Electronics Industry (Conditions of Work) Regulation Order, 2026

L.N. 141 of 2026

EMPLOYMENT AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT

(CAP. 452)

Electronics Industry (Conditions of Work) Regulation Order, 2026

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 4(1) of the

Employment and Industrial Relations Act, the Minister responsible for

employment and industrial relations has made the following order:-

(1) The title of this order is the Electronics Industry Citation,

commencement

(Conditions of Work) Regulation Order, 2026.

and

applicability.

(2) This order shall come into force within two (2) months

from its date of publication in the Gazette.

(3) The provisions established in this order shall apply to all

employees in any undertaking or part of an undertaking, the activities

of which consist wholly or mainly in the manufacture, repair or

assembly of electronic or scientific equipment

Provided that in the event that there is a collective

agreement applicable to the class of employees covered by this order,

the more favorable conditions in such agreement or in this order shall

In this order, unless the context otherwise requires:-

Interpretation.

"Act" means the Employment and Industrial Relations Act; Cap. 452.

"collective agreement" shall have the same meaning as

assigned to it in the Act;

"customary holidays" means the days, other than Sundays,

declared for the time being to be public holidays under the

National Holidays and other Public Holidays Act;

"day" means a period commencing from midnight (12:00

am) of one day and ending at midnight (12:00 am) of the

following day;

"double-time" means twice the actual time rate applicable

to the employee;

"half-day" means a period commencing from midnight

(12:00 a.m.) to noon (12:00 p.m.), or from noon (12:00 p.m.) to

midnight (12:00 a.m.);

"hours of work" shall have the same meaning as assigned to

it in the Act;

"normal time" means one time the actual time rate

applicable to the employee;

"part-time employee" shall have the same meaning as

assigned to it in the Act;

"rest period" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it

in the Organisation of Working Time Regulations;

"shift employee" means an employee who regularly works

on a shift cycle basis;

"time-and-a-half" means one and a half times the actual

time rate applicable to the employee;

"wages" means remuneration or earnings, payable by an

employer to an employee and includes any bonus payable under

article 23 of the Act, other than any bonus or allowance related to

performance or production;

"week" means a calendar week;

"whole-time employee" shall have the same meaning as

assigned to it in the Act.

The minimum weekly wage shall be related to a normal

working week not exceeding

(a) forty hours (40) distributed over five (5) days in the

case of all whole-time employees other than watchpersons and

security guards and shift workers;

(b) fifty-four (54) hours in the case of watchpersons and

security guards;

(c) thirty-eight hours (38) distributed over five (5) days

in the case of shift workers

Provided that in the case of shift employees, the number of

hours shall be calculated as an average over two (2) or more weeks

according to the number of shifts in force.

The minimum weekly wage payable to all employees shall

be as follows

(a) whole-time employees, other than watchpersons and

security guards.............................................................. €229.44;

(b)

watchpersons and security guards................. €309.74.

Shift employees, other than watchpersons and security Additional

payment for

guards, shall be paid an additional payment of €3.26 a week.

shift work.

(1) When the employee is required to wear a uniform in Uniform

the performance of the employee’s duties, such uniform shall be allowance.

provided by the employer free of charge.

(2) Personal protective equipment according to the Minimum S.L. 646.13.

Requirements for the use of Personal Protective Equipment at Work

Regulations shall also be provided by the employer free of charge.

Whole-time employees, other than watchpersons and Minimum daily

security guards, shall be allowed intervals for meals and rest of not rest.

less, in the aggregate, than one (1) hour in any one (1) day

Provided that

(a) subject to the provisions of paragraph (b) of this

proviso, the interval or intervals shall be allowed after the first

hour or before the last hour of the period of employment; and

(b) where the last half hour of the period of employment

is allowed as a half hour of rest, the employee shall be entitled to

leave the place of work as soon as that half hour commences.

All employees shall be entitled to a rest period in Minimum

weekly rest.

accordance with the Organisation of Working Time Regulations.

(1) Watchpersons and security guards shall be entitled to Minimum

overtime rates.

overtime remuneration as follows

(a) for all time worked in excess of fifty-four (54) hours,

up to and including sixty (60) hours per week...........normal time;

(b) for all time worked in excess of sixty (60) hours

per week............................................................. time-and-a-half

Provided that in the case of watchpersons and security

guards working on a shift basis, the said number of hours shall be

calculated by taking the average of the number of hours distributed

over two (2) or more weeks in accordance to the number of shifts in

(2)

Shift employees, other than watchpersons and security

guards, shall be entitled to overtime remuneration at the rate of time

and a half in respect of all time worked in excess of an average of

thirty-eight (38) hours in any one (1) week, such average to be

calculated by taking the average of the number of hours distributed

over two (2) or more weeks in accordance to the number of shifts in

force.

(3) Whole-time employees, other than those specified in sub-

paragraphs (1) and (2) of this paragraph, shall be entitled to over-time

wages as follows

(a) for all time worked in excess of forty (40) hours in

any one (1) week..................................................time-and-a half;

(b) for all time worked in excess of eight (8) hours in any

day

other

than

a

Sunday

or

a

customary

holiday..............................................................time-and-a-half;

(c)

for all time worked on Sundays...............double time;

(d) for all time worked on customary holidays

...........................double time in addition to a normal day’s pay.

The employee shall be entitled to annual leave according to

the Organisation of Working Time Regulations.

(1) A whole-time employee shall in every calendar year

be entitled to the equivalent in hours of twelve (12) days sick leave on

full pay, less an amount equal to the sum established for sickness

benefit entitlement at the rate determined in accordance with the

Social Security Act, and part-time employees shall have a pro rata

entitlement to sick leave in hours on full pay, less an amount equal to

the sum established for sickness benefit entitlement at the rate

determined in accordance with the Social Security Act, which amount

shall also be calculated on a pro rata basis

Provided that

(a) the first three (3) days of any claim for sick leave

shall be paid in full by the employer;

(b) a medical certificate covering the period of absence is

produced to the employer on the day of return to work or, if such

period of absence exceeds seven (7) days, within seven (7) days

from the commencement of such absence due to sick leave;

(c) employees receiving a social security pension in

respect of retirement or widowhood in accordance with the

Social Security Act shall, for the purpose of calculating the sick

leave payment due, be deemed to have received an amount equal

to the sum established for sickness benefit entitlement at the rate

determined in accordance with the Social Security Act.

(2) A whole-time employee shall in every calendar year be

entitled to the equivalent in hours of a further eighteen (18) days sick

leave on half pay, less an amount equal to half the sum established for

sickness benefit entitlement at the rate determined under the Social Cap. 318.

Security Act, and part-time employees shall have a pro rata

entitlement to sick leave in hours on half pay, less an amount equal to

half the sum set for sickness benefit entitlement at the rate determined

in accordance with the Social Security Act, which amount shall also be

calculated on a pro rata basis

Provided that

(a) the first three (3) days of any claim for sick leave

shall be paid in full by the employer;

(b) a medical certificate covering the period of absence is

produced to the employer on the day of return to work or, if such

period of absence exceeds seven (7) days, within seven (7) days

from the commencement of such absence due to sick leave;

(c) employees receiving a social security pension in

respect of retirement or widowhood in terms of the Social Cap. 318.

Security Act shall, for the purpose of calculating the sick leave

pay due, be deemed to have received an amount equal to half the

sum established for sickness benefit entitlement at the rate

determined in accordance with the Social Security Act.

(3) Sick leave entitlements shall apply from the first (1) day of

employment

Provided that the said entitlements shall be calculated pro

rata in accordance with the date of employment in the relative

calendar.

(4) The employer may require a medical certificate by a

physician of his choice to certify that the employee was unfit for work

during the period of absence due to sick leave.

(5) The sick leave entitlement shall be calculated on the basis

provided for annual leave as specified in regulation 8(1) of the

Organisation of Working Time Regulations.

An employee shall be entitled to the payment of the actual Waiting time.

remuneration applicable to him for all time during which he is present

on the premises of this employer or any other place in connection with

his employment unless he is present thereon in any of the following

circumstances

(a)

without the employer’s express or implied consent;

(b) for some purpose unrelated to his work and other than

that of waiting for work to be assigned to him;

(c)

solely due to the fact that he is resident thereon;

(d) during normal meal times, and he is not waiting for

any work to be assigned to him.

Employees under this order shall be entitled to the national

holidays and to all public holidays with full pay, to all forms of leave

in accordance with the Minimum Special Leave Entitlement

Regulations and all other forms of leave that may, from time to time,

be stipulated in the National Standard Orders or any regulations made

under the Act.

The Electronics Industry Wages Council Order and the

Electronics Industry Wages Council Wage Regulation Order are

hereby repealed without prejudice to anything done or omitted to be

done thereunder.

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