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order exempting workers at a particular establish-

ment from any of the restrictions. Such orders

are limited to a year but they may be and usually

are renewed. It is by virtue of orders under

Section 117 that women's night work comes to be

permitted. Such an order was made for Vauxhall's,

and it sets out the permitted times of work and

intervals in full detail.

Although it was not always so, nowadays an

application for an order permitting night work

for women is hardly ever refused, and we estimate

that about 20,000 women are covered by such orders

at the moment. Equal pay is not a prerequisite

for making such an order. In broad terms, an

application for an order permitting night work

will normally be granted provided the women

concerned are willing and their safety, health

and welfare will not be jeopardised. In the

latter connection the Factory Inspector is

required to report whether the arrangements for

supe vision, messroom accommodation and hot

refreshment, and transport are satisfactory.

will also comment on the merits of the actual

scheme of hours proposed.

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An exemption order might permit departures

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(a)

from the restrictions mentioned in paragraph

despatch under seduce of your k as well as permitting night work.

Regarding paragraph (b), the fact that only a

few women were involved, or that the supervisor

was a man, would not be an obstacle to making an

exemption order allowing night work and it is not

the practice for such orders to impose any medical

stipulations relating to sickness or pregnancy.

There would be no objection to night work without

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