The Board of Deputies of British Jews welcomed the announcement by the government that the three-day work week in industry will henceforth be applied not by fixed days for fixed-zones but by giving each factory an opportunity to choose which three days in the week they want to work. A spokesman for the Board said:
“This is of the greatest importance to Jewish owners of factories and workshops in London and the London area, and some other areas in the country, where the working days were Thursday, Friday and Saturday, so that Orthodox Jews could only work a day-and-a-half. They will now be able to work three full days without being involved with Friday afternoons and Saturdays. The Board had made strenuous efforts to alleviate the original situation.” The new regulations are also helpful to Seventh Day Adventists, Moslems and other groups.
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