Appendix I
The following list of modifications of the hour laws in 1915 was compiled from the Report of the Chief Inspector of Factories and Workshops for 1915.
| Industry | Persons Affected | Latitude |
|---|---|---|
| Munitions. | Women. | As in 1914. |
| Boys over 14. | ||
| Girls over 16. | ||
| Woolen and worsted | Women and young persons. | 6 hours weekly overtime, |
| (from May). | in 2-hour shifts on | |
| 3 days or 1½ hours on | ||
| 4 days. No overtime | ||
| on Saturday. | ||
| Weaving (July-Nov.). | Women and young | 8 hours weekly overtime |
| persons over 16. | in 2-hour shifts on 4 days. | |
| Hosiery. | Protected persons. | 1½ hours overtime on 4 |
| days, or 1 hour on | ||
| 5 days, but not on | ||
| Saturday or Sunday. | ||
| Cotton. | Protected persons. | 6 hours overtime weekly. |
| Margarine. | Not stated. | Not stated. |
| Window shades. | Not stated. | Not stated. |
| Flax. | Not stated. | Not stated. |
| Rope walks. | Not stated. | 6 hours overtime weekly. |
| Bleach and dye works | Not stated. | 6 hours overtime weekly. |
| (surgical dressings; | ||
| raising and finishing | ||
| flannelette). | ||
| Tanning and currying. | Women. | 4 hours overtime weekly. |
| Boys over 14. | ||
| Canvas equipment. | Not stated. | 5 hours overtime weekly. |
| Shipbuilding. | Boys over 14. | (a) Overtime, 5 hours a |
| week for boys under | ||
| 16; 7½ hours for | ||
| those over 16. | ||
| (b) Eight hour shifts. | ||
| (c) Day and night shifts. | ||
| Bread baking. | (a) Boys 17. | (a) Night shift (not |
| exceeding 9 hours). | ||
| (b) Boys 15 and over. | (b) Any period of 9 hours | |
| between 4 a.m. and | ||
| 8 p.m. | ||
| Pastry baking | (a) Women and boys | (a) Night shift (not |
| (Scotland). | of 17. | exceeding 9 hours). |
| (b) Boys 15 and over. | (b) Any period of 9 hours | |
| between 4 a.m. and | ||
| 8 p.m. | ||
| Chocolate.[303] | Women. | When necessary, on account |
| of hot weather, between | ||
| 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. for | ||
| for two spells of 4 hours | ||
| each, one in the morning | ||
| and one in the afternoon. | ||
| Leather equipment.[304] | Women and young | Overtime 1½ hours per day. |
| persons over 16. | ||
| Aerated waters.[305] | Women. | Extension of overtime |
| allowed by S. 49. | ||
| Glass. | Boys over 13 | Extension of S. 55. |
| (educationally qualified). | ||
| Oil and cake mills. | Women and boys | 8-hour shifts, or day |
| over 16. | and night shifts. | |
| Flour mills. | Women and boys | 8-hour shifts, or day |
| over 16 | and night shifts. | |
| Toys and games.[306] | Women. | Overtime as allowed by S.49 |
| and night shifts during | ||
| the Christmas season. | ||
| Dairies. | Women and young | 5 hours on Sundays, with |
| persons. | weekly limit of 60 hours. | |
| No other overtime during | ||
| the week. | ||
| Paper mills. | Women. | 8-hour shifts, or day |
| and night shifts. | ||
| Pottery. | Not stated. | Suspension of certain |
| regulations. | ||
| Sandbags.[307] | Women and young persons. | Overtime, 3 hours per week. |
| Cement (Essex and Kent). | Women. | Night shift. |
| Waterproof capes | Women and young | (1) Overtime, 4½ hours |
| (War Office | persons over 16. | per week. |
| contracts).[308] | (2) Permission for Christians | |
| to work on Saturday | ||
| and Jews on Sunday. | ||
| Manchester warehouses. | Women and boys | Overtime, 2 hours on not |
| over 16. | more than 4 days a week | |
| and on not more than 12 | ||
| days in any 4 weeks. | ||
| Lace and patent net | Women, | (1) Different periods |
| factories (processes | girls over 16; | of employment for |
| of threading, brass | boys over 14. | different workers. |
| bobbin winding, | (2) Where (1) is impractic- | |
| jacking off | able overtime 1½ hours | |
| and stripping). | per day, but with a | |
| weekly limit of 60 | ||
| hours exclusive of | ||
| meal times. | ||
| Non-textile works | Women, | Rearrangement of the |
| engaged on work for | girls over 16; | statutory hours but |
| the Crown, or on | boys over 14. | period of employment |
| work required in | not to exceed 14 hours | |
| the national | on any one day, or 60 | |
| interest.[309] | hours (exclusive of | |
| meal times) in any week. |