S.L. 452.170 Art. 7Meals.

(1) Workers in Groups 1 and 3, on days when they sleep in their employer’s house, and workers in Groups 2 and 4 on such days shall be entitled to all meals; and on those days when they do not sleep in their employer’s house, they shall be entitled to all meals except supper.

(2) Workers in Group 5 shall be entitled to all meals except supper.

(3) Workers in Group 6 shall be entitled to coffee or tea after working for not less than two (2) hours and shall be further entitled to lunch or supper, as the case may be, after working in the aggregate for not less than five (5) hours. (CONDITIONS OF WORK)

(4) Workers in Groups 1 and 3 on days when they do not sleep in their employer’s house, workers in Groups 2 and 4 on such days and workers in Group 5, shall be entitled to supper when their hours of work in excess of eight (8) in any day exceed three (3):

Provided that workers in Groups 1 and 2 shall have forty-eight euro thirty-six cents (€48.36) deducted monthly from their minimum wage, workers in Groups 3 and 4 shall have eleven euro and sixteen cents (€11.16) deducted weekly from their minimum wage, and workers in Group 5 shall have one euro eighty-six cents (€1.86) deducted daily from their minimum wage, as compensation for meals to which they shall be entitled as aforesaid:

Provided further that workers in Group 6 shall have no deduction from their minimum wage as compensation for meals to which they may be entitled as long as they are not entitled to a day’s pay in which case they shall have one euro and sixty-one cents (€1.61) deducted from their minimum wage:

Provided further that workers in Groups 1, 2, 3 and 4 shall not be considered to have made use of their right to any meals as aforesaid during periods of customary holidays, leave and sick leave to which they are entitled, and a relevant deduction in compensation for meals shall be made from their minimum wage:

Provided further that if workers do not avail themselves of their right to any meals as aforesaid, they shall not be entitled to any pecuniary compensation in substitution therefor.Uniform allowance.