Wholesale and Retail Trades Wages Council Wage Regulation

L.N. 5 of 2017

EMPLOYMENT AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT

(CAP. 452)

Wholesale and Retail Trades Wages Council Wage Regulation

(Amendment) Order, 2017

IN exercise of the powers conferred by articles 4 and 48 (2) of

the Employment and Industrial Relations Act, 2002, the Minister for

Social Dialogue, Consumer Affairs and Civil Liberties has made the

following Order –

The title of this Order is the Wholesale and Retail Trades Title.

Wages Council Wage Regulation (Amendment) Order, 2017 and it

shall be read and construed as one with the Wholesale and Retail S.L. 452.63

Trades Wages Council Wage Regulation Order, hereinafter referred to

as "the principal Order".

In paragraph 1 of the Schedule to the principal Order, the Amends

paragraph 1 of

definition "half day" shall be deleted.

the Schedule to

the principal

Order.

Paragraph 2 of the Schedule to the principal Order shall be Amends

paragraph 2 of

substituted by the following

the Schedule to

the principal

Order.

"2.

The minimum weekly remuneration payable to

whole-time employees shall be related to a week of not more

than forty hours spread over six days

Provided that the hours of work of watchmen shall

be related to a week of not more than sixty hours spread over six

days.".

Paragraph 5 of the Schedule to the principal Order shall be Amends

paragraph 5 of

amended as follows

the Schedule to

the principal

Order.

(a)

subparagraph (1) thereof shall be deleted; and

(b)

subparagraph (2) thereof shall be substituted by the

following

"(2)

All whole time employees shall be entitled to at

least one day of rest in every calendar week.".

Subparagraphs (b) and (c) of paragraph 6 of the Schedule

to the principal Order and paragraphs (d), (e) and (f) shall be

renumbered as paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) accordingly.

Immediately after paragraph 6 of the Schedule to the

principal Order, there shall be inserted a new paragraph 6A as

follows

"6A. (1) Employees in respect of whom this Order

applies shall only be obliged to work on Sundays if they give

their written consent to work on Sundays to their employer.

(2)

Only those employees who give their consent in

terms of this paragraph shall be obliged to work on Sundays.

These employees shall be paid in accordance with paragraph 6

of this schedule.

(3)

No employee shall be subject to any disadvantage,

threat or actual dismissal by his employer on account that he is

not willing to give his consent to work on Sundays in terms of

this paragraph.

(4)

This paragraph shall not apply to those employees

who are obliged to work on Sundays by virtue of a pre requisite

in their contract of employment or in the written statement

which must be drawn up in terms of the Act and its subsidiary

legislation."

In paragraph 7 of the Schedule to the principal Order, the

words "sub-paragraphs (1) and (2)" shall be deleted.

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