ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY (CONDITIONS OF WORK) REGULATION ORDER

(CONDITIONS OF WORK)

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 452.169

ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY (CONDITIONS OF

WORK) REGULATION ORDER

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LEGAL NOTICE 141 of 2026.

(1)

The title of this order is the Electronics Industry

(Conditions of Work) Regulation Order.

(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

prevail.

In this order, unless the context otherwise requires:-

"Act" means the Employment and Industrial Relations

Act;

"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;

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(CONDITIONS OF WORK)

"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

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

(CONDITIONS OF WORK)

(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, other than watchpersons and

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

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

accordance with the Organisation of Working Time Regulations.

(1)

Watchpersons and security guards shall be entitled

to 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

force.

(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

(CONDITIONS OF WORK)

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

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

(CONDITIONS OF WORK)

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

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 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;

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(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.