The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-05-05
STATE OF OHIO
Office of the Attorney General



Dear Sir-I have your oral commune
cation in which you ask me to place a
construction upon Sec. 1896 G. c. and
Sec. 10Os G. c. as amended in House
Bill No. 327.
Under the law / am not permitted to
render an official opinion to any one out
side of the state departments and the
prosecuting attorneys of the different
counties, but it gives me great pleasure
to comply with your request and render
you my personal views as to the con-
struction which should be placed on
these two sections of the General Code.
| have given them quite little consider
alton and feel that the answer given you
herein is correct.
Sec zoos, as amended in H. B. No.
327, reads as follows:
"Sec 1905 Every person, partner
ship, workshop, business office, telephone
or telegraph office, restaurant, bakery,
millinery or dressmaking establishment,
mercantile or other establishments, shall
provide suitable seat for the use of
each female SO employed and shall per-
NIT the use of such seats when such fe
male employees are not necessarily en-
gagged in the active duties for which they
are employed and when the use thereof
will not actually and necessarily inter-
fere with the proper discharge of the
duties of such employees, such seat to be
constructed, where practicable, with an
automatic back support and so adjusted
as to be a fixture but not obstruct en-
ployes i'll the performance of duty, and
shall further provide a suitable lunch
room, separate and apart from the work
ioolh' anu III estapiisiilnen.s where sucn
iuilen roo'ms are PIoV,ueo' lei,idie en-
pioyes s!iaii pe ehtitieu 10 no less tlah
tnlrty minutes LOT meal ume, provlaea'
t'iat III any estaDisflment AFORESAID III
Wnici' IL IS Iouha inipractcapie 10 pro-
Viae suitable iuhcii room, as a1ore-
saia' 1ema,e employees snail De entiiiea 10
no. iess tiiah one I,our TOT meal tirne
curing which hour they snail DC permit
'eu W ieave .he es."otislilnenl ~ Ie'l,aies
W. eisi''eeh yeai " "se o,'as, ny "
ehhpioyeo vi Peilhi.teu vi suheleo "
woiN III o' ~ eoliiee,ion WIN any iaI-
10Y, woihsiiop' i,,:p' .eiepiloie u lcieslaPh
,' u'i.e' n'''lineiN VI uless',aN'nE estao :'o
hsh''lehl' restaurant OF III thc olstriout-
iiis Vi 'Iaisr,iissioii ~ MESSAGES vi ~
any ''!el'"i'ile estao'lsii'i'elil ioealeu III
any Ivy 'iole .''n iniiI 'ooi i" aiy
ohe uay. ,Neep' 'd'uiuay., "hen ',ie
houIs ol i"poi III ,'ieiea't'ie cslao.isif
menus niiay DC teii iio''ls' " '''oie .'iai'
s'N odys' vi ''oie ''d', my ',ou, III
any one Week' out ireai t''iie si'a,i not
ne included aS part OF t1t woIk hours
o. .he week OF uay' pioVioeu' ioWeve''
t,iai no restrict'oh as 10 hours Oh 'apor
shai. Apply 10 odlilleiies oi es."pilsil-
menus engaged III preparing lor use per
ls''aple Eooos, curing lne SEASON. .'ley arc
e"s"seu ,i .",.'',ls 'le'' p'oSu,'s'
se oec' l.ooo w. - reaos as lo'ows.
oee' i~oYo' NO poy uioei t''e age of
sixteen anu no Elii ul'uel tne ase VI
e's.''eeh years si,a.l DC e,hpioyGu, pei-
i''i'teu OF su'erea 10 Work ~ "pout o'
III ooi'iee.'o', WIN any estaphs,,lc.'' na %,
oeooup''ioi, na''ieu ~, 'eo''on iSo'' ~
,or '''ole 'nan siN u"ys III any o'ie WEN ;
| W nor more I'''ii lolly -eisit noui ~
any wees ''l no, i'oI. '''a'' e.sn'
nou's III any one uay ~ 1i peioi'
.he noo' VI sINen o.'oNN ~ u,o mo- y =.
ing Oh al'e' sr,e ,r, 'ioul oi slE oe,ooh ~ II
!he eVe"iIe' rle prese"te oi s"o'' Ii:i'
!" any N,,",'''''''.e"' W. "'s 1 W. MN ns
hours s,lall DC pii''la iaclC evidence o
,tS e'''p'oE'''ent ule'eill No pos u.'ie
lhe age oi eienleeI, years OF ei,' u',ue'
',e age OF 'Wcnty-oh years s',"'l pe gu,
p'oyeu' perr'''teu OF Su,iereu W Wol'
III, anout OF III conileV''ol WIN an.
Sstaelis"'ieat o' oosup"slon 'an'e' .1 =