Holidays (Employees) Act, 1939

Payment in lieu of board and lodgings during leave.

13.—(1) Where—

(a) a worker is allowed by his employer annual leave or semi-annual leave, and

(b) such worker was, immediately before such annual leave or semi-annual leave, entitled as part of his remuneration to accommodation,

such employer shall, in addition to any sum payable to such worker under this Act in respect of such annual leave or semi-annual leave, pay to such worker, in respect of any day falling within such annual leave or semi-annual leave during which he does not receive accommodation, in case such worker is employed in a county borough or the borough of Dun Laoghaire, the sum of one shilling or, in any other case, the sum of sevenpence.

(2) In this section the expression “accommodation” means—

(a) in relation to a worker who is entitled to board only, board;

(b) in relation to a worker who is entitled to lodgings only, lodgings;

(c) in relation to a worker who is entitled to board and lodgings, board and lodgings.