Employment of Females Act.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 14, 15 December 1884, Page 2

Employment of Females Act.

! -■■■; ;■■;■; .- v : ; . „■ <► > • " ; . . j .'('V^ftDj^ft^ui'' Chronicle.) 1 j SeVgeaiit^Hissett, the inspector , a.pjpbinted under this, act, made an inspecjjtion on Saturday "of a number of ;<work- | rooms m town where females are eraj employed, with a view to ascertain I whether the provisions of tho act with i regard to the Saturday half A holiday is i complied with. ;Ont of eight workrooms ; visited he fouud females employed after hour? in .-five. Thisrbeingthe first pffi6ial inspection it impossible that it may \ be allowed to serve as a caution ; but we '; "wpuld advise, all employers . to make themselves acquainted with, the provi-r ' eions o^ t^e &op t as they are very strin-? • gent, and tho local authorities h«ye re^ ' « ceived instructions to see that they are' ' carried out m future. It may be as well s to say that the police are authorised under the act to enter and inspoot at ! any tirue premises where females employed, and also that no females, , . others'than daughters of the omployer, are allowed- to be m the workroom af ter ; 2 o'clock on Saturday afternoons. There :ia an idea m the minds of some that' clearing, up. can bo done after two; and that they pan stay after that hour and do private work for themselves, This ie quite a mistake. The wovkrrdara must be ; clear, and the wovl? put away by 2 o'clock.