S.L. 646.8 Art. 25Changing facilities.

(1) It shall be the duty of the employer to provide suitable changing rooms of sufficient capacity and situated at easily accessible locations for workers if they have to wear special work clothes, and where for reasons of hea1th or propriety, they cannot be expected to change in another room. In particular, changing rooms shall be provided:

(a) for the clothing of any worker which is not worn during working hours;

(b) for special clothing worn at work but which is not taken home.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subregulation (1), a changing facility shall be deemed suitable if:

(a) it is provided with seating and lockers which enables each worker to lock away his clothes during working hours;

(b) separate facilities are provided for clothing of employees engaged in operations whicl may result in sucl clothing being contaminated, heavily soiled, stained or impregnated, to enable them to keep work clotles separate from ordinary clotles;

(c) separate changing rooms for use by different sexes are provided wherever the number of workers and the nature of work so requires.

(3) In those workplaces where changing rooms are not required, the employer shall provide a place to each worker to store clothes and personal belongings.