Extra shifts or watches occur in frequencies of from one watch every twentieth night to one watch every morning, afternoon or evening. In two hotels no night watch for the regular chambermaids occurred. A relief watch of maids was added to the staff to work from 6 to 12 o’clock. In one of the hotels this was installed as an economy measure. In several other hotels night watches were made optional and extra pay was received by a maid for each watch taken. Under this system some maids, in order to increase their earnings, might overtax their strength. Night watch in the smaller cities lasted only until 10 o’clock and occurred at less frequent intervals. When a girl complains of long hours, the housekeeper usually replies that there is a nice short day on Sunday. The maids do not take this as a great consolation, for they regard one full day’s rest in seven as their right. In all but two hotels in which jobs were held, a straight seven-day week was worked by all chambermaids. The Sunday hours were shorter, workers usually leaving at 2 P.M. instead of 4 P.M. In the other two hotels two days off each month were allowed. These days off were most irregularly given, however, at the discretion of the housekeeper. If there was a shortage of maids, there were no days off. One worker in one of these hotels said she had been there two months and had worked every day. In 12 of the 14 hotels[5] in which jobs were obtained as chambermaids the regular daily shift varied from 6½ hours to 8½ hours, exclusive of the lunch period. The regular weekly shifts varied from 45½ to 59½ hours. _But the extra shifts make the weekly hours worked by chambermaids excessively long._ The average number of hours worked weekly in “extra watches” varied from none to 21.04 hours. The actual working hours for chambermaids, by which is meant the regular weekly hours plus the average number of extra hours each week, in the 12 hotels, are as follows: 49.38 50.16 50.75 50.94 52.50 52.50 54.50 56.70 59.27 60.90 66.54 70.03 In no case is a 48-hour week found, and it can be seen that in over half of the hotels chambermaids worked more than 54 hours. Footnote 5: Two hotels have been omitted from the analysis of hours because of inadequate information on extra shifts. CHART SHOWING ACTUAL WEEKLY HOURS WORKED BY A CHAMBERMAID IN ONE NEW YORK CITY HOTEL 7 AM 8 AM 12 NOON 1 PM 3 PM 4 PM 6 PM 9 PM 10 PM 12 MIDNIGHT MONDAY == =============== =============== TUESDAY =============== =============== ============ =================== WEDNESDAY =============== ======================== THURSDAY == =============== =============== FRIDAY =============== =============== ============ SATURDAY =============== ========================