Part 22 (1/2)

No grounds shall be agreed upon in the contract of work, for dismissal from work, other than those laid down in the working rules or in ---- 123 or 124.

No fines shall be imposed on the workers other than those laid down in the working rules. Fines must be fixed without delay, and information thereof must be given to the worker.

The money fines imposed shall be entered in a register which shall set forth the name of the offender, the day of imposition, the grounds, and the amount of the fine, and this register shall be produced for inspection at any time, at the request of the officer specified in -- 139_b_.

-- 134_d_.

Before the issue of working rules, or of supplements to the same, opportunity shall be given to the workers of full age, employed in the factory or in the departments of the business, to which the rules in question apply, to express their opinion on the contents of the same.

In factories in which there is a standing committee of workers the requirements of this provision shall be satisfied by granting a hearing to the committee, on the contents of the working rules.

-- 134_e_.

The working rules and any supplement to the same shall, on communication of opinions expressed by the workers, provided such expression be given in writing or in the form of protocols, be laid before the lower court of administration in duplicate, within three days after the issue, accompanied by a declaration showing that, and in what manner the requirements of the enactment of -- 134_d_ have been satisfied.

The working rules shall be posted up in a specially appointed place, accessible to all the workers to whom they apply. The placard must always be kept in a legible condition. A copy of the working rules shall be handed to every worker upon his entrance into employment.

-- 134_f_.

Working rules or supplements to the same, which are not issued in accordance with these enactments, or the contents of which are contrary to legal provisions, shall be replaced by legal working rules, or shall be altered in accordance with legal enactment, by order of the lower court of administration.

Appeal against this order may be lodged within two weeks, with the higher court of administration.

-- 134_g_.

Working rules issued before this Act comes into force, shall be subject to the provisions of ---- 134_a_ to 134_c_, 134_e_ (2), 134_f_, and shall be laid before the lower court of administration in duplicate, within four weeks.

Sections 134_d_ and 134_e_ (1) shall not apply to later alterations of such working rules, or to working rules issued for the first time, since January 1st, 1891.

-- 134_h_.

The expression ”standing committees of workers,” as understood by ---- 134_b_ (3), and 134_d_, includes only:

1. The managing committee of the sick-clubs of the business (factory), or of other clubs existing in the factory, for the benefit of the workers, the majority of the members of which are elected by the workers out of their midst--where such exist as standing committees of workers;

2. The eldest journeymen of such journeymen's unions as include the business of any employers not subject to the provisions of the Mining Acts--where such exist as standing committees of workers;

3. Standing committees of workers, formed before Jan. 1st, 1891, the majority of the members of which are elected by the workers out of their midst;

4. Representative bodies, the majority of the members of which are elected out of their midst by direct ballot voting of the workers of full age in the factory, or in the departments of the business concerned. The choice of representatives may be made according to cla.s.ses of workers or special departments of the business.

-- 135.

Children under 13 years of age cannot be employed in factories. Children above 13 years of age can only be employed in factories if they are no longer required to attend the elementary schools.