Following upon ita Report on the Training of Domestic Servants.
the Women's Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Recon- struction has now dealt officially with the Machinery of Distri- bution, and Organization and Conditions of Service. The Report, published in the daily Press on Monday, suggests the closer supervision of registry offices throughout the country ; the use of written contracts between mistress and maid ; the institution of two types of training centres, one for small towns, with clubs and similar social annexes, undertaking also the general education of sum-ante; and for largo towns a further addition to the training centre of hostels for women living out. A third proposed type of centre would perpetuate the conditions of the various corps of women war workers--Q.ALA.A.C., and others. It is recommended that hours should be shortened, and that, in addition to two half-days " out " per week, from two to two and a half hours per day should be granted as leisure time, with two weeks' holiday per year on board wages. " Uniform " might be abolished, with the use of the Christian name (except in the case of old servants). Written references should be compulsory, and should give facts, not opinions.
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