The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-05-05
Attorney General Nc Chez
Renders An Opinion That Girls Between Is and Fl
Cannot Be Worked Ouer Fifty Hours Week.

i'll any one day. except Saturday, when
the hours of labor in mercantile estab-
lishments may be ten hours, or more
than six days, or more than fifty hours
in any one week, but meal time shall not
be included as part of the work hours
of the week or day, provided however,
that no restriction as to hours of labor
shall apply to canneries or establish
ments engaged in preparing for use per-
ishable goods, during the season they
are engaged in canning their products" !"
That part of Sec. 1896 which con-
flicts to some extent with the part of
Sec. zoos, which is above quoted, is as
follows:
mo boy under the age of eighteen
years or girl under the age of twenty
one years." etc.
Now, with these two parts of sections
in mind, let us ascertain wherein lies
the conflict. There is none in reference
to the provisions which apply to boys,
inasmuch as the provisions of Sec 1908
apply to girls only. In so far as Sec.
1896 applies to girls under eighteen,
there is no conflict, because Sec. 1908
has to do only with girls over eighteen
years of age. The difficulty arises, then,
in reference to the employment of girls
who are between eighteen and twenty
one years of age
Keeping this in mind, let us note an
other question about which there will be
no difficulty. There will be no difficulty
in those cases in which the occupations
mentioned in the two sections, namely,
Secs. zoos and 1908 c. c., to which Sec
1896 refers, are different. Where the
occupations mentioned in the two sec
tions are different, the provisions of
each section will apply to the occupations
mentioned in each section respectively.
But the difficulty arises in those cases
in which the same occupations are men
toned in each section. In looking over
the occupations mentioned in each sec
ton, we find at least the following occu-
pations mentioned in each section fac
tories, workshops, restaurants, distrib-
uting and transmitting messages and
mercantile establishments in cities.
SO that the difficulty resolves itself
into this question: How many hours
per day and how many hours per week
may girls between the ages of eighteen
and twenty-one years be employed in
those occupations which are mentioned
in both of the above sections?
In order to arrive at an answer to help
us out of this difficulty, let us analyze
the two provisions of the two sections
in so far as the provisions in which the
difficulty arises.
Sec. zoos G. c. applies to girls over
eighteen years of age. Sec. 1896 applies
to girls under twcnty-one
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ployed more than six days out of a
week Under Sec. 1906 the provision
is the same.
Under Sec zoos girls shall not be en-
ployed more than fifty hours week
Under Sec. 1896 they may be employed
hfty-four hours week.
Under Sec. zoos girls may be employ
ed not more than nine hours day IN
der Sec, 1896 they may be employed ten
hours day.
Under Section zoos they may be en-
ployed not more than ten hours on Sat
urday, in mercantile establishments. IN
der Sec. 1896 there is no provision as
to length of time they may be employed
on Saturday.
Under Sec. 1896 they can not begin
work before six o'clock in the morning,
nor work after ten o'clock i'll the even
ing, There is no provision as to this
matter i'll Sec. zoos.
Under Sec. 1896 the time spent al
different employments or under different
employers shall be considered as whole
and not separately, Under Sec. 10OS
there is no provision in reference to this
matter.
Under Sec zoos the provisions are moi
to apply to canneries or establishment.
engaged in preparing for use perishablC
goods Under Sec. 1896 canneres are
not mentioned,
Now, with this analysis in mind let
us eliminate those provisions which vii
not be difficult to apply. Both section,
provide for six days week Hence
there is no difficulty in reference to this
provision.
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