The Secretary of Labor and Human Resources shall promulgate the rules and regulations he may consider necessary to safeguard the health and safety of workmen in night work. In the process of adoption of these rules and regulations he shall consult both the labor organizations and the management sector. Said rules and regulations shall apply equally to both sexes and to the methods, means and safety systems to protect the life, health and welfare of the workmen in keeping with the nature of the work, and/or place where it is done. These rules and regulations shall take effect immediately after approval. They shall be sent to the Legislature not later than January 15, 1977 and shall have force of law, if the Legislature does not act against them, within fifteen (15) days following the date they were submitted.
History —Nov. 12, 1975, No. 25, p. 847, § 2; June 2, 1976, No. 127, p. 367, § 1.