The Austrian law is founded on the same model.

This measure has led to a very great decrease in infantile mortality, and, therefore, a great increase in health among those who survive.

It is, however, regarded as very inadequate, and there is a movement in Germany for extending the time, for applying the system to a larger number of women, and for making it still more definitely compulsory.
In Switzerland it has been illegal since 1877 for any woman to be received into a factory after confinement, unless she has rested in all for eight weeks, six weeks at least of this period being after confinement.

Since 1898 Swiss working women have been protected by law from exercising hard work during pregnancy, and from various other influences likely to be injurious.

But this law is evaded in practice, because it provides no compensatory indemnity for the woman.