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Show State Labor Laws for Women 240 Maximum hours Maximum hours Da!lly Virginia Washington 1 Daily Weekly 9 Weekly 48 Wisconsin 9 50 8 e) Wyoming 4 8 48 Day-of-rest law provides, in effect, for 48-hour workweek. Nine hours a day permitted, over 8 hours a day is paid for at 1% times the employee's regular rate. Law amended in 1963 to provide that females may not be employed over 8 hours a day or 48 hours a week without the payment of 1% times the rate for hours worked in excess of 8 a day or 48 a week. if time worked 2 3 Day-of-rest law 'provides, in effect, for 48-hour workweek. 4 A 1959 amendment to the hour law permits the employment of females over 8 hours a day, provided time and one-half is paid for each hour worked over 8 a day in a 12-hour period. Virtually all State hour laws cover manufacturing; most of them apply to a variety of other industries as well. Standards are usually the same for manufacturing and nonmanufacturing. However, in 4 States the highest standards established for daily and weekly hours apply to nonmanufacturing. For manufacturing establishments the maximum daily and weekly hours in these 4 States are: Connecticut______________________________________ 1{ansas__________________________________________ ontana_________________________________________ Ohio_____________________________________________ 106. Day of Rest Da!lly 9 9 8 9 WeekZy 48 49% 48 6 Twenty-three States and the District of Columbia have established maximum 6-day workweek for women employed in some or all in dustries; in 6 of these States this standard is applicable to both men and women. Jurisdictions providing for a maximum workweek a 6-day are: Arizona New Arkansas California (men and women) Colorado Connecticut 1 North Carolina Delaware District of Columbia Illinois Kansas (men and women) Louisiana Massachusetts wom.en) Hampshire (men and women) New Jersey New York (men and women) North Dakota Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania South Carolina (men and Nevada 1 Utah Washington Wisconsin (men and women) Standard shown is appltcable t@ females; another statute prohfbtts Sunday amploy» employees in commercial occupations or work in any industrial process, with specified exceptions. covered statute who are by (Employees employed on Sunday must be relieved of duty for one of the fallowing 6 days.) ment of all 8 See footnote 4, p. 238. |
