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The Act was the final consolidation of a line of legislation under Factory Acts that began in 1802. In particular, it consolidated the 1937 and 1959 Acts. The Acts were widely regarded as ineffective in practice.
English: An Act to consolidate the Factories Acts, 1937 to 1959, and certain other enactments relating to the safety, health and welfare of employed persons. Publication date 22 June 1961
The Factory and Workshop Act 1891 (54 & 55 Vict. c. 75), under the heading 'Conditions of Employment' introduced two considerable additions to previous legislation: the first is the prohibition on employers to employ women within four weeks after confinement (childbirth); the second the raising the minimum age at which a child can be set to ...
The act followed the recommendations of the Commission by setting a limit of 56 + 1 ⁄ 2 hours on the hours worked per week by women and young persons in textile factories, 60 hours in non-textile factories and workshops (except domestic workshops, where there was no restriction on the working hours of women), but allowing greater flexibility ...
The regulations implemented European Union directive 89/654/EEC on minimum safety and health requirements for the workplace and repealed and superseded much of the Factories Act 1961 and Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act 1963. [2] Since 31 December 1995, all new and existing workplaces have had to comply with these regulations. [3]
The Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act 1963 (c. 41) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. At the time of its passage, the act was intended to extend the protection of workplace health, safety and welfare under the Factories Act 1961 to other employees in Great Britain .
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73), sometimes known as the Factory Act 1802, was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom designed to improve conditions for apprentices working in cotton mills. The Act was introduced by Sir Robert Peel , who had become concerned in the issue after a 1784 outbreak of a "malignant fever" at one of his cotton mills, which he later blamed ...