- After childbirth the allowance is continued respectively for eight weeks and six weeks.
- Nursing mothers engaged in industry have half an hour’s leave every three hours.
- All mothers receive a supplementary allowance of 24 roubles a day for the feeding of the child for a period of nine months after birth. In addition they receive a lump sum of 720 roubles for the child’s outfit.
In all these measures, which have already been carried into effect, there are certain divergences from the Code of Labour Laws. These divergences take the following form. In exceptional circumstances overtime is permitted, upon a number of days which is not to exceed 50 per annum in all. Children at ages from fourteen to sixteen may work in industry for hours not exceeding 4 per day. The month’s holiday has been temporarily reduced to a fortnight. The duration of night work has been increased to 7 hours.
All these divergences have been necessitated by the extremely critical situation in which the Soviet Republic has been placed by the brutal attack of all the imperialist Powers.
(c) Technical and sanitary organisation of the factories. The following measures have been instituted:
- A number of compulsory rules have been issued concerning technical measures for safety at work, concerning general sanitation, and concerning occupational hygiene. All these aim at a notable improvement of the working conditions in the factories and workshops.