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| Name: | Organisation of Working Time Act, 1997 (No. 20 of 1997). |
| Country: | Ireland |
| Subject(s): | Hours of work, weekly rest and paid leave |
| Type of legislation: | Law, Act |
| Adopted on: | 1997-03-07 |
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| Published on: | Official Gazette, Acts, 51 p. |
| ISN: | IRL-1997-L-46966 |
| Link: | https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_isn=46966&p_lang=en |
| Bibliography: | Official Gazette, Acts, 51 p. Legislation on-line  Irish Statute Book, Ireland PDF of Act (consulted on 2015-03-06)Legislation on-line Law Reform Commission, Ireland PDF of Act as revised to S.I. 425 of 2015 (consulted on 2017-05-31) |
| Abstract/Citation: | Comprehensive legislation covering daily, weekly, and annual rest periods. Employees shall be entitled to a rest period of no less than 11 consecutive hours for every 24 hour period, and 15 minutes every four and a half hours, and 24 hours for every 7 days. Night workers shall not work more than 8 hours per night shift. Provides additional compensation for Sunday work. Also provides entitlement to annual paid leave. S. 33 prohibits double employment. |
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