S.L. 452.59 Art. 14Waiting time.

An employee is entitled to the payment of the minimum remuneration applicable to him for all time during which he is present on the premises of his employer or in any other place in connection with his employment 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 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.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Schedule but is intended to indicate its applicability).The above Order operates in respect of all employees engaged in building, in civil engineering, and in mechanical or electrical engineering or work and also in respect of all employees engaged in marble works and lime kilns. In this Explanatory Note -

(a) the phrase "building, civil engineering and mechanical or electrical engineering or work" includes construction, reconstruction, maintenance, repair, alteration, painting, decoration or demolition of any building, road, harbour, dock, pier, bridge, viaduct, sewer, drain, 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 precast concrete masonry and concrete units, the manufacture of cement tiles, and any plumbing work or electrical wiring; and

(b) the phrase "marble works" includes 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 not. This Order does not apply to employees employed by woodwork contractors.