Shop Assistants' Act
The new Shops and Shop Assistants Bill provides that all shops except coffee-bouses, rßstaurunts, and ontuighouses shall be closed from 1 p.m. on Saturdays All chemists' shops may be opened botwoen the hours of ' 7 and 9 p.m. on tho half-holiday, ' aud any chemist may supply qjodiciue ot- surgical nppliuuce» on the carti/j- ( oute of v medical man. Any shop- t keeper keeping an employe more j
bnan half an hou* after 1 p.nj. will be liable to a penalty of £5 for each I onence. ' Failing to close render* *ke offender liable to a£s .finer^Tower 1 is given te City a^d Borough Coun» oils to alter Jfre day, and special days may be fred for general trades. No woman, and no person under 18 years of age, will be allowed to work for longer than 58 hours, including meal-times, in any one week. In every shop in which women or young persons are employed a notice stating the hours of work must be posted up. A penalty of £>2 is provided for breaches of these regulations. Shopkeepers are required to provide sitting accommodation for females. The right of entry is given to all Factory Inspectors, nnd the Act of last )'ear is " to be repealed.
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Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 2, 3 July 1893, Page 2
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209Shop Assistants' Act Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 2, 3 July 1893, Page 2
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