HOURS FOR WOMEN
Reduction in Britain. i I The daily lives of more thhn | F),000,000 men, women and young | people are affected by the provisions ’ of the new Factories Bill in Britain. Itf most important provision reduces the maximum working hours of women and children to 48 hours a week, and nine hours a <Uty, exclusive of meal times, which is a substantial idvance on the existing lav', wTrich permits a 1 maximum of 60 hours weekly, except in textile factories, where the maximum is 55J hours. A provision which is likely to raise •riticism is that women and young people shall be allowed to work overtime up to an aggregate of 100 hours a year and up to a maximum of six hours in -any given week.
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Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 387, 19 March 1937, Page 8
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128HOURS FOR WOMEN Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 387, 19 March 1937, Page 8
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