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From 1985 to 1995 the combined export output of the zones in textiles was US$1.31 billion. Around 12,000 people were employed in the textile factories, about 1.6 percent of the total workforce. Since 1995 the industry has been in a serious depression due to structural problems in Jamaica and increased foreign competition.
The Factories Act of Gibraltar, passed in 1956, protects a workers right to sit. The act reads: "There shall be provided and maintained, for the use of all workers whose work is done standing, suitable facilities for sitting sufficient to enable them to take advantage of any opportunities for resting which may occur in the course of their ...
The Factories Act 1961 (9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 34) consolidated the 1937 and 1959 acts. As of 2008, the Factories Act 1961 is substantially still in force, though workplace health and safety is principally governed by the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (c. 37) and regulations made under it.
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An Act to consolidate the Factories Acts, 1937 to 1959, and certain other enactments relating to the safety, health and welfare of employed persons. Citation: 9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 34: Introduced by: David Maxwell Fyfe, 1st Earl of Kilmuir, Lord Chancellor, 28 March 1961 [1] Territorial extent England and Wales, Scotland [2] Dates; Royal assent ...
An Act to make fresh provision for securing the health, safety and welfare of persons employed to work in office or shop premises and provision for securing the health, safety and welfare of persons employed to work in certain railway premises; to amend certain provisions of the Factories Act 1961; and for purposes connected with the matters ...
The Factories Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 55) was an Act of Parliament passed in the United Kingdom by the Labour government of Clement Attlee. It was passed with ...
She also enforced the Shop and Factories Act that prevented the employment of children under the age of ten. [2] The rules imposed a maximum number of working hours per week (60) and regular holidays were enforced. [ 3 ]