Industrial Relations Act, 1976

Amendment of section 4 of Principal Act.

2.—Section 4 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1):

“(1) In this Act ‘worker’ means any person aged 15 years or more who has entered into or works under a contract with an employer, whether the contract be for manual labour, clerical work or otherwise, whether it be expressed or implied, oral or in writing, and whether it be a contract of service or of apprenticeship or a contract personally to execute any work or labour but does not include—

(a) a person who is employed by or under the State,

(b) a teacher in a secondary school,

(c) a teacher in a national school,

(d) an officer of a local authority,

(e) an officer of a vocational education committee,

(f) an officer of a committee of agriculture, or

(g) an officer of a school attendance committee.”.