1988 Ed.]
Women and Young Persons (Industry) Regulations
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(a) on any day of the week-
(i) specified in a notice posted up under regulation 9(1)(c) if that day is the same for every woman or young person employed therein;
or
(ii) specified in a register maintained under regulation 16(2)(h) if that day is not the same for every woman or young person employed therein; or
(b) if the day of the week---
(i) specified in a notice posted up under regulation 9(1)(c); or (ii) specified in a register maintained under regulation 16(2)(h),
has been changed in accordance with a notice under regulation 15(1), on the day of the week specified in that notice; or
(c) if the Commissioner has, under regulation 15(2), permitted the day of the week-
(i) specified in a notice posted up under regulation 9(1)(c); or
(ii) specified in a register maintained under regulation 16(2)(h),
to be changed to another day of the week, on the day so substituted.
(2) No employer shall employ in an industrial undertaking any woman or young person on more than 6 days in any week.
(3) Rest days shall be in addition to any statutory holiday or alternative holiday or substituted holiday, to which an employee is entitled under section 39 of the Ordinance.
Rest day not to be changed without permission of Commissioner
15. (1) No employer shall change, or cause or permit to be changed, the rest day of a woman or young person employed by him in an industrial undertaking unless, not less than 48 hours before such change is to come into operation, he has served on the Commissioner a notice in writing of the intention to make such change.
(2) No employer shall change, or cause or permit to be changed, more often than once in every month the rest day of a woman or young person unless for special reasons the Commissioner permits him in writing to do so.
(3) Where, in the course of one month, the rest day of a woman or young person-
(a) is changed in accordance with a notice served under paragraph (1);
and
(b) in the week immediately following such change, is changed back to the day previously specified,
the change back shall, for the purposes of paragraph (2) of this regulation, be deemed not to constitute a change.