15 
48 hours. (Chart 2). There was a tendency toward a longer scheduled 
work week in the seamless than in the full-fashioned plants. In the 
full-fashioned hosiery plants 60 per cent of the men and 49 per cent 
of the women were scheduled to work more than 48 hours a week. In 
the seamless hosiery plants 64 per cent of the men and 70 per cent 
of the women had weekly schedules of more than 48 hours. However, 
scheduled weekly hours in excess of 54 were found more often for em- 
ployes in full-fashioned hosiery plants than in seamless hosiery plants. 
In the full-fashioned hosiery plants a 48 hour week was scheduled for 
51 per cent of the women and 39 per cent of the men. In the seam- 
less hosiery plants 30 per cent of the women and 36 per cent of the 
men had a weekly schedule of 48 hours. 
Table 9. Scheduled Weekly Hours of Men and Women 
Full-fashioned hosiery 
Scheduled hours 
Women 
Number | Per cent Number ' Per cent 
Under 48 wisn) 40 
48 memo resaan | 1541 
Over 48 and under 
50 mvnmmenmmmcma 
0 iim anism — 
Jver 50 and under 
Mm ———————— 
Bho pcmrimera a: 
Over 564 and under 
60 eoeornmmcanamnnn 
0 and Over ———-—e- 
otal © 3085! 100.0 
12 
2184 
853 | 
24 
.3 
60.6 
8.2 
B 
1539 35 6 
207 4.8 
4819 | 100.0 
Seamless hosiery 
Men ; ‘Women 
Number | Per cent | Number Per eent 
ens TT we TTR TT we 
§7 
2.7 
14.1! 
124 
ar! 
6.9 
20.9 
3.0 
84.4 
28 
131 
6.9 
82.8 
145 
20 
mama ————————— 
405) 100.00 1802 100.0 
4.2 
R77 
ACTUAL HOURS 
Actual hours of work are of much greater significance than scheduled 
hours since they represent the time actually spent on the job. In 
general, in the hosiery industry the actual hours of work were less 
than the scheduled hours. Unfortunately figures for the actual hours 
of work were not always recorded by the employer. Data on actual 
working hours were available for only 48 per cent of the women and 
62 per cent of the men considered in this study. Information on hours 
of work was obtained for more employes in the full-fashioned hosiery 
industry than for those employed in the manufacture of seamless 
hosiery. Table 10 shows the proportion of men and women for whom 
hours of work were recorded in each type of hosiery manufacture. 
Data on hours of work were secured for a larger proportion of 
the employes in some geographical districts than in others. This infor- 
mation was recorded for nearly all the employes in Berks County; in 
Philadelphia County for nearly one-third of the employes. (Appendix 
Table I) The proportion of employes for whom information on hours