The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-06-13
LAWS WHIeH GOVERN
NORK.Of THE WOMEN
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From Thursdays Daily.
Merchants in Mankato are in re-
iceipt from Labor Commission, Houk
copies of the new laws wi. oh re-
late to the hours which sh4l gov
ern the employment of women in
mercantile establishments. BY re-
quests The Free Press gives public
ity to these attachments:
Section ]. Hours OF labor for fe-
males. No female shall be employed
in any mercantile establishment, res
taurant, lunch loom or eating house
or Kitchen operated in connection
Herewith more than ten hours iii
| any one day or fffty-eight hours in
any one week in cities of the first
or manufacturing establishment, more
than nine hours in any one day or
/ fifty-four hours in any one week, or
in any telephone or telegraph estab-
; lishment more than nine hours in
, any one week or in any mechanical
and second class.
Provided that different apportion.
ment Of hours may be made for the
sole purpose of giving a shorter days
work for one day of the week, and
fnrther provided that the provisions
of this act shall not apply to EN-.
plOyment required in the canning or
otherwise preserving Of perishable
fruits, grains or vegetables where
the period of operating an establish.
ment requiring such employment does
not exceed six weeks In, duration.
Provided further, that females may
be employed in retail mercantile es.
adjustments not more than eleven
hours on Saturday each week, but
in no case to exceed total of more
than fifty-eight hours in any one
week.
Notices Shall BE Posted.
| Every employer snail post in a
conspicuous place in every room In
+, which such persons are employed a
printed notice stating the number of
hours work, and the hours when
the time allowed for meals begins
F. and ends. The printed forms of
such notices shall be provided by
j the commissioner of labor ''
The employment of such person
at any time other than as stated in
said printed notice shall be deemed
"a violation of the provisions Of this
section unless,"it appears that, such
section unless it appears that such EN-.
ployment was to make up time lost on
previous day of the same week in
consequence of the stopping of ma
chinery upon which he or she was
employed or dependent, but no stop
ping of machinery for less than
thirty consecutive minutes shall JUS
tify such overtime employment, nor
shall overtime employment be auj
thorized until a written report of the
day and hour of its occurrence and
duration is sent to the commission
er of labor.
! Section 2. Time to be allowed for
meals. In each such establishment
at least sixty minutes shall be al
lowed for the noon day meal unless
nit a. shorter time. Where en-
ployes are required or permitted to
work more than one hour after 6
p. m. they shall be allowed at least
twenty minutes to obtain lunch be-
fore beginning to work overtime.
1, Section 3. Space to be allotted
for employees. No more employees
shall be required or permitted to
work in a room in any such estab-
lishment than will allow to each Of
such employees not less than four
hundred cubic feet of air space, un-
less by written permit of the COM
missioner of labor such amount of
{ air space for such employee may be,
reduced to not less than two hum
dred fifty cubic feet of air space
/ Regarding Ventilation. :
Section A. Provisions for ventiia-.
ton. The owner, agent or lessee of
, any establishment shall provide in
, each work room thereof, proper and
! sufficient means of ventilation; il
j excessive heat be created or il
: steam. gases. yapors, dust or other
impurities that may be injurious to
:, health be generated in the use of
such establishment, the rooms must
be ventilated in such manner to rem
. der them harmless, so far as is
practicable and in case of the fail.
/ ure to so ventilate the commissioner
Of labor shall order such ventilation
! to be provided.
! Section g. Violation misdemeanor.
Every employer superintendent, own.
! err or other agent of any establish
ment, names in section one hereof
who violates any. of the provisions
, Of this chapter shall be guilty Of
misdemeanor.