Trade Boards Act 1909
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The Trade Boards Act 1909 was a piece of social legislation passed in the United Kingdom in 1909. It provided for the creation of boards which could set minimum wage criteria that were legally enforceable. It was expanded and updated in the Trade Boards Act 1918
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MP, put the argument for the legislation as follows.
Trade Boards Act 1918
The Trade Boards Act 1918 was a Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that heavily shaped the post-World War I system of UK labour law, particularly regarding collective bargaining and the establishment of minimum wages...
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Winston ChurchillWinston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice...
MP, put the argument for the legislation as follows.
See also
- UK labour law
- Trade Boards Act 1918Trade Boards Act 1918The Trade Boards Act 1918 was a Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that heavily shaped the post-World War I system of UK labour law, particularly regarding collective bargaining and the establishment of minimum wages...
- Wages Councils Act 1945
- Terms and Conditions of Employment Act 1959
- Wages Councils Act 1959
- National Minimum Wage Act 1998National Minimum Wage Act 1998The National Minimum Wage Act 1998 creates a minimum wage across the United Kingdom, currently £6.08 per hour for workers aged 21 years and older, £4.98 per hour for workers aged 18–20...
- S Webb and B Webb, Industrial DemocracyIndustrial DemocracyIndustrial Democracy is a book written by British socialist reformers Sidney Webb and Beatrice Webb, concerning the organisation of trade unions and collective bargaining...
(1898) - Liberal reformsLiberal reformsThe Liberal welfare reforms were acts of social legislation passed by the British Liberal Party after the 1906 General Election. It has been argued that this legislation shows the emergence of the modern welfare state in the UK. They shifted their outlook from a laissez-faire system to a more...
- Street v Williams [1914] 3 K.B. 537, production of wage payment records