Schedule One: Procedures for Progressive Reduction of Maximum Working Hours
1. Goal

 

 

This Schedule records the procedures to be adopted to reduce the working hours of employees to the goal of a 40 hour working week and an eight hour working day--

a)       through collective bargaining and the publication of sectoral determinations;

b)       having due regard to the impact of a reduction of working hours on existing employment and opportunities for employment creation, economic efficiency and the health, safety and welfare of employees.