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1949-1950 Summary of State Labor Laws for Women 1 (1949-1950)

handle is hein.scsl/sslaborw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: U. S. Department of Labor WOMEN IS BUREAU Washington January 1, 1949 SUMIMARY OF STATE LABOR LAUS FOR WOMtEN 1. - DAILY AND WEEKLY HOURS Forty-three States and the District of Columbia have laws limiting the daily and weekly homrs of employment in one or more industries. Five States - Alabama, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, and West Virginia - do not have such laws. One-half of the States (24) and the District of Columbia have set 8 hours a day and/or 48 hours a week or less as the maximum time a woman may be employod in one or more industries. 1/ In 23 of the 24 States (Kansas is the exceptio, manufacturing establishments are covered by such standards. South Carolina's statute, however, covers only one brancU of manufacturing - textile mills. In Connecticut the maxi- mum workreok is 48 hours for several industries but daily hours may not.exceed 8 in mercantile establishments nor 9 in other types of employment including manufacturing plants. The 8-48 hours law in Kansas applies to public-housekeeping occupations and tolophone exchanges; in manufacturing establishments, the maximum is 9 hours a day, 49) hours a wook. Ari zona California Colorado Connecticut District of' Columbia Illinois Kansas Louisiana Massachusetts Montana Nevada New Hampshire 8 - 48 8 - 48 8 8 - 48 9 - 48 8 - 48 8 - 48 8 - 48 8 - 48 9 - 48 8 8 - 48 10 - 48 New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina (Men and women) Utah Virginia Washington Wyoming Ten States have set a maximum 9-hour day for women and the weekly maximum in all but one of these (Idaho) is 50 or 54 hours. Arkansas has no weekly hours specified in its statute but it has a 6-day-week provision, which in effect makes a 54-hour maximum week. 9 - 6 days 9 9 - 54 9 - 54 9 - 54 Nebraska Oklahoma Texas Vermont Wisconsin Reproduction by Permission of Buffalo & Erie County Public Library Buffalo, NY 8- 8- 9 - 8- 9 - 8- 0 - 9-. 8- 48 48 48 48 48 45 44 48 48 40 8 - 48 9 - 48 8 8 - 48 Arkansas Idaho Maine Michigan Missouri 9- 9- 9 - 9 - 9 - 54 54 54 50 50 1 For States with different legal maximum-hour standards for difforent industries, the law estatblishing the lowest maximum hours was selected for this summary. 1

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