6:00 o'clock p. m., nor in the State of Oregon, outside of the City of Portland, with the same exceptions, later than 8:30 o'clock p. m. 4. No person shall employ any woman or minor girl in the State of Oregon on two successive days without an interval of nine hours rest between such days. 5. No woman or minor girl in the State of Oregon who has been employed by one employer in any occupation in one day shall accept employment later in the same day from any other employer for more time than will make the combined hours of employment for such day exceed nine hours. 6. No person shall employ any woman in the State of Oregon in any occupation, except in telegraph and public housekeeping establishments, and except in telephone establishments, outside of the City of Portland, more than six days in any one calendar week; in telephone establishments, outside of the City of Portland, no person shall employ any woman for more than fourteen consecutive days without one full day of rest and one day of not more than six hours of labor. 7. No person shall employ any woman in any telegraph establishment in the State of Oregon for seven consecutive days without allowing one day during which the hours of employment shall not exceed six hours. SECTION VI-WAGES References I. W. C. Order No. 23 I. W. C. Order No. 23 I. W. C. Orders Nos. 7 to 18, inc. I. W. C. Orders Nos. 15 and 16 I. W. C. Orders Nos. 8, 18 and 20 1. No person shall employ any experienced woman paid by time rates of payment in any occupation in the 10, 12, 14, 16, State of Oregon, outside of the City of Portland, at a weekly wage rate of less than $8.25. 2. No person shall employ any experienced woman, paid by time rates of payment, in any occupation, in the City of Portland, at a weekly wage rate of less than $8.64. I. W. C. Orders Nos. 9, 11, 13, 15 and 19 References I. W. C. Order No. 7 I. W. C. Order No. 17 I. W. C. Orders Nos. 9, 10; 13, 14 I. W. C. Orders Nos. 19 and 20 I. W. C. Orders Nos. 7 to 14, inc.; 17 to 20, inc. 3. No person shall employ any experienced woman in any mercantile establishment in the City of Portland at a weekly wage rate of less than $9.25. 4. No person shall employ any experienced woman in the City of Portland in any office at a monthly wage rate of less than $40.00. 5. The average weekly wage rate for all women employed at piece rates in any manufacturing or laundry establishment in the State of Oregon, outside of the City of Portland, shall be not less than $8.25, and in the City of Portland, not less than $8.64, and at least seventy-five per cent of such employes shall be paid not less than said minimum wage, and not more than twenty-five per cent of such employes shall be paid less than said minimum wage; provided, moreover, that after any woman or girl has been employed at prevailing piece rates for three weeks, she shall then be paid not less than $6.00 a week, even if the amount earned at piece rates be less than that sum. In determining such average wage a period of not less than sixty days shall be taken as a basis. 6. When lodging and board, or either of them, is furnished by any employer to any woman or minor girl employed in any occupation, as part payment of the wages of such woman or minor girl, not more than $1.40 per week for lodging and not more than $2.80 per week for board shall be deducted by such employer from the weekly wage of such woman or minor girl. Board shall be considered to be twenty-one meals in each week. A fraction of a week's lodging or board shall be computed upon the above basis. SECTION VII-APPRENTICESHIP 1. The maximum length of the apprenticeship term for women workers paid by time rates of payment in all occupations shall be one year. This term, except in telephone establishments, shall be divided into three equal periods of four months each. No person shall employ any woman in any occupation, except the telephone occupation, for the first period at a weekly wage rate of less than $6.00; nor for the second period at a weekly wage rate of less than $7.00; nor for the third period at a weekly wage rate of less than $8.00. The apprenticeship term for telephone establishments shall be divided into four equal periods of three months each. No person shall employ any woman in any telephone establishment for the first period at a weekly wage rate of less than $6.00; nor for the second period at a weekly wage rate of less than $6.60; nor for the third period at a weekly wage rate of less than $7.20; nor for the fourth period at a weekly wage rate of less than $7.80. 2. Any woman employed at piece rates in manufacturing and laundry establishments may be employed for three weeks at the prevailing piece rates, after which time she shall be paid not less than $6.00 per week, even if the amount earned at piece rates be less than that sum. (See Code, Section VI, above.) 3. In occupations where a charge is made for teaching, the minimum wage for apprentices shall be paid over and above such charge and a deduction of the teaching fee from the minimum wage required for the learner, shall be a violation of the wage order governing such occupation; provided, however, that the Industrial Welfare Commission will grant a permit upon application to employers in towns where no vocational training school is conducted, whereby the employer may deduct from the minimum wage for apprentices, a charge for instruction References I. W. C. Orders Nos. 15 and 16 I. W. C. Orders Nos. 9, 10; 13, 14 I. W. C. Order No. 23 References I. W. C. Order No. 23 I. W. C. Order No. 22 in the shop for a specified time, which charge must be satisfactory to the apprentice, and must be approved by the Commission. SECTION VIII-EMERGENCY OVERTIME 1. In case of business emergency, the Commission, upon application and showing made to it will issue a special license, governing the emergency in question, for the employment of adult women beyond the regular legal hours, on condition of the payment of overtime at the rate of time and a half on the basis of the worker's salary. 2. Any person who is granted such emergency overtime license, shall furnish the Commission on or before the fifth day of the following month, a written statement of the daily time, the regular rate and the overtime wage of each woman who has worked overtime in the preceding month, together with the name and address of each such employe, and said statement shall be verified by the person who has been granted said emergency overtime license or by some person in his behalf who has knowledge of the facts. SECTION IX-SANITATION No person, subject to Chapter 62, of the Laws of 1913, shall employ, or permit any woman or minor, to work in any occupation in the State of Oregon in which the conditions are below the following standards: 1. Cleanliness-Every room and the floors, walls, ceilings, windows, and every other part thereof, and all fixtures therein, shall, at all times, be kept in a clean and sanitary condition. 2. Drinking Water-A sufficient quantity of drinking water, within reasonable access to all workers, shall be provided, with sanitary appliances for drinking. A common drinking cup shall not be used. 3. Lighting-All rooms shall be properly and adequately lighted during working hours. Artificial illumination in every workroom shall be installed, arranged and used, so that the light furnished will, at all times, be sufficient and adequate for the work carried on therein, and prevent unnecessary strain on the vision, or glare on the eyes of the worker. 4. Ventilation-The ventilation of each room shall be adequate, and there shall be sufficient provision for preventing excessive humidity, and an amount of cubic air space necessary to health must be allowed for each employe. 5. Toilet Rooms-In every establishment there shall be provided suitable and convenient toilets separate from those used by the opposite sex, and the number of such toilets shall be not less than one to every twenty women or minors employed at one time or majority fraction thereof. Such toilets must be thoroughly ventilated and open to the outside air, and such toilets must, at all times, be kept in a clean and sanitary condition. 6. Washrooms-Washroom accommodations, separate and apart from those used by male persons, must be provided, and individual towels, either cloth or paper, must be furnished. The washing facilities must be adequate, and the washrooms must be kept in a clean and sanitary condition. 7. Dressing Rooms-A suitable space, effectively screened, must be provided for women to change their street clothes for working clothes and where practicable, individual lockers should be provided. 8. Tables, Benches, and Chairs-Tables and benches, so constructed as to give the greatest possible comfort and convenience to women and minor employes, consider |