ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY WAGES COUNCIL WAGE REGULATION ORDER

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 452.46

ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY WAGES COUNCIL

WAGE REGULATION ORDER

5th May, 1977

LEGAL NOTICE 55 of 1977, as amended by Legal Notices 94 of 1977,

68 of 1979, 427 of 2007, 130 of 2010, 362 of 2012, 334, 444 of 2013, 482

of 2014, 5 of 2016, 97 and 383 of 2017, 104 and 351 of 2019, 469 of 2020

464 of 2021, 335 of 2022, 286 of 2023, 341 of 2024 and 288 of 2025.

The title of this Order is Electronics Industry Wages

Council Wage Regulation Order.

1. In this Schedule, unless the context otherwise requires -

"customary holidays" means the days (other than Sundays)

declared for the time being to be public holidays by or under the

National Holidays and other Public Holidays Act;

"day" means a period running from midnight of one day to

midnight of the next following day;

"half-day" means a period running from midnight to noon, or

from noon to midnight;

"hours of work" means the time on any day during which

employees are at the disposal of the employer, exclusive of the

intervals allowed for meals and rest;

"part-time employee" means an employee whose normal hours of

work, calculated on a weekly basis or on average over a period of

employment of up to one year, are less than the normal hours of

work of a comparable whole-time employee and who is not a

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whole-time employee with reduced hours;

"shift employee" means an employee who regularly works on a

shift cycle basis;

"time-and-a-half" and "double-time" mean respectively one and a

half times and twice the minimum time rate applicable to the

employee;

"wages" means remuneration or earnings, payable in money by

an employer to an employee;

"week" means a calendar week;

"weekly day of rest" means a period of twenty-four consecutive

hours commencing at the time at which the employee would

normally commence his turn of duty;

"whole-time employee" means an employee who is deemed to be

a whole-time employee in terms of any recognized conditions of

employment.

2. The minimum weekly remuneration shall be related to a

normal working week of not more than -

(a) forty hours spread over five days in the case of all

whole-time employees other than watchmen/security

guards and shift workers;

(b) fifty-four hours in the case of watchmen/security

guards;

(c) thirty-eight hours spread over five days in the case of

shift workers

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

hours shall be taken on an average spread over two or more weeks

according to the number of shifts in force.

The provisions of the Schedule to this Order shall apply to

all employees in respect of whom the Electronics Industry Wages

Council operates.

The minimum weekly remuneration payable to all

employees shall be as follows -

(a) whole-time employees, other than watchmen/security

guards

(i) 18 years or over ............................... €229.44;

(ii) 17 years ........................................... €222.66;

(iii) 16 years ........................................... €219.82;

(b) watchmen/security guards ........................ €229.44.

Shift employees, other than watchmen/security guards,

shall be paid a premium of €3.26 a week.

Whole-time employees, other than watchmen/security

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

the aggregate, than one hour on every day

Provided that -

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

proviso, the interval or intervals shall be allowed after

the first 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 starts.

Whole-time employees shall be allowed one weekly day of

(1) Watchmen/security guards shall be entitled to overtime

remuneration as follows

(a) for all time worked in excess of fifty-four hours up to

and including sixty hours per week .............. time rate;

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

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

Provided that, in the case of watchmen/security

guards working on a shift basis, the said number of

hours shall be calculated by taking the average of the

number of hours spread over two or more weeks

according to the number of shifts in force.

(2) Shift employees, other than watchmen/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 hours in any one week, such average to be calculated by

taking the average of the number of hours spread over two or more

weeks according 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 remuneration as follows

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

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

(b) for all time worked in excess of eight 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.

Whole-time employees shall be entitled, in every calendar

year, to -

(a) all customary holidays with full pay, and

(b) after three months in employment, vacation leave of

such number of working days with full pay as is

equivalent to the number of working days as that

particular employee should normally attend to work

during a period of four weeks

Provided that whole-time employees who have

been in employment for less than one year shall be

entitled to such part of the said vacation leave as is in

proportion to the number of months in employment.

(1) After completing six months in employment, a whole-

time employee shall in every calendar year be entitled to the

equivalent in hours of twelve days sick leave on full pay, less an

amount equal to the sum set for sickness benefit entitlement at the

rate established under 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 set for sickness benefit

entitlement at the rate established under the Social Security Act,

which amount is also to be calculated on a pro rata basis

Provided that -

(a) the second and third 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 is longer than seven days,

within seven days of the onset of sick leave absence;

(c) employees in receipt of 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 the sum set for sickness

benefit entitlement at the rate established under the

Social Security Act.

(2) After completing six months in employment, a whole-time

employee shall in every calendar year be entitled to the equivalent

in hours of a further eighteen days sick leave on half pay, less an

amount equal to half the sum set for sickness benefit entitlement at

the rate established under the Social 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 established under the Social Security

Act, which amount is also to be calculated on a pro rata basis

Provided that -

(a) the second and third days of any claim for sick leave

shall be paid at half pay 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 is longer than seven days,

within seven days of the onset of sick leave absence;

(c) employees in receipt of 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 set for

sickness benefit entitlement at the rate established

under the Social Security Act.

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

physician to certify incapacity for work during the period of

absence.

(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-paragraphs (1) and

(2), employees shall not be entitled to the payment of any wages for

the first day of each period of sick leave

Provided that the number of unpaid days of sick leave shall

not be deducted from the entitlement of paid sick leave as provided

in sub-paragraphs (1) and (2).

(5) The sick leave entitlement granted by virtue of this

paragraph shall be calculated on the basis provided for annual leave

as specified in regulation 8(1) of the Organisation of Working Time

Regulations.

A whole-time employee shall be allowed two calendar days

as special leave without loss of pay, to be taken in succession, on

the occasion of the death, and starting not later than the day

following the death, of any of the following relatives: the wife,

husband, father, mother (or the person who at the time was in fact

acting as the mother or father of the employee), son, daughter,

brother and sister.

A whole-time employee shall be allowed two working

special leave with pay to be taken within a month from the birth of

a child to the wife of such employee.

A whole-time employee shall be allowed four working

days special leave with pay on the occasion of his marriage on

condition that he would continue in employment for at least three

months after getting married.

A whole-time employee shall, if called upon to serve as

juror, be allowed time off as necessary, without any deduction from

pay to which he would otherwise have been entitled, so as to enable

him to attend to his duties at the Courts.

A whole-time employee shall be entitled to one year injury

leave on full pay less the full amount of any injury benefit to which

such employee may be entitled in terms of the Social Security Act,

if he is injured during the actual discharge of his duty and not due

to contributory negligence on his part or contravention of safety

rules laid down by the management.

Part-time employees shall be entitled to a minimum hourly

rate calculated pro rata in accordance with the provisions of

paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Schedule.

In cases where the retiring age of a male employee is

expected at the age of sixty years, such employee shall be given the

opportunity by the employer to retain his employment beyond this

age at least until the age of sixty-one years, provided that the

employee in question shall still be allowed, if he so wishes, to retire

at the age of sixty years.

An employee is entitled to the payment of the minimum

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 -

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(a) without the employer’s consent, expressed or implied;

(b) for some purpose unconnected with his work and other

than that of waiting for work to be given to him to

perform;

(c) by reason only of the fact that he is resident thereon;

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

work to be given to him to perform.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order but is intended to indicate its

applicability).

The provisions of the above Schedule 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.