No. 20/1997:

ORGANISATION OF WORKING TIME ACT, 1997

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART I

PRELIMINARY AND GENERAL

Section

1. Short title and commencement.

2. Interpretation.

3. Non-application of Act or provisions thereof.

4. Exemptions.

5. Employer relieved from complying with certain provisions in certain circumstances.

6. Compensatory rest periods.

7. Regulations and orders.

8. Inspections.

9. Repeals.

10. Expenses.

PART II

MINIMUM REST PERIODS AND OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO WORKING TIME

11. Daily rest period.

12. Rests and intervals at work.

13. Weekly rest periods.

14. Sunday work: supplemental provisions.

15. Weekly working hours.

16. Nightly working hours.

17. Provision of information in relation to working time.

18. Provision in relation to zero hours working practices.

PART III

HOLIDAYS

19. Entitlement to annual leave.

20. Times and pay for annual leave.

21. Entitlement in respect of public holidays.

22. Public holidays: supplemental provisions.

23. Compensation on cesser of employment.

PART IV

MISCELLANEOUS

24. Approval of collective agreements by Labour Court.

25. Records.

26. Refusal by an employee to co-operate with employer in breaching Act.

27. Complaints to rights commissioner.

28. Appeals from enforcement of recommendations of rights commissioner.

29. Enforcement of determinations of Labour Court.

30. Evidence of failure to attend before or give evidence or produce documents to Labour Court.

31. References to rights commissioner by Minister.

32. Provisions in relation to outworkers who are employees.

33. Prohibition on double employment.

34. Penalties, proceedings, etc.

35. Codes of practice.

36. Provisions in relation to Protection of Young Persons (Employment) Act, 1996.

37. Voidance of certain provisions.

38. Amendment of section 51 of safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act, 1989.

39. Powers of rights commissioner, Employment Appeals Tribunal or Labour Court in certain cases.

40. Alternative means of claiming relief in cases of non-compliance with Part III.

41. Increases of penalties under certain enactments.

Number 20 of 1997

ORGANISATION OF WORKING TIME ACT, 1997

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DIRECTIVE 93/104/EC OF 23 NOVEMBER 1993 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES CONCERNING CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE ORGANIZATION OF WORKING TIME, TO MAKE PROVISION OTHERWISE IN RELATION TO THE CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT OF EMPLOYEES AND THE PROTECTION OF THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF EMPLOYEES, TO AMEND CERTAIN ENACTMENTS RELATING TO EMPLOYEES, TO REPEAL THE CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT ACTS, 1936 AND 1944, THE HOLIDAYS (EMPLOYEES) ACTS, 1973 AND 1991, AND CERTAIN OTHER ENACTMENTS AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.

[7th May, 1997]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: