LABOUR STANDARDS
POSITION IN JAPAN BILL TO BE INTRODUCED (Rec. 8 p.m.) TOKIO, Aug 26. The Japanese Labour Standards Bill, which is expected to be introduced in the Diet’s October session, prohibits compulsory labour, and provides equal wages for men and women for the same work in an eight-hour day and 48-hour week. The minimum age for child labour is 15, and workers will receive a paid vacation of six days, with additional days for long service. Government workers are excluded from the Bill
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26242, 28 August 1946, Page 6
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