Regulation Order, 2026

L.N. 143 of 2026

EMPLOYMENT AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT

(CAP. 452)

Cinemas and Theatres (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 Cinemas and Theatres

(Conditions of Work) Regulation Order, 2026.

(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 cinemas and theatres, other than stage performers and

musicians

Provided that in the event that there is a collective

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

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

In this order unless the context otherwise requires

"Act" means the Employment and Industrial Relations Act;

"assistant projectionist" means a person over nineteen (19)

years of age who is employed to assist a projectionist;

"cashier" means an employee engaged wholly or mainly in

receiving cash and bookings for admission into a cinema or

theatre;

"collective agreement" shall have the same meaning as

assigned to it in the Act;

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

declared to be public holidays under the National Holidays and

other Public Holidays Act;

"half-day" means a period of twelve (12) hours ending or

beginning at 1.00 p.m.;

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

it in the Act;

"learner" means a person other than an apprentice, who is

over the age of sixteen (16) years but under the age of nineteen

(19) years and who is receiving training in the calling of

projectionist and in respect of whom the employer holds a permit

issued in terms of the Employment and Training Services Act;

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

assigned to it in the Act;

"period of employment" shall have the same meaning as

assigned to it in the Act;

"projectionist" means a person holding a projectionist

licence;

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

in the Organisation of Working Time Regulations;

"staff manager" means an employee who is responsible to

the employer for the control of the staff;

"time-and-a-half" means one and a half time 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;

"day'' means a period of twenty-four (24) consecutive hours

commencing from 12:00 a.m. of one day to 12:00 a.m. of the

following day;

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

assigned to it in the Act.

The minimum weekly wage shall not exceed forty-six (46) Hours of work.

hours of work per week. Where a system of two (2) or more shifts is in

force the rates specified in article 4 shall relate to an average not

exceeding forty-six (46) hours over two (2) or more weeks according

to the number of shifts in force.

The weekly minimum wage payable to whole-time Minimum

wages of whole-

employees shall be as follows

time employees.

Projectionist

€268.52

Assistant Projectionist

€266.19

Staff Manager

€268.52

Barman

€266.19

Cashier

€266.19

Usher or Usherette

€266.19

Controller

€266.19

Learners

€263.86

Other employees

€263.86

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

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

provided by the employer free of charge.

(2) Personal protective equipment according to the Minimum

Requirements for the use of Personal Protective Equipment at Work

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

Whole-time employees shall be allowed a minimum daily

period for meals and rest as follows

(a) where the period of employment includes the whole-

day........ an aggregate of one (1) hour;

(b) where the period of employment is in the afternoon

only........an aggregate of half-an-hour.

All employees shall be entitled to a rest period according to

the Organisation of Working Time Regulations.

In the case of whole-time employees, overtime shall be

payable for all time worked in excess of forty-six (46) hours in a

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

Provided that where a system of shifts is in force, overtime

shall be payable for all time worked over an average of forty-six (46)

hours calculated in a full cycle.

The employee shall be entitled to annual leave in

accordance with 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

shall be 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 Cap. 318.

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) Sick leave entitlements provided shall apply from the first

day of employment

Provided that the said entitlement shall be calculated pro

rata according to the date of employment in the relative calendar year.

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

physician to certify that the employee is unfit for work during the

period of absence due to sick leave.

(4) 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.

Employees shall be entitled to the national holidays and to Other forms of

all public holidays with full pay, to all forms of leave according to the leave.

Minimum Special Leave Entitlement Regulations and all other leave S.L. 452.101.

that may, from time to time, be stipulated in the National Standard

Orders or any regulations made under the Act.

The Cinemas and Theatres Wages Council Order and the Repeal and

Cinemas and Theatres Wages Council Wage Regulation Order are saving.

hereby repealed without prejudice to anything done or omitted to be S.L. 452.43.

done thereunder.

€0.45