The Trade Boards Act 1918 (c 32) was a Act

Acts of Parliament in the United Kingdom

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 of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

Parliament of the United Kingdom

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 that heavily shaped the post-World War I

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 system of UK labour law, particularly regarding collective bargaining and the establishment of minimum wage

Minimum wage

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s. It was the result of the second of five Whitley Committee reports.

Background

The 1918 extended the piecemeal system for tackling sweated labour begun under the Trade Boards Act 1909

Trade Boards Act 1909

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...

. The Second Reading took place on 17 June 1918. It received Royal Assent on 8 August 1918.

Case law

• Pauley v Kenaldo Ld [1953] 1 W.L.R. 187
• Hulland v William Sanders & Son [1945] K.B. 78, extension of terms
• National Association of Local Government Officers v Bolton Corp [1943] A.C. 166
• Nathan v Gulkoff & Levy Ltd [1933] Ch. 809
• R v Minister of Labour Ex p. National Trade Defence Association [1932] 1 K.B. 1
• France v James Coombes and Company [1929] AC 496
• Skinner v Jack Breach Ltd [1927] 2 K.B. 220

See also

• UK labour law
• Trade Boards Act 1909
  Trade Boards Act 1909
  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...
  
  
• Wages Councils Act 1945
• Terms and Conditions of Employment Act 1959
• Wages Councils Act 1959
• National Minimum Wage Act 1998
  National Minimum Wage Act 1998
  The 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...
  
  
• Liberal reforms
  Liberal reforms
  The 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...