S.L. 171.2 Art. 48Guaranteed earnings.

(1) The earnings of port workers shall be guaranteed at the level of the average earnings realized during the five year period ending on the 31st day of December of the year immediately preceding the year in respect of which this guarantee applies.

(2) For the purposes of this regulation the earnings of port workers shall be deemed to be the global earnings of port workers taking into account the number of port workers as on the 31st day of December of each year.

(3) Payments to bring such earnings to the guaranteed level shall be made out of the Fund.

(4) There shall be published in the Gazette, in respect of each calendar year ending on the 31st day of December, the global earnings of port workers, taking into account the number of port workers as on the 31st day of December of that year. FIRST SCHEDULE

(Regulation 24)

Fees payable to Foremen

Foremen of Port Workers engaged in the supervision of the handling of cargo shall be paid the following fees: Description Fee Є foremen engaged in the supervision of the handling of unitised cargo: Loading of unitised cargo: Locally manufactured goods, per ton ......................... 0.29,9 Other unitised cargo, per ton ...................................... 0.32,9 Unloading of unitised cargo, per ton .......................... 0.36,9 Loading and unloading of empty containers and 2.00,0 trailers, per unit ......................................................... foremen engaged in the supervision of the 0.39,9 handling of general cargo, per ton .............................. foremen engaged in the supervision of the handling of the following bulk cargo: Wheat, per ton ........................................................... 0.12,0 Barley, maize and corn, per ton .................................. 0.16,0 Soya and alpha, per ton .............................................. 0.35,0 Pellets and seeds, per ton ........................................... 0.35,0 Cement, per ton ......................................................... 0.23,9 Other bulk cargo, per ton ........................................... 0.39,9 Handling of accompanied commercial vehicles with a cargo capacity of more than 10 tons: Chassis cab trucks or trailers of 20ft, per unit ............. 5.80,5 Articulated trucks or trailers of 40ft, per unit ............. 11.57,5 Articulated trucks or trailers of over 40ft, per unit ...... 17.03,0 Empty accompanied commercial vehicles, per unit .... 2.00,0 Shifting of cargo: Shifting of cargo, per ton ........................................... 0.15,0 Shifting and restowing of cargo, per ton ..................... 0.30,0 order for foremen to start work may be placed at any time of the day: Provided that:

(a) for night shift, an order in writing shall be placed by noon of the previous day; and

(b) for Saturday or national or public holiday work, an order in writing shall be placed by 1700 hours on the previous evening, while for Sunday work it shall be placed by noon of the previous Saturday: Provided further that:

(i) when work is required on a Saturday which follows a national or public holiday, the order shall be placed by noon of the said national or public holiday; and

(ii) when work is required on a national or public holiday which follows a Sunday or another national or public holiday, the order shall be placed by noon of the Sunday or of the said other national or public holiday, as the case may be.