REFERENCES
Hansard Commons 2 March Col.8
NOTES FOR SUPPLEMENTARIES
Conditions on which women may be employed on work at night
The general conditions laid down are as follows :-
(a)
restriction to adult women aged 18 years or more who
voluntarily agree in writing to be employed at night;
(b) restriction of night shifts to a maximum period of
employment of eight hours;
(c)
rotation of shifts so that no woman is required to work
at night for more than one month followed by not less
than an equal period of employment during the day;
(a)
(e)
(f)
a minimum of 100 women workers on each night shift;
first-line supervision, where necessarym of women
workers by women supervisors at a ratio of one
supervisor for not more than ten workers;
restrictions on the employment of pregnant women
especially during the later stages of pregnancy;
(g) suitable facilities for canteens, rest rooms and
sitting whenever possible.
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