S.I. No. 151/1968 - Conditions of Employment (Cosmetics Industry) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1968.

S.I. No. 151 of 1968.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (COSMETICS INDUSTRY) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1968.

I, P. S. Ó h-IRIGHILE, Minister for Labour, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 29 and 52 of the Conditions of Employment Act, 1936 (No. 2 of 1936), and the Labour (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1966 ( S.I. No. 164 of 1966 ), and after consultation with representatives of employers interested in the form of industrial work hereinafter specified, and with representatives of workers so interested, hereby make the following regulations:—

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Conditions of Employment (Cosmetics Industry) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1968.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 , (No. 38 of 1937) applies to these Regulations.

3. The following form of industrial work, namely, the manufacture and packing of cosmetics, is hereby declared to be excluded industrial work for the purpose of section 46 of the Conditions of Employment Act, 1936 (No. 2 of 1936).

4. The following provisions shall have effect in respect of the work to which these Regulations relate:

( a ) no woman shall be employed to do any such work at any time between the hours of 11 p.m. on any day and 8 a.m. on the following day;

( b ) no woman shall be employed on any day until after the expiration of eleven hours from the time at which she ceased to do industrial work on the previous day.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 3rd day of July, 1968.

P. S. Ó h-IRIGHILE,

Minister for Labour.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The Conditions of Employment Act, 1936 provides that female adult workers may not be employed on shift work between the hours of 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. on the following morning.

The purpose of these Regulations is to permit female adult workers to be employed on shift work between the hours of 8 a.m. and 11 p.m. in the manufacture and packing of cosmetics.