S.L. 452.147 Art. 2Interpretation. Cap. 452.    Cap. 252.  S.L. 452.87

In this order, unless the context otherwise requires:

"Act" means the Employment and Industrial Relations Act;

''building, civil engineering and mechanical or electrical engineering or work'' means construction, re-construction, maintenance, repair, alteration, painting, decoration or demolition of any building, road, harbour, dock, pier, bridge, viaduct, drain, sewer, well or other work of construction, the preparation for or laying the foundation of any work or structure, the extraction from the earth of stone, clay, sand or gravel, the manufacture of pre-cast concrete masonry and concrete units, the manufacture of cement tiles and any plumbing work or electrical wiring;

"customary breaks" means breaks which are customary among particular sections of the employees to whom this order applies;

"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;

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

"day" means a period running from midnight (12.00a.m) of one day to midnight (12.00a.m.) of the immediately following day;

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

''marble works'' means the cutting, dressing, setting and laying of marble blocks or slabs to make ornamental or protective surfaces and the preparation and setting of all marble objects whether for ornamental purposes or otherwise;

"normal hourly wage" means the weekly wage divided by:

(a) sixty (60), in the case of watchpersons; and

(b) forty (40), in the case of other employees;

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

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

"time-and-a-half" and "double-time" mean respectively:

(a) in the case of a time employee, one-and-a-half times and twice the normal rate payable to him;

(b) in the case of an employee on piece-work:

(i) the piece rates payable to the employee; and

(ii) a time rate equal to one half or, as the case may be, the whole of the normal rate which would have been payable to him if he were a time employee;

"wages" means remuneration or earnings, payable 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.