S.L. 452.154 Art. 2Interpretation. Cap. 452. Cap. 252. Cap. 452. S.L. 452.87.

In this order unless the context otherwise requires:

"Act" means the Employment and Industrial Relations Act;

"customary holidays" means the days, other than Sundays, declared for the time being to be public holidays by, or under the National Holidays and other Public Holidays Act;

"collective agreement" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Employment and Industrial Relations Act;

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

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

"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" means one and a half times the actual time rates applicable to the 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;

"wholesale, retail and ancillary trades" means wholesale merchants, distributors, importers, exporters, commission agents, wholesale and marketing cooperatives, retailers, lending libraries, auctioneers, hairdressers, consumers’ cooperatives and photographic studios;