THE EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN
1. What are the restrictions placed on the employment of women?
Sections 34 and 36 set the following restrictions:-
- female workers in industrial undertaking (mainly manufacturing, construction, passenger and goods transportation), and
- agricultural undertaking are not allowed to work between the hours of 10:00 p.m. until 5:00 a.m.
- There is an added requirement that female workers must have at least 11 consecutive hours of rest ("free from such work") before starting work for the day.
(The above do not apply to other business undertakings such as commercial, educational, entertainment, etc.)
The law also does not allow female workers to be employed in any underground working.
2. How then can factories operate 3 shifts with female workers?
That's because these factories are most likely to have applied for exemption through the Director General of Labor subject to certain conditions. You would likely find these among them : -
free transport is to be provided to and from the home to the work place
a certain amount to be paid as shift allowance
hours of work in each shift,
break hours,
rest hours
period of work before each shift change
These are pretty standard conditions, subject also to operating conditions as submitted by the employer during the application.
3. Why are there female workers working in the underground restaurants at the Dataran Merdeka?
"Underground Working" is defined under Section 2. It is only meant to cover mining and excavating and extraction work underground, not commercial work.
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