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PART
VIII EMPLOYMENT
OF WOMEN 34. Prohibition
of night work. (1) Except
in accordance with regulations made under this Act or any exemption
granted under the proviso to this subsection no employer shall require
any female employee to work in any industrial or agricultural undertaking
between the hours of ten o'clock in the evening and five o'clock in
the morning nor commence work for the day without having had a period
of eleven consecutive hours free from such work: Provided
that the Director-General may, on application made to him in any particular
case, exempt in writing any female employee or class of female employees
from any restriction in this subsection, subject to any conditions
he may impose. (2) Any
person: (a) who
is affected by any decision made or condition imposed under the proviso
to subsection (1); and (b) who
is dissatisfied with such decision or condition, may within
thirty days of such decision or condition being communicated to him
appeal in writing therefrom to the Minister. (3) In
deciding any appeal made to him under subsection (2), the Minister
may make such decision or order thereon, including the alteration
or removal of any condition imposed or the imposition of any further
condition, as appears just and such decision or order shall be final. 35. Prohibition
of underground work. No female
employee shall be employed in any underground working. 36. Prohibition
of employment by Minister. Notwithstanding
the provisions of this Part the Minister may by order prohibit or permit
the employment of female employees in such circumstances or under such
conditions as may be described in such order. REGULATIONS
EMPLOYMENT (EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN) (FEMALE CONDUCTORS) REGULATIONS
1958 2.Any female
employee employed under the Public Service Vehicles (Control of Drivers
and Conductors) Regulations 1952, and licensed as a conductor of a
public service vehicle, may work between the hours of ten o'clock in
the evening and one o'clock in the morning of the following day notwithstanding
the provisions of section 34 of the Employment Act 1955. 3. No female
employee referred to in regulation 2 shall work between the hours of
one o'clock and five o'clock in the morning. 4. No female
employee referred to in regulation 2 shall commence work without having
had a period of eleven consecutive hours free from such work. EMPLOYMENT
(EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN) (SHIFT WORKERS) REGULATIONS 1970 2. Notwithstanding
the provision of section 34 of the Employment Act 1955, a female employee
employed in shift work in any approved industrial undertaking which
operates at least two shifts per day may subject to regulation 3 work
at such times within the hours of 10 o'clock in the evening and 5 o'clock
in the morning, as the Minister may approve. For the purpose of this
regulation “approved industrial undertaking” means an industrial undertaking
approved by the Minister to which the provisions of these regulations
apply. 3. No female
employee referred to in regulation 2 shall commence work without having
had a period of eleven consecutive hours free from such work.
