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[Subsidiary]

CAP. 57] Women and Young Persons (Industry)

Regulations

[1988 Ed.

(ii) that the document is signed by the employer or his duly authorized agent; and

(b) the document shall be conclusive evidence of-

(i) the period of employment fixed by the employer for women and young persons in the industrial undertaking;

(ii) the intervals allowed to such women and young persons for meals or rest fixed by the employer;

(iii) the rest day of such women and young persons.

Overtime employment of women

10. (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of these regulations relating to hours of work and periods of employment, women may be employed overtime in any industrial undertaking in accordance with this regulation.

(2) The overtime employment of women for the industrial undertaking shall not exceed in the aggregate, calculated in accordance with paragraph (11)(b), 200 hours in any year or 2 hours in any day. (L.N. 41/88)

(3) The overtime employment of a woman shall be subject to the following conditions---

(a) the total hours worked by the woman shall not exceed 10 in any day;

and

(b) the period of employment for the woman shall not exceed 12 hours in any day and shall not extend outside the hours specified for women in regulation 8 for the beginning and ending of the period of employment. (L.N. 41/88)

(4) Before employing in any industrial undertaking any woman in overtime on any day, the employer shall

(a) cause a notice containing particulars of the hours of work and the intervals for meals or rest applicable to those women to be employed overtime to be posted up and kept conspicuously posted up at a place conveniently accessible to such women in the industrial undertaking until completion of such overtime; and

(b) if any part of the overtime to be worked will be in excess of the working hours specified in regulation 8(1)(a) or agreed under regulation 8(1A), deliver to reach the Commissioner and enter into a register, in the appropriate prescribed form, to be kept by the employer for such purpose, particulars of such overtime employment including particulars of any interval for a meal or rest allowed under paragraph (5). (L.N. 41/88)

(5) Where in any industrial undertaking an employer allows any women who are to be employed overtime on any day an interval for a meal or rest in addition to any interval fixed for the day by a notice posted up under regulation 9 he may employ during that interval any women who are not to be employed overtime on that day, but save as aforesaid the provisions of these regulations relating to continuous employment and intervals for meals or rest shall apply to overtime employment in like manner as they apply to other employment.

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