,502 APPENDIX V, SPECIMEN FACTORY RULES AND CONDITIONS OF MUNICIPAL EMPLOYMENT. I.—Rules of a Magdeburg Iron Foundry and Machíne Works. The following rules come into force on November 16, 1906. They are framed in accordance with the provisions of the Imperial Industrial Code and take the place of an agreement concluded between the firm and its employees in so far as special agreements have not been concluded with individual workmen. 1.—Entrance upon Employment. 1. Each workman before being engaged must give a true and faithful account of himself, and must produce the necessary papers of identification (such as characters, labour certificates, or labour book), also receipts for his payments to the Invalidity and Old Age Insurance Funds. He will thereupon receive a copy of these working rules in which are inscribed his name, occupation, birthplace, age, dwelling, number, and the wages rate agreed upon. 2. Every workman acknowledges the receipt of a copy of the factory rules by signing his name in a book kept for that special purpose, to which is attached a copy of the said rules. 3. The copy of the rules handed to a workman must be kept and returned in a clean condition to the firm at the termination of his engagement, otherwise the sum of 20 pfennige (2\d.) must be paid as compensation. 4. Every workman is bound to join a Sickness Fund fulfilling the requirement of section 4 of the Sickness Insurance Law. 2.—Hours of Work, Intervals and Holidays. 1. The ordinary daily working hours begin in the morning at 6 and end in the evening at 6 o’clock. During this time the following intervals are observed—from 8 to 8.30 a.m., 12 noon to 1.30 p.m., and (for apprentices only) 3.30 to 4 p.m. The special legal regulations with respect to hours of work apply also to juvenile workers between the ages of 14 and 16. 2. On Saturdays a suitable time is allowed, as may be decided upon by the foreman, before leaving off time, for the purpose of cleaning and putting in order the work-places (*• stands ”), as also for the cleaning of machines. 3. The factory clock shall be the standard for beginning and leaving off work. Every workman shall appear in time to commence work at the sound of-the factory bell, and he may not leave off before the bell gives the signal for so doing. It is forbidden to make preparations for leaving off work before the bell sounds, or to commence work after the proper time. The factory door is closed in the morning at 6.5 and in the afternoon at 1.35 and is not opened again before 7 a.m. and 2.3<) p.m. respectively. Lost time will not be paid for. In order to facilitate the proper control of the working hours the following regulations will be enforced :— “Each workman or being engaged by the firm receives a numbered tally, which remains in his possession until he is discharged. These tallies must be hung on the board provided for that purpose in the porter’s room when workmen are leaving the factory, and taken from it again on entering the factory. Each workshop is provided with a tally board on which workmen are to hang their tallies on entering the shop. Control is exercised by the timekeeper every morning from 6.6 and every afternoon from 1.36. This control is decisive in reckoning the the number of hours actually worked. If a tally should be lost 20 pfennige (2W.) must be paid for a new one.” 4. On the day before Christmas, New Year’s Day, Easter and Whitsuntide work ceases at noon. 5. Temporary changes in the working hours which may be rendered necessary by the condition of trade will be announced on the notice board provided for that purpose. All workmen are bound to submit to these changes, as also to work on Sundays and holidays, when requested, in such cases as are permitted by law. 6. No one is allowed to leave off work during a shift without notification to the nearest foreman.