In another hotel a worker stated that she worked broken shifts one week in the day time and straight shifts the next week when she was on night work. One week she worked from 6 A.M. to 11 A.M., had a rest period from 11 A.M. to 6 P.M., and worked 6 P.M. to 9 P.M. The next week she worked from 5.30 P.M. until 12 P.M. She ate her meals on her own time, but changed her clothes on working time. Overtime varied from 1 to 1½ hours a day. In the third hotel for which information was secured the waitresses lived in. The work was divided into three shifts; from 6.30 A.M. to 8.30 A.M., from 10.30 A.M. to 2.30 P.M., and from 5.30 P.M. to 7.30 P.M. This makes an 8-hour day if only the hours actually worked are counted in. * * * * * [Sidenote: Hours of pantry maids and kitchen help] In the kitchen and pantry the hours range from 8 to 9 daily with a six-day week. Here again the broken shifts and the long and short day were found. In the two hotels where jobs were obtained in the kitchens and pantries, there were two groups of women dishwashers, a day shift and a night shift. The day shift worked from 7 A.M. to 4 P.M., or an 8½-hour day, exclusive of ½ hour for lunch. The night shift worked from 4 P.M. to 1 A.M., or an 8½-hour day. They worked six days, or a 51-hour week. The other workers in the pantry and kitchen of one of these hotels worked broken shifts. The workers had rotating shifts with a long day and then a short day. On the day before the weekly day off, each worker worked a 12 or 13-hour day. The irregularity of a pantry worker’s hours and the distribution over a seven-day period, is shown on the chart on the following page. The length of working hours for the worker in this instance ranged from 6 to 13 hours daily. On days on which the long shift was worked, the hours were distributed over a period of 18 hours. The total weekly hours of this pantry worker were 63. The two other pantry workers in this hotel worked a 56-hour week and a 60-hour week, respectively. Since a girl always worked a long day of 12 to 13 hours before her free day, she was unable to derive full benefit from it because of fatigue. CHART SHOWING ACTUAL WEEKLY HOURS OF A PANTRY WORKER IN A NEW YORK CITY HOTEL. 6 AM 7 AM 12 NOON 1 PM 6 PM 8 PM 12 MIDNIGHT 1 AM MONDAY ========== ==================== TUESDAY =============== WEDNESDAY ============= ==================== THURSDAY DAY-OFF FRIDAY ========== ===================== SATURDAY =============== SUNDAY_ ========== ====================