SHOP ASSISTANTS.
LIMIT OF WORKING HOURS. By Telegraph.—Copyright.
London, August 5. Mr. Herbert Gladstone (Home Secretary) has introduced the Shops Bill, fixing shop assistants' maximum employment at 60 hours a week. Employment after eight p.m. is only allowed on three days a week. V \ '
The Bill includes compulsory Sunday closing and a weekly half-holi-day. ;
It is not intended to pass the measure during the present session.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14133, 7 August 1909, Page 5
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