Register of Part-time Employment Regulations, 2008

L.N. 354 of 2007

EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING SERVICES ACT

(CAP. 343)

Register of Part-time Employment Regulations, 2008

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 54 of the

Employment and Training Services Act, the Minister for Education,

Youth and Employment has made the following regulations>-

(1) The title of these regulations is the Register of Part-time Title, Scope and

Commencement.

Employment Regulations, 2008.

(2) The purpose of these regulations is to contribute to the

flexible organization of working time taking into account the needs of

workers and employers.

(3) These regulations be deemed to have come into force

on the 1st of January, 2008.

These regulations apply to persons who are seeking part-time Applicability.

employment and are registering for work at the Employment and

Training Corporation.

(1) In these regulations>-

Interpretation.

“Act” means the Employment and Training Services Act<

“part-time employment” means employment where the

normal hours of work, calculated on a weekly basis or on an average

over a period of employment of up to one year, are less than the

normal hours of work of comparable full-time employment and is

distinct from full-time employment with reduced hours<

“principal employment” means that employment in respect

of which social security contributions are payable in terms of the

Social Security Act.

(2) Subject to the provisions of sub-regulation (1), terms

and conditions used in these regulations shall, unless the context other

requires, have the meaning assigned to them in the Act.

(1) Without prejudice to the provision of article 11 of the Composition of

Act, the Register shall consist of Part Three A for persons in gainful Part

the Register.

employment seeking alternative full-time employment< Part Three B

for the registration of students seeking temporary employment.

(2) Part Three C for the registration of persons who are

seeking part-time employment. Part Three C of the register shall consist

of two sections>

(a) Part Three C1 for those unemployed persons seeking

part-time employment as their principal employment< and

(b) Part Three C2 for persons who are seeking part-time

employment and who are already in gainful Part-Time or full-time

employment.

Persons registering in Part Three C1 of the Register may

register on other parts of the register.

Persons registered in Part One and not registered in Part Three

C1 of such register, may not be offered part-time employment.

(1) In referring any person for part-time employment, the

Corporation shall give preference to persons registered in Part Three

C1 over those registered in Part Three C2 of the Register.

(2) In referring any person for full time employment, the

Corporation shall give preference to persons registered in Part One over

those registered in Parts Two and Three of the Register.

(1) Without prejudice to sub article (2) of article 13 of the

Act, if persons are registered in Part One and Part Three C1 and they

refuse without a good and sufficient cause to avail themselves of

employment, they shall lose their priority for referral for employment>

(a) from Part One only if they refuse full-time employment<

and

(b) from Part Three C1 only if they refuse part-time

employment.

(2) Such person shall be notified accordingly in writing.

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