The Welfare Supervisor should ascertain what are the particular needs
of the workers. These needs will then be found to group themselves
under two headings:
(a) Needs within the Factory--Intramural Welfare.
(b) Needs outside the Factory--Extramural Welfare.
INTRAMURAL WELFARE.
I. SUPERVISION OF WORKING CONDITIONS.
The Welfare Supervisor may be made responsible for the following
matters:
(a) _General behaviour of women and girls inside the
factory._--While responsibility for the technical side of
the work must rest with the Technical Staff, the Welfare
Supervisor should be responsible for all questions of general
behaviour.
(b) _Transfer._--The Welfare Supervisor would, if the health
of a woman was affected by the particular process on which
she is engaged, be allowed, after having consulted the Foreman
concerned, to suggest to the Management the possibility of
transfer of the woman to work more suited to her state of
health.
(c) _Night Supervision._--The Welfare Supervisor should have
a deputy for night work and should herself occasionally visit
the Factory at night to see that satisfactory conditions are
maintained.
(d) _Dismissal._--It will be in keeping with the general
suggestions as to the functions of the Welfare Supervisor
if she is consulted on general grounds with regard to the
dismissal of women and girls.
(e) _The maintenance of healthy conditions._--This implies
that she should, from the point of view of the health of the
female employees, see to the general cleanliness, ventilation
and warmth of the Factory and keep the Management informed of
the results of her observations.
(f) _The provision of seats._--She should study working
conditions so as to be able to bring to the notice of the
Management the necessity for the provision of seats where
these are possible.
II. CANTEEN.
Unless the Factory is a small one it would hardly be possible for the
Welfare Supervisor to manage the canteen. The Management will probably
prefer to entrust the matter to an expert who should satisfy the
Management in consultation with the Welfare Supervisor on the
following matters:--
(1) That the Canteen provides all the necessary facilities for
the women workers; that is to say, suitable food, rapidly and
punctually served.
(2) That Canteen facilities are provided when necessary for
the women before they begin work so that no one need start
work without having taken food.
(3) That the Canteen is as restful and as comfortable as
possible so that it serves a double purpose of providing rest
as well as food.
III. SUPERVISION OF AMBULANCE RESTROOM AND FIRST AID.
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