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=== Welfare work ===
[[File:Old National Cash Register.jpg|thumb|left|upright|National cash register from the end of the 19th century, National History Museum, Sofia]]

NCR undertook extensive welfare work and was referred to as "America's model factory." Some historians have referred to company owner John Patterson as the "father of industrial welfare."<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Biles|first=George E.|date=1993-01-01|title=John henry patterson's contributions to industrial welfare|journal=International Journal of Public Administration|volume=16|issue=5|pages=627–647|doi=10.1080/01900699308524815|issn=0190-0692}}</ref> The company had its own welfare department and is considered a pioneer in America for this work.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sNkdyfkoosEC&q=national+cash+register+welfare+work&pg=RA1-PA41|title=Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics|date=1913|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|language=en|access-date=2020-10-23|archive-date=2021-12-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224145722/https://books.google.com/books?id=sNkdyfkoosEC&q=national+cash+register+welfare+work&pg=RA1-PA41|url-status=live}}</ref>

Some of the company's welfare initiatives include safety devices, drinking fountains, baths, lockers, chairs and back support for machine operators, indoor bathrooms and a ventilation system to provide clean air.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hurstvillemuseumgallery.wordpress.com/2019/01/12/cash-for-council/|title=Cash for council|last=hurstvillemuseumgallery|date=2019-01-12|website=Hurstville Museum & Gallery|language=en|access-date=2019-03-16}}{{Dead link|date=March 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> There were special provisions for female employees including restrooms, shorter work hours, high-back chairs, a women's dining room, and lessons in domestic science.<ref>Sara Nicole England. "Ideal Citizens, Better Workers: National Cash Register Company's Garden Programmes and Factory Tourism (1897–1913)." MA Thesis in the Department of Art History, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, 2018. https://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/984165/1/England_MA_F2018.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915091901/https://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/984165/1/England_MA_F2018.pdf |date=2020-09-15 }}</ref> In 1893, NCR constructed the first "daylight factory" buildings with floor-to-ceiling glass windows that let in light and could be opened to let in fresh air as well.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}