Managers would be fairer with the use of clocks and watches because of the hard evidence one’s shift was over. With no way of telling time factory owners and employers would hold the workers after their assigned shifts. Not properly monitoring shifts of workers caused long work shifts that were illegal during the time after acts like the Factory Act were formulated. Workers had an argument when asking to leave if they wanted. I know that some wanted to keep working to make their money, but many were tired and …show more content…
Not only could the workers keep track of time but the government required supervisors. With the Factory Act the government made factories have two inspectors to make sure what they were doing was legal. These inspectors were very important, but if they did not have a watch of their own or a factory clock then it was very difficult to bring up credible charges against the factories. Inspector’s jobs ranged anywhere from worker shifts to the use of children and the machines. The problem with this act was that each person could only be counted once. If Bill was overworked and the factory got punished, then Bill could not be the reason for the next punishment on the