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SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 452.55
TEXTILES AND ALLIED INDUSTRIES WAGES 
COUNCIL WAGE REGULATION ORDER
25th August, 1977
LEGAL NOTICE 117 of 1977, as amended by Legal Notices 60 of 1978,
23 of 1979, 24 of 1981, 74 of 1989 and 46 of 1990.
Title.
Wages Council Wage Regulation Order.
Field of operation 
of Wages Council.
2. The provisions set out in the Schedule hereto shall apply to
all employees in respect of whom the Textiles and Allied Industries
Wages Council operates.
Amended by:
L.N. 60 of 1978;
L.N. 23 of 1979;
L.N. 24 of 1981;
L.N. 74 of 1989;
L.N. 46 of 1990.
SCHEDULE
Interpretation.
Cap. 252.
"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;
"day" in the case of shift employees, means a period of twenty-
four consecutive hours; and, in all other cases, it means a period
running from midnight of one day to midnight of the next following
day;
"hours of work" means the time on any day during which
employees are at the disposal of the employer exclusive of the
intervals allowed for meals and rest;
Cap. 343.
"learner" has the same meaning assigned to it by the
Employment and Training Services Act;
"night shift" means any period of employment that includes any
hours from 10 p.m. of one day to 6 a.m. of the next following day;
"part-time employee" means an employee, other than a
watchman (except in paragraph 14), who is not a whole-time
employee;
"part-time watchman" means an employee employed as a
watchman for not more than thirty-six hours a week;
"period of employment" means the time in any day during which
employees are at the disposal of the employer, but inclusive of the
intervals allowed for meals and rest;
"shift employee" means an employee who regularly works on a
shift cycle basis;
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"time-and-a-half" and "double-time" mean respectively one and a
half times and twice the minimum time rate applicable to the
employee;
"wages" means remuneration or earnings payable in money by an
employer to an employee;
"week" means a calendar week;
"weekly day of rest" means a period of twenty-four consecutive
hours commencing at the time at which the employee would
normally commence his turn of duty;
"whole-time employee" means an employee who is employed for
more than thirty hours in any week spread over not less than four
days.
Hours of work. 2. The minimum weekly wages shall be related to a week of
not more than -
( a ) forty hours of work in the case of whole-time
employees other than watchmen, to be worked in a
week of five days;
( b ) fifty-four hours of work in the case of watchmen,
exclusive of overtime spread over six days.
Minimum wages of 
whole-time 
employees.
3. The minimum weekly wages payable to whole-time
employees shall be the following - 
( a ) Watchmen -
(i) whose duties are mainly performed indoors
........................................................... Lm26.88
(ii) whose duties are mainly performed out of doors
........................................................... Lm27.88;
( b ) Other whole-time employees -
At age 18 years or over ................................. Lm26.88
At age 17 years ............................................ Lm23.97
At age 16 years ........................................... Lm22.74.
( c ) Shift employees:
(i) In the case of employees called upon to work on
a three shift cycle and in consideration of the
periods of night work on a three shift, an
allowance shall be paid equivalent to one-tenth
of the normal rate of basic remuneration. In the
case of employees an a two-shift basis a shift
allowance shall be paid equivalent to one-
twelfth of the normal rate of basic remuneration;
(ii) Unless every weekly night shift is followed by
two consecutive weekly day shifts, such further
night shift or shifts shall entitle employees to an
extra remuneration amounting to not less than
one-fourth of the normal rate of pay.
Minimum wages of 
piece-work 
employees.
4. In the case of whole-time employees on piece-work the
minimum piece-rate of wages shall be such that no employee will
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earn, when employed on such work, less them the appropriate time
rate  pro rata  specified in paragraph 3 of this Schedule.
Minimum daily 
rest.
5. All whole-time employees, other than watchmen, shall be
allowed intervals for meals and rest of not less in the aggregate,
than one hour every day:
Provided that -
( a ) subject to the provisions of paragraph ( b ) of this
proviso, the interval or intervals shall be allowed after
the first or before the last hour of the period of
employment; and
( b ) where the last half hour of the period of employment is
allowed as a half hour of rest, the employee shall be
entitled to leave the place of work as soon as that half
hour starts.
Minimum weekly 
rest.
6.  All whole-time employees other than watchmen shall be
allowed two weekly days of rest in every week. Watchmen shall be
allowed one weekly day of rest:
Provided that where a shift system precludes the allowance
of two days of rest in any one week in any cycle, employees shall
be allowed one day of rest in that particular week, and are paid at
the rate of time and a half for any one of the other working days of
the week.
Minimum overtime 
rates.
7. (1) In the case of all whole-time employees, other than
watchmen, overtime shall be payable as follows -
( a ) for all time worked in excess of eight hours on any
day, and for all time worked on the first pre-
determined day of rest of the week .............................
time-and-a-half;
( b ) for all time worked in excess of forty hours in any
week exclusive of any time paid for at overtime rates
...........................................................time-and-a-half;
( c ) for all time worked on Sundays or the second or only
pre-determined day of rest of the week ... double-time;
( d ) for all hours of work on a customary holiday, in
addition to the normal hourly wage .........double-time:
Provided that where a customary holiday falls on a
Sunday or another day of rest, overtime shall be paid
only at double-time.
(2) In the case of watchmen, overtime shall be payable as
follows -
(i) for all time worked in excess of nine hours on
any day ................................. time-and-a-half;
(ii) for all time worked .in excess of fifty-four hours
in any week of six consecutive days
.............................................. time-and-a-half;
(iii) for all time worked on the second or only
predetermined day of rest of the week and on a
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customary holiday ...................... double-time.
(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding sub-
paragraphs of this paragraph - 
(i) shift employees shall not be entitled to overtime
payment for time worked in normal shift on
Sundays, or on a day of rest;
(ii) when a customary holiday falls on a working
day, overtime at time and a half shall be payable
to whole-time employees, other than watchmen,
for work in excess of forty hours during the
week less the number of hours that would have
normally been worked on such a day by that
employee;
(iii) in the case of watchmen, when a customary
holiday falls on any day from Monday to
Saturday, overtime at time and a half shall be
payable to them for work in excess of forty-five
hours during that week.
Holidays. 8. (1) In addition to the minimum weekly rest to which
whole-time employees may be entitled under paragraph 6, whole-
time employees shall be entitled to all customary holidays with full
pay, and to the following vacation leave not being less than -
( a ) four working weeks and one working day during each
of the calendar years 1988 and 1989;
( b ) four working weeks and two working days during the
calendar year 1990;
( c ) four working weeks and three working days during the
calendar year 1991; and
( d ) four working weeks and four working days during the
calendar year 1992 and during any calendar year
thereafter:
Provided that when a whole-time employee is in
employment for less than twelve months during any calendar year,
he shall he entitled to such part of the said vacation leave as is in
proportion to the number of months in employment.
(2) For the purposes of this paragraph "vacation leave" means
leave with pay which may be availed of:
Provided that:
( a ) one day vacation leave during each of the calendar
years 1988 and 1989;
( b ) two days vacation leave during 1990;
( c ) three days vacation leave during 1991; and
( d ) four days vacation leave during 1992, and during any
calendar year thereafter;
shall not form part of any shut down and shall be
granted by the employer as optional leave in addition
to any optional leave the employee may have been
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entitled to on the 9th November, 1988.
Sick leave.
. Cap. 318.
9. (1) Whole-time employees shall be entitled to twelve days
sick leave with full pay in every calendar year less any sickness
benefit to which they may be entitled under the Social Security Act,
and to a further twelve days on half pay in every calendar year less
half of any sickness benefit, sohowever that a medical certificate
certifying incapacity for work covering the period of absence is
produced to the employer who shall have the right, if he deems fit,
to send his own medical officer to visit and examine medically the
employee.
(2) Whole-time employees employed for less than one year
shall be entitled to paid sick leave in proportion to the number of
months in employment.
(3) For the purposes of this paragraph, a break in employment
of not more than thirty days, other than at the employee’s request,
shall not interrupt the continuity of service.
Bereavement 
leave.
10. Whole-time employees shall be allowed three days paid
leave on the occasion of the death of any of the following relations:
the wife or husband, the mother or father (or the person who at the
time was in fact acting as the mother or father of the employee), the
son or daughter, and the brother or sister.
Special leave.
with full pay on the occasion of his marriage and two days leave
with full pay on the occasion of the birth of a child to his wife.
Injury leave.
Cap. 318.
12. A whole-time employee shall be entitled to one year injury
leave on full pay, less the full amount of any injury benefit to
which such employee may be entitled in terms of the Social
Security Act, if he is injured during the actual discharge of his
duties and such injury is not due to any contributory negligence on
his part, or to the contravention by him of any safety rules laid
down by the management.
Jury service.
allowed all the necessary time off without loss of pay to attend the
Courts. 
Minimum 
remuneration of 
part-time 
employees.
14. The minimum remuneration payable to part-time
employees shall be at such hourly rate arrived at -
( a ) in the case of watchmen, by dividing by fifty-four the
weekly rate applicable to that category of watchmen,
and
( b ) in the case of other employees, by dividing by forty
the weekly rate applicable to such other employees at
age eighteen years or over.
Waiting time.
wages applicable to him for all time during which he is present on
the premises of his employer or elsewhere unless he is present
thereon in any of the following circumstances -
( a ) without the employer’s consent, expressed or implied;
( b ) for some purpose unconnected with his work and other
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than that of waiting for work to be given to him to
perform;
( c ) by reason only of the fact that he is resident thereon;
( d ) during normal meal times in a room or place in which
no work is being done, and he is not waiting for work
to be given to him to perform.
Retiring age. 16. In cases where the retiring age of a male employee is
expected at the age of sixty years, such employee shall be given the
opportunity by his employer to retain his employment beyond this
age at least until the age of sixty-one years, provided that the
employee in question shall still be allowed, if he so wishes, to retire
at the age of sixty years.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order but is intended to indicate its
applicability).
The provisions of the above Schedule shall apply to all
employees in any undertaking or in any part of an undertaking the
activities of which consist wholly or mainly in any of the
following: 
( a ) the manufacture or processing (including the spinning,
weaving, knitting, finishing and any other process
incidental to the foregoing) of natural, artificial or
man-made fibres and fabrics; and
( b ) the making up of articles from natural, artificial or
man-made fibres and fabrics.
