S.L. 452.126 Art. 3Interpretation. 

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:

"applicant for employment" means any person seeking employment and who is being considered for engagement with a prospective employer;

"Act" means the Employment and Industrial Relations

Act;

"Court of Justice" means the Court of Justice of the European Union;

"Director", "employer", "outworker", "Tribunal", "whole-time employee", and "worker" shall have the same WORKING CONDITIONS

meaning as assigned to them in article 2 of the Act;

"reference hours and days" means time slots in specified days during which work can take place at the request of the employer;

"pay level" means gross annual pay and the corresponding gross hourly pay;".

"work pattern" means the form of organisation of the working time and its distribution according to a certain pattern determined by the employer;

"work schedule" means the schedule determining the hours and days on which performance of work starts and ends;

"zero-hour contract" means a contract of employment or other work arrangement under which a worker is required to be available for work or services as and when needed by the employer, and where the employer promises payment on the basis of hours so worked without guaranteeing a minimum number of hours to the worker.