Employment Regulation Order Hotels

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Employment Regulation Order for: Hotels
Effective date                       16 January 2007

Application
This ERO applies to employees in a hotel business throughout the State (excluding Cork, Dublin and Dun Laoghaire). Employees must be engaged in either the preparation or service of food or drink, the provision of living accommodation, the retail sale of goods or in work incidental to these categories.

It does not apply to managers, assistant managers, trainee managers, receptionists, head storemen and housekeepers or to employees covered by a separate REA.

Remuneration

Minimum Pay
Rates of minimum pay will vary depending on job type and length of service. For example, an adult worker in their first period of training is entitled to be paid a minimum of €244.58 per week, whereas an adult worker who has completed their third period of training is entitled to be paid a minimum of €326.10 per week. Gratuities and tips are not included in the rates of pay.

Overtime Rates
The ERO provides that employees are entitled be paid time-and-a-half for overtime. This is calculated by reference to an employee’s hourly rate, which is the appropriate weekly rate without board or lodging divided by the declared normal number of hours worked per week.

Employees rostered to work night duty (which is not overtime) are entitled to an allowance equivalent to 20 per cent of their basic pay. Employees are entitled to be paid double time for work performed on a Sunday which forms part of the 78-hour rostered fortnight. The extra pay, which is additional to normal pay, will be based on the appropriate rate without board or lodging.

When an employee works a full day on a Sunday which is in addition to the 78-hour rostered fortnight he/she is entitled to receive two additional days’ pay based on the rate without board or lodging and pro rata for part days.

Conditions of Employment

Working hours
The normal number of hours for adult employees in any fortnight is 78 hours. Employees’ normal working hours will vary depending on whether it is during ‘season’ (see ERO for definition). The normal working fortnight during season is any 10 days, whereas the normal working fortnight during off-season is 10 days calculated on the basis of alternate Sundays off.

Employees are entitled to either one early finishing night at 7.00pm or two at 8.30pm each week throughout the year. There are separate rules for finishing times and the maximum number of working hours for young persons.

Rest Periods
All Employees are entitled to breaks and rest periods in accordance with the Organisation of Working Time Act, 1997 or in accordance with the Protection of Young Persons (Employment) Act, 1996, as the case may be.

Holidays
Annual leave and public holiday entitlements are in accordance with the Organisation of Working Time Act, 1997. Employees are entitled to six weeks’ notice from employers of the time during which annual leave will be taken. Where an employee has worked on any public holidays throughout the year, the days off in lieu may be taken consecutively and added to their annual leave.

Sick Pay Scheme
There is no reference to a Sick Pay Scheme in this ERO.

Miscellaneous
The ERO also provides for special conditions in relation to board and lodgings, service charges and spread over duty.