CONFIDENTIAL

ANNEX A

SPECIAL SAFEGUARDS GOVERNING EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN AT NIGHT

(a)

(b)

@

Safeguards for period

1 March 1970 -

30 June 1971

Restricted to adult women

aged 18 years or more who voluntarily agree in writing.

Restricted to shifts not exceeding eight hours.

(c) Shift rotation ensuring no

woman works at night for more than one month followed by not less than one month of work by day.

(a)

(e)

(f)

(g)

A minimum of 100 women workers on each night shift.

Supervision by women supervisors at a ratio of one per 10 workers

Restriction on employment of pregnant women especially during later stages of pregnancy.

Suitable facilities for canteens, rest rooms and sitting whenever possible.

Safeguards for period

1 July 1971

30 June 1972

No change.

No change.

Shift rotation ensuring no woman works at night for more than two months followed by not less than one month of work by day.

A minimum of 50 women workers on each night shift.

Supervision as far as practicable by women supervisors.

No employment of

pregnant women who have applied for maternity leave in accordance the Employment Ordinance.

No change.

(h)

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Provision of transport to and from the factory and convenient

collecting points.

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