours" Ihere ~ hall be substituled the

words ~in excess of thirly two (32) hQurs"; and

(d) in sub-pa11lgraph (2) the reof, for the words "in exCCSl; of

sixt y (60) hours" there shall be substituted the words "in ex~ss of

fifty two (52) hours'-.

.5. For the paragra ph 7 of the Schedule to the principal orde r there

shall be substituted Ihe following:-

(I) In addition to the minimum weekly rest to

which whole-time employees may be entitled under

paragraph S. whQle-time employees shall be entitl ed 10 the

National Holidays und 10 all public holidays wil h full puy, and

to the followi ng vaealion leave not be ing less than: -

(a) four working weeks and one working day

d uring Ihe ca le ndar years ]988 and 1989;

(b) four work ing weeks and two working days

duri ng the calendar year, ]990;

(c) four working weeks and three working days

duri ng the calendar year , ]99]

(d) four working weeks and four wor king days

during the cal endar year 1992 and during any calenda r

yea r thereafter

Provided that whe n a who le-tim e employee is in

employment for less than twelve mont hs during any

calenda r year. he Shall be entitled 10 sueh part o f the

said vacalion leave as is in proporlion to the number

of months in em]oyment.

(2) For the purpose of this pa ragraph "vacation

leave" means Icave wilh pay which may be availed of on days

agreed upon between the em ployer and the e mployee,

provided that one day vacat ion leave d uring ]988 and 1989.

two days vacation leave during 1990, three days vaca tion

leave duri ng 1991 and four days vaca tion leave duri ng 1992

and duri ng any calendar year thc rc artcr shall not fo rm part o f

any $h utdown and shall be granted by the employer as

optionallea~e in additio n to any optional leave the employee

may have been en tit led to on the 9th November, 198ft

(3) Por the purpose o f this paragraph a brea k in

employment o f not more than Ihirty (30) days shall nol be

deemed to in terrupt the continuity of service .-.

6. I'aragraph 8 of the Schedule to the principal order shall be

amended as follows:-

(a) in sub-paragraph (1) thereof. for the words "National

Insurance A ct. 1956- there shall be substitu ted the words -Social

Securit y Act. 1981-; a nd

(b) for the proviso to su b-paragraph ( I) thereof. there shall

be substituted the following: -

"Provided that a medical cen ifica te cenifying incapaci ty

for work shall be produced to the employer, who lhall be

entitled. if he so wishes . to send his own medical office r to

examine the employee ....

1. In paragraph 11 of the Schedule to the prillcipal o rder. for the

words " Nation al Insura llce Act , 1956" there shall be substituted the

words -Social Security Act, 1981-.

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