S.L. 452.40 Art. 6Meals.

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

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

(c) Workers in Group 6 shall be entitled to coffee or tea after working for not less than two 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 hours.

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

Provided that workers in Groups 1 and 2 shall have forty-eight euro thirty-six cents (€48.36) deducted monthly from their minimum remuneration, workers in Groups 3 and 4 shall have eleven euro and sixteen cents (€11.16) deducted weekly from their minimum remuneration, and workers in Group 5 shall have one euro eighty-six cents (€1.86) deducted daily from their minimum remuneration, as compensation for meals to which they shall be entitled as aforesaid: Provided that workers in Group 6 shall have no deduction from their minimum remuneration 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 €1.61 deducted from their minimum remuneration; and: Provided further that should workers not avail themselves of their right to any meals as aforesaid, they shall not be entitled to any pecuniary compensation in substitution therefor.