S.L. 452.145 Art. 2Interpretation. Cap. 452.   Cap. 252.       Cap. 594.  S.L. 452.87.

In this order, unless the context otherwise requires:

"Act" means the Employment and Industrial Relations

Act;

''chemicals'' includes basic industrial chemicals, gases, fertilizers, natural or synthetic rubber, and petroleum but excludes gases for domestic use;

''chemical products'' includes matches, paints, varnishes, lacquers, candles, soaps, synthetic detergents, bitumen, bituminous emulsions and other articles made wholly or mainly of natural or synthetic rubber, but excludes textiles made from natural or man-made fibres, and the manufacture, repair or rebuilding and retreading of tyres;

"collective agreement" shall have the same meaning as assigned to in the Act;

"customary holidays" means the days, other than

Sundays, declared for the time being to be public holidays under the National Holidays and other Public Holidays Act;

"day" means in the case of shift employees, a period of twenty-four (24) consecutive hours and in all other cases it means a period running from 12:00a.m. of one day to 12:00a.m. of the next following day;

"double time" means twice the actual rate applicable to the employee;

"half-day" means a period of twelve (12) consecutive hours ending at 12:00p.m. or 12:00a.m.;

"hours of work" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Act;

"learner" means a person other than an apprentice, who is over the age of fourteen (14) years but under the age of nineteen

(19) years, who is receiving training in any calling to which this

Order applies, and in respect of whom the employer holds a permit issued in accordance with the Employment and Training

Services Act;

"night shift" means any period of employment that includes any hours from 10.00 p.m. of one day to 6.00 a.m. of the next following day;

"overtime" means any time worked on Sundays or on customary holidays or in excess of the normal working hours of the establishment as agreed upon between the employer and the employee;

"part-time employee" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Act;

"period of employment" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Act;

''plastics'' means any material including synthetic resins, that contains as an essential ingredient an organic substance of large molecular weight, is solid in its finished state and, at some stage in its manufacture or processing into finished articles, may be shaped by flow;

"rest period" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Organisation of Working Time Regulations;

"shift employee" means an employee who is engaged on alternate day and night shift work on a regular cycle basis;

"skilled employee" means an employee who has particular training and knowledge of the trade or machinery connected with the trade and who is able to demonstrate such skill;

"time-and-a-half" means one-and-a-half the actual rate applicable to the employee;

"wages" means remuneration or earnings payable in money by an employer to an employee and includes any bonus payable under article 23 of the Act, other than any bonus or allowance related to performance or production;

"week" means a calendar week;

"whole-time employee" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Act.