Shops (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1938

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Number 4 of 1938.

SHOPS (CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT) ACT, 1938.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Preliminary and General.

Restrictions on Employment of Juveniles.

16.	Prohibition of employment of persons under fourteen years of age in shops.
17.	Proof of age of juveniles before employment.
18.	Restriction on employment of an undue number of juveniles.

PART III.

Working Hours and Mealtimes.

19.	Restriction on night employment of juveniles on shop work.
20.	Daily and weekly working hours, and overtime pay.
21.	Employment in spells.
22.	Intervals for meals.
23.	Notices of working hours, etc.
24.	Obligation on proprietors of shops to observe hours of work notice.
25.	Preservation of existing rates of wages.

PART IV.

Holidays.

26.	“Sunday-trading shop,” “special-trade shop” and “non-special-trade shop”.
27.	“Employment year”.
28.	“Continuous employment”.
29.	Construction of expressions “allow a whole holiday” and “allow a half-holiday”.
30.	Public holidays.
31.	Pay in respect of holidays.
32.	Limited application of Part IV to railway refreshment-car attendants.
33.	Weekly half-holidays of members of staffs of shops (other than refreshment houses, and licensed premises).
34.	Compensatory holidays to members of staffs of refreshment houses and licensed premises in lieu of weekly half-holidays.
35.	Compensatory holidays to members of staffs of shops engaged in work on Sunday.
36.	Compensatory holidays to members of staffs of non-special-trade shops engaged in work on public holidays.
37.	Annual leave of members of staffs of shops.
38.	Time of annual leave.
39.	Notice of time of annual leave.
40.	Restriction on work by member of the staff of a shop on whole holidays or half-holidays.
41.	Establishment of Shop Wages Board.
42.	Regulations for proceedings of the Board.
43.	Powers of Board.
44.	Applications for fixing of minimum rates of wages.
45.	Consideration of minimum wages applications by the Minister and references to the Board.
46.	Rules fixing minimum rates of wages.
47.	Amendment and revocation of rules fixing minimum rates of wages.
48.	Notice of intention to make rules.
49.	Confirmation of rules.
50.	Proof of rules.
51.	Prohibition of payment of wages below minimum rates.
52.	Records of wages.
53.	Exemptions.
54.	Definitions for purposes of Part VI.
55.	Provisions as to sanitary or other arrangements in shops.
56.	Seats for female members of staffs of shops.
57.	inspectors.
58.	Powers of inspectors of sanitary authorities.
59.	Enforcement of Part VI.
60.	Local inquiries.
61.	Prosecution of offences under Part VI.
62.	Expenses under Part VI.

Acts Referred to
Conditions of Employment Act, 1936	No. 2 of 1936
Public Holidays Act, 1924	No. 56 of 1924
Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Act, 1935	No. 29 of 1935
Apprenticeship Act, 1931	No. 56 of 1931
Landlord and Tenant Act, 1931	No. 55 of 1931
Local Authorities (Officers and Employees) Act, 1926	No. 39 of 1926

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Number 4 of 1938.

SHOPS (CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT) ACT, 1938.

AN ACT TO MAKE FURTHER AND BETTER PROVISION FOR REGULATING THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH PERSONS ARE EMPLOYED IN SHOPS, TO MAKE PROVISION FOR ENSURING THE PAYMENT OF WAGES AT FAIR RATES TO PERSONS SO EMPLOYED, AND TO PROVIDE FOR OTHER MATTERS CONNECTED WITH THE MATTERS AFORESAID. [25th February, 1938.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—

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