WORKING WEEK
Recommendation In U.S.A. WASHINGTON, July 29. Representatives of the War and Navy departments, the Maritime Commission, the War Production Board and the Departments of Commerce, Labour and Public Health, and the Manpower Commission issued a statement recommending a work ceiling as follows: “Firstly, for wartime production an eight-hour day and 48-hour week is the best working schedule for sustained efficiency; secondly, one day’s rest outof seven for an individual should be the universal rule; thirdly, a 30-minute meal period is desirable; fourthly, vacations are conducive to sustained production, and they should be staggered over the whole year.”
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Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 258, 30 July 1942, Page 5
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99WORKING WEEK Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 258, 30 July 1942, Page 5
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