DOMESTIC SERVANTS
Australian Employment Restriction (Received December 3, 10.45 p.m.) MELBOURNE, December 3. The employment of domestic servants for more than 24 hours a week will become illegal in Australia after January 10. Before servants can 'be employed for longer periods a permit must be obtained from the Director-General of Manpower. The order to this effect was signed today by the Minister of War Organzation, Mr. Dedman, who stated that the purpose of the restriction was to ensure that the limited number of domestic servants now available would be at the disposal of those most in need of them —hospitals, institutions, mothers with young families, the aged and invalids. Gardeners, chaffeurs, charwomen, housekeepers and companions are included in the definition of domestic servants. Hotels and other residential establishments will not be affected by the new regulation.
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Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 60, 4 December 1942, Page 5
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