S.I. No. 252/1981 - Conditions of Employment (Manufacture of Artificial Kidney Supplies) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1981.

I, LIAM KAVANAGH, 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 specified in these Regulations and with representatives of workers so interested, hereby make the following Regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Conditions of Employment (Manufacture of Artificial Kidney Supplies) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1981.

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

3. The following form of industrial work, namely, the manufacture of artificial kidney supplies as carried on at the premises of Erika Limited, Cloverhill, Clondalkin, in the county of Dublin, is hereby declared to be excluded industrial work for the purposes of section 34 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 shift shall be longer than twelve hours in duration;

(b) no worker shall work on two consecutive shifts;

(c) no worker shall work on any shift unless at least twelve hours have elapsed since he last worked on a shift;

(d) no worker shall work for so many hours that the average number of hours worked in any eight consecutive weeks would exceed forty-two;

(e) each worker shall be allowed in each shift at least,

(i) one twenty minute break to be taken during the first four hours of work, and

(ii) one twenty minute break to be taken during the last four hours of work.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

The Conditions of Employment Act, 1936 prohibits the employment of adult workers on shifts of longer than nine hours in duration. The effects of these Regulations is to permit, subject to certain conditions, the employment of adult workers on 12 hour shifts on the manufacture of artificial kidney supplies as carried on at the premises of Erika Ltd., Cloverhill, Clondalkin, Co. Dublin.