Sunday Working in the Retail Trade - Is premium pay mandatory?

Hi,

Is there a legal requirement to pay a minimum wage work a Sunday premium? It is in a fast-food environment (and thereby classified as the retail trade by the LRC in the document below).

https://www.workplacerelations.ie/e...ice_on_Sunday_Working_in_the_Retail_Trade.pdf
http://www.citizensinformation.ie/e...nd_conditions/hours_of_work/working_week.html
http://www.unionconnect.ie/rights/3/

If there is a requirement, what would the typical amount be for a minimum wage worker?

Nope - that's long gone.

Once your contract is based na 7 day roster there is no premium.

I may be wrong, but I think it was done away with in 1996.

If however your contract stipulates Monday to friday or Monday to saturday, THEN a sunday premium is payable. But it would be highly unlikely that this is in a modern contract.

Its there in section 2 of the workplace document you bave above

Section 14 of the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 sets out statutory rights for employees in respect of Sunday working. Any employee who is required to work on a Sunday and, his or her having to work on that day has not been taken account of in the determination of pay

Basically, if your contract says Sunday is a normal rostered day, then that is what it is and no premium applies.

There is still a legal requirement to pay a Sunday premium. It might be anything from time + 5%, time + 1/4, time + 1/3, double time.

Suze456 said:

There is still a legal requirement to pay a Sunday premium. It might be anything from time + 5%, time + 1/4, time + 1/3, double time.

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Not totally correct, employers must pay one of the following

• A reasonable allowance
• A reasonable pay increase
• Reasonable paid time off work

See here for more details
http://www.citizensinformation.ie/e...nd_conditions/hours_of_work/working_week.html