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  2. Factory Acts - Wikipedia

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    The Factory Act 1833 (3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 103) was an attempt to establish a regular working day in textile manufacture. The act had the following provisions: [2] Children (ages 9–12) are limited to 48 hours per week. [27] Children under 9 were not allowed to be employed in factories, [28] except in silk mills.

  3. Child labour law - Wikipedia

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    Uk passed the 1833 Factory Act [3]] In 1839 Prussia was the first country to pass laws restricting child labor in factories and setting the number of hours a child could work. [ 1 ] Though the reasons behind why these laws were passed were to expand working conditions for adults, it did lead to laws being passed across Europe.

  4. List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1833

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    Acts passed before 1963 are cited using this number, preceded by the year(s) of the reign during which the relevant parliamentary session was held; thus the Union with Ireland Act 1800 is cited as "39 & 40 Geo. 3 c. 67", meaning the 67th act passed during the session that started in the 39th year of the reign of George III and which finished in ...

  5. Sadler report - Wikipedia

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    One early history of factory legislation described the testimony presented in Sadler's report as "one of the most valuable collections of evidence on industrial conditions that we possess" [6] and excerpts from the testimony are given in many source books on the Industrial Revolution and factory reform and on multiple websites, together with commentary drawing the intended conclusions.

  6. 1833 in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    29 August – The Factory Act makes it illegal to employ children less than 9 years old in factories and limits child workers of 9 to 13 years of age to a maximum of 9 hours a day. [ 4 ] 31 August – Chartered ship Amphitrite sinks off Boulogne-sur-Mer while undertaking the penal transportation of 108 British female convicts and 12 children ...

  7. Eight-hour day movement - Wikipedia

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    The eight-hour day might have been realized for many working people in the US in 1937, when what became the Fair Labor Standards Act (29 U.S. Code Chapter 8) was first proposed under the New Deal. As enacted, the act applied to industries whose combined employment represented about twenty percent of the US labor force.

  8. History of labour law - Wikipedia

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    The act limited working hours to twelve a day and abolished night work. It required the provision of a basic level of education for all apprentices, as well as adequate sleeping accommodation and clothing. The Earl of Shaftesbury led a campaign to abolish child labour, which led to the passage of a series of Factory Acts in the mid 19th century.

  9. Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury - Wikipedia

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    In March 1833, Ashley introduced the Ten Hours Act 1833 into the Commons, which provided that children working in the cotton and woollen industries must be aged nine or above; no person under the age of eighteen was to work more than ten hours a day or eight hours on a Saturday; and no one under twenty-five was to work nights, insisted they ...