asked the Minister for Agriculture the appropriate section and subsection of the Agricultural Wages Act, 1936 which gave the Agricultural Wages Board power to prescribe an overtime rate for time worked (in Connacht) in excess of 50 hours per week as from 3rd January 1949, having regard to the previous regulation (in force on 2nd January 1949) under which an overtime rate was prescribed for time worked in excess of 54 hours, and the provisions of the Agricultural Wages Act, 1936 which prevent the Board from prescribing an overtime rate for time worked in excess of 45 hours (in Connacht).
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Agricultural Workers' Overtime Rates.
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The powers of the Agricultural Wages Board to prescribe overtime rates from time to time derive from Section 17, subsections (1) and (2) of the Agricultural Wages Act, 1936.
I am advised that under the Act, the Agricultural Wages Board may prescribe overtime rates for work done in excess of such number of hours per week as it from time to time considers to be in conformity with the prevailing conditions of employment.