S.I. No. 135/1987 - Employment Regulation Order (Hotels Joint Labour Committee), 1987.


WHEREAS the Labour Court (hereinafter called "the Court") pursuant to the provisions of Section 43 of the Industrial Relations Act, 1946 , (hereinafter called "the Act") made an Employment Regulation Order dated 18th March, 1986 ( S.I. No. 65 of 1986 ) (hereinafter called "the said Order") fixing the statutory minimum remuneration and regulating the statutory conditions of employment of workers in relation to whom the Hotels Joint Labour Committee (hereinafter called "the Committee") operates;

AND WHEREAS the Committee has submitted to the Court a proposal for revoking the said Order;

AND WHEREAS the Committee has also submitted to the Court the proposals set out in the Schedule hereto for fixing the statutory minimum rates of remuneration and regulating the statutory conditions of employment of workers in relation to whom the Committee operates;

AND WHEREAS the provisions of Section 43 of the Act have been complied with;

NOW THEREFORE, the Court, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Section 43 of the Act hereby order as follows:—

(1) This Order may be cited as Employment Regulation Order (Hotels Joint Labour Committee), 1987.

(2) Effect is hereby given to the proposals set out in the Schedule hereto.

(3) The provisions set out in the Schedule hereto shall have effect as from 1st June, 1987 and as from that date the said Order shall be revoked.

Note: Enquiries should be directed to the Joint Labour Committees Section, The Labour Court, Tom Johnson House, Haddington Road, Dublin 4. (Phone 608444 Extension Nos. 301 303 and 304).

SCHEDULE

PART I

Workers to whom this schedule applies

1. Workers employed in a hotel undertaking anywhere throughout the State *except the Country Boroughs of Dublin and Cork and the Borough of Dun Laoghaire by the persons carrying on that undertaking and who are engaged in any of the following work, that is to say:—

(a) the preparation of food or drink;

(b) the service of food or drink;

(c) the provision of living accommodation;

(d) the retail sale of goods;

(e) work incidental to (a), (b), (c) or (d);

(f) work performed at any office or at any store or warehouse or similar place;

BUT EXCLUDING

(i) Managers, assistant managers, trainee managers, receptionists, head storemen and housekeepers.

(ii) Workers affected by a Registered Employment Agreement.

2. In this Schedule "hotel" means either:—

(a) a premises registered in the register of hotels under the provisions of the Tourist Traffic Acts, 1939 to 1957.

or

(b) a premises licensed under the Licensing Acts, 1833 to 1962 and having not less than 10 apartments normally available for the sleeping accommodation of travellers.

*The provisions of the Local Government (Re-organisation) Act, 1985 (Section 10) do not apply.

PART II

STATUTORY MINIMUM RATES OF REMUNERATION

SECTION I— NON-TIPPING ZONE

With full Board and Lodging

With Board only

Without Board or Lodging

From Effective Date of Order

From 1/2/88

From Effective Date of Order

From 1/2/88

From Effective Date of Order

From 1/2/88

Per Week

Per Week

Per Week

Per Week

Per Week

Per Week

Cooks:

£

£

£

£

£

£

1st year

24.04

24.52

35.56

36.27

52.10

53.14

2nd year

32.99

33.65

44.51

45.40

61.05

62.27

3rd year

43.06

43.92

54.58

55.67

71.12

72.54

4th year

60.58

61.79

72.10

73.54

88.64

90.41

Trained

95.12(a) 71.66(b)

97.02(a) 73.09(b)

106.64(a) 83.18(b)

108.77(a) 84.84(b)

123.18(a) 99.72(b)

125.64(a) 101.71(b)

(a) This rate is for a cook who has completed 4 years training with CERT and has passed a qualifying examination.

(b) This rate is for a CERT trained cook who does not hold a certificate but who over a period of time could be moved up to a grade A cook.

(c) No worker shall suffer a reduction in status or remuneration.

With full Board and Lodging

With Board only

Without Board or Lodging

From Effective Date of Order

From 1/2/88

From Effective Date of Order

From 1/2/88

From Effective Date of Order

From 1/2/88

Per Week

Per Week

Per Week

Per Week

Per Week

Per Week

General Workers:

£

£

£

£

£

£

Under 18 years of age

41.10

41.92

52.62

53.67

69.16

70.54

18 to 19 years of age

60.64

61.85

72.16

73.60

88.70

90.47

19 to 20 years of age

62.82

64.08

74.34

75.83

90.88

92.70

20 years and over

81.47*

83.10*

92.99*

94.85*

109.53*

111.72*

*This top rate applies to a worker able and willing as required, to perform the general work of an hotel not covered in the other job descriptions herein, as part of normal duties.

SECTION II—TIPPING ZONE

With full Board and Lodging

With Board only

Without Board or Lodging

Guaranteed

Gratuities

From Effective Date of Order

From 1/2/88

From Effective Date of Order

From 1/2/88

From Effective Date of Order

From 1/2/88

From Effective Date of Order

From 1/2/88

Per Week

Per Week

Per Week

Per Week

Per Week

Per Week

Per Week

Per Week

Waiter/Waitress:

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

1st year

30.39

31.00

41.91

42.75

58.45

59.62

3.24

3.30

2nd year

40.39

41.20

51.91

52.95

68.45

69.82

6.50

6.63

3rd year

45.83

46.75

57.35

58.50

73.89

75.37

11.37

11.60

4th year and over

71.89*

73.33*

83.41*

85.08*

99.95*

101.95*

16.24*

16.56*

Barman/ Barmaid:

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

1st year

35.17

35.87

46.69

47.62

63.23

64.49

3.24

3.30

2nd year

50.09

51.09

61.61

62.84

78.15

79.71

4.87

4.97

3rd year

61.71

62.95

73.23

74.70

89.77

91.57

6.50

6.63

4th year and over

81.47*

83.10*

92.99*

94.85*

109.53*

111.72*

8.11*

8.27*

*(i) Existing workers who have already completed 3 years service shall be immediately entitled to the top rate on passing an assessment by an independent authority, approved by the JLC, of their ability to perform the full range of duties applicable to a trained waiter/waitress and a trained Barman/Barmaid.

(ii) Those existing workers who have already completed 5 years service who do not offer themselves for or pass this assessment shall proceed to the top rate in 2 equal phases — the first phase 6 months from the date of the E.R.O. or the date on which they started their 4th year of service, whichever is the earlier and the 2nd phase 6 months later.

(iii) Workers who have satisfactorily completed their 5th year shall be deemed to have passed the assessment.

(iv) No worker shall suffer a reduction in status or remuneration.

With full Board and Lodging

With Board only

Without Board or Lodging

Guaranteed

Gratuities

From Effective Date of Order

From 1/2/88

From Effective Date of Order

From 1/2/88

From Effective Date of Order

From 1/2/88

From Effective Date of Order

From 1/2/88

Per Week

Per Week

Per Week

Per Week

Per Week

Per Week

Per Week

Per Week

House Assistant:

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

1st year

35.33

36.04

46.85

47.79

63.39

64.66

3.24

3.30

2nd year

50.90

51.92

62.42

63.67

78.96

80.54

6.50

6.63

3rd year and over

61.98

63.22

73.50

74.97

90.04

91.84

9.74

9.93

Porter:

£

£

£

£.

£

£

£

£

1st year

29.52

30.11

41.04

41.86

57.58

58.73

6.50

6.63

2nd year

43.12

43.98

54.64

55.73

71.18

72.60

9.74

9.93

3rd year

52.21

53.26

63.73

65.01

80.27

81.88

13.00

13.26

4th year

71.89

73.33

83.41

85.08

99.95

101.95

16.24

16.56

Page:

47.49

48.44

59.01

60.19

75.55

77.06

4.87

4.97

Provided that:

Porters

who commence employment at 19 years of age shall start at the 2nd rate.

Porters

who commence employment at 20 years of age shall start at the 3rd rate.

Porters

who commence employment at 21 years of age or over shall be paid the full rate.

"Guaranteed Gratuities"

means the minimum sum to be received by a worker from this source in each full week; where the worker receives less than this sum directly the employer shall make good the deficiency.

SECTION III

Persons appointed to the following posts by management shall be paid a differential over the standard rate as indicated:—

Minimum Differential

From Effective

Date of Order

From Effective Date of Order

From 1/2/88

POST:

£

£

Head Cook

19.78

20.18

2nd

Head Cook

12.62

12.87

Head Waiter/Waitress

16.24

16.56

2nd

Head Waiter/Waitress

11.65

11.88

Head Porter

16.24

16.56

2nd

Head Porter

11.65

11.88

Head House Assistant

15.56

15.87

2nd

Head House Assistant

10.36

10.57

Head Barman/Barmaid

14.72

15.01

2nd

Head Barman/Barmaid

10.32

10.53

NOTE:

In calculating the statutory minimum rate of remuneration applicable to any of the workers specified in Sections I or II of this Part the following provisions shall apply:—

1. A worker who has completed a full-time hotel training course of six months duration under the auspices of the Council for Education, Recruitment and Training for the Hotel Industry (CERT) or a Vocational Education Committee shall, on commencement of employment, be placed on the appropriate second year scale.

2. A worker who has completed a full-time training course of two years' duration under the auspices of CERT or a Vocational Education Committee shall, on commencement of employment, be placed on the appropriate third year scale.

3. In any hotel where only junior staff of any of the following categories are employed — waiting, cooking and bar staff, house assistants and porters - the following provisions shall apply:—

(a) where four juniors are employed one of the four shall be placed on the next higher scale.

(b) for each additional three juniors employed one additional junior shall be placed on the next higher scale.

4. In any hotel where none of the cooking staff is on full rate, one of the cooks shall be paid a rate one year in excess of the highest prevailing rate of any of the cooking staff.

5. In the case of temporary staff employed in seasonal hotels, the season, or that part of the season during which the hotel is open, shall count as a full year for the purpose of calculating the appropriate rate of pay applicable the following season.

PART III

STATUTORY CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

SECTION I—NORMAL WORKING HOURS

1. During the season the normal working fortnight shall be any 10 days.

2. During the off-season the normal working fortnight shall be 10 days, calculated on the basis of alternate Sundays off.

The "Season" means the period commencing on the Sunday before Easter Sunday and ending on the last Sunday in September.

3. The normal number of hours for workers aged 18 years and over in any fortnight shall be 80 hours.

4. The normal number of hours and the maximum number of hours which may be worked in any week by workers between the ages of 15 years and 18 years shall be governed by the provisions of the Protection of Young Persons (Employment) Act, 1977 .

Normal

Maximum

Workers aged between 15 and 16 years

37½ hrs. p.w.

40 hrs. p.w.

Workers aged between 16 and 18 years

40 hrs. p.w.

45 hrs. p.w.

N.B. There is also a maximum on the number of hours which can be worked per 4 week period (172 hours) and per year (2.000 hours) for workers under 18 years of age.

SECTION II—HOLIDAYS

1. Those workers who do not have 19 days paid leave shall be entitled to a total of 19 days paid leave in the holiday year 1981 and thereafter. The entitlement to these additional day(s) shall be based on the provisions of the Holidays (Employees) Act, 1973 .

The Holidays (Employees) Act, 1973 also provides for entitlement to Public Holidays as follows:— Christmas Day, St. Stephen's Day, New Year's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Easter Monday, the first Monday in June, the first Monday in August, and the last Monday in October. Where a worker is required to work on a Public Holiday, he must be given either,

(a) a day off in lieu with pay within a month, or

(b) an additional day with pay added to his annual leave, or

(c) payment for the day equivalent to twice the amount of a full day's pay.

2. Six weeks notice of intention to allow annual leave shall be given by employers to their workers.

3. Where a worker has worked on any Public Holidays throughout the year, the days off in lieu may be taken consecutively and added to the worker's annual leave.

SECTION III—OTHER CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

Overtime Rates:

1. Overtime shall be paid for at the rate of time-and-a-half. Overtime rates shall be calculated by reference to the hourly rate which shall be the appropriate weekly rate "without Board or Lodging" divided by the declared normal number of hours worked per week.

2. A worker rostered to work night duty, which is not overtime, shall be compensated by the payment of an allowance equivalent to 20% of his basic pay.

3. Sunday Work:

(i) Work performed on Sunday shall be paid for at the rate of double time.

(ii) Where a worker is required to work Sunday duty on a day which in normal circumstances he would have been off duty such work shall be paid for at the rate of double time.

4. Finishing Time

(i) Workers shall be entitled each week throughout the year to either one early finishing night at 7.00 p.m. or two at 8.30 p.m.

(ii) All workers under 18 years of age shall not be required to work later than 10.00 p.m. on any night.

5. Spreadover Duty

(i) The maximum period for spreadover duty shall not exceed 14 hours in any day.

(ii) A minimum period of 8 hours shall elapse between a worker's normal finishing time each night and starting time next morning.

6. Breaks

No worker shall be required to work continuously for more than 4½ hours without a break of at least 15 minutes except where the provisions of the Protection of Young Persons (Employment) Act, 1977 provide otherwise.

7. Lifting of Excessive Weights

Workers under 18 years of age shall be employed on suitable light work.

8. Certificate of Service

Each worker shall be entitled to receive from his employer on termination of his employment a certificate of service showing the period for which he was employed and the standing of his employment at the date of termination.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Labour Court this 21st day of May 1987.

MUIREANN O'BRIAIN,

Registrar.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Instrument fixes statutory minimum rates of pay and regulates statutory conditions of employment as from 1st June, 1987 for workers employed in a hotel undertaking anywhere throughout the State except the County Boroughs of Dublin and Cork and the Borough of Dun Laoghaire. It is made by the Labour Court on the recommendation of the Hotels Joint Labour Committee.