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CAP. 59]
Factories and Industrial Undertakings Regulations
[1973 Ed.
[Subsidiary]
Notice fixing hours of employment.
G.N.A. 71/58. L.N. 132/69.
G.N.A. 74/58.
L.N. 221/73.
10. (1) No proprietor shall employ any woman or young person in an industrial undertaking unless there is conspicuously posted at a place which is conveniently accessible to the persons employed in the industrial undertaking a notice—
(a) fixing within the limits prescribed in regulation 9 and, in the case of shift work, regulation 12, the period of employment for each day of the week for women and young persons employed in the industrial undertaking;
(b) fixing within the limits prescribed in regulation 9 and, in the case of shift work, regulation 12, the intervals allowed for meals and rest for women and young persons employed in the industrial undertaking; and
(c) specifying the day of the week, in accordance with regula- tion 15(2)(h), on which women and young persons shall not be employed in the industrial undertaking or, if such day is not the same for every woman or young person so em- ployed, specifying that fact.
(2) Different periods of employment and different intervals for meals or rest may be fixed for different days of the week.
(3) No proprietor shall change, or cause or permit to be changed, any period of employment or interval for meals or rest fixed by notice posted under paragraph (1), or fixed by a notice deemed, by virtue of the provisions of this paragraph, to have been posted under paragraph (1), unless, not less than forty-eight hours before any change of any such period of employment or any such interval for meals or rest is to come into operation, he has served on the Commissioner a notice in writing of intention to make such change and has posted, in the manner prescribed by paragraph (1), a notice in the form prescribed for the purposes of that paragraph, which shall, in addition to specifying the new period of employ- ment or new interval for meals or rest, or both, as the case may be, and the other matters required by paragraph (1), specify the date on which such change is to commence, and, upon the coming into operation of such change, the notice posted in accordance with this paragraph shall be deemed to have been posted under paragraph (1):
Provided that no such change shall, in any event, be made more often than once in every three months, unless for special cause allowed in writing by the Commissioner.
(4) A copy signed by the proprietor of the industrial under- taking or by his duly authorized agent of any notice posted under paragraph (1) shall be sent not later than the day of posting to the Commissioner.
(5) Subject to the provisions of this Part with respect to over- time, no woman or young person shall be employed otherwise than in accordance with the period of employment fixed in a notice posted under paragraph (1).