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  2. Factory Acts - Wikipedia

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    Children 9–13 years could work for 9 hours a day with a lunch break. Ages must be verified by surgeons. Women and young people now worked the same number of hours. They could work for no more than 12 hours a day during the week, including one and a half hours for meals, and 9 hours on Sundays.

  3. Cotton Mills and Factories Act 1819 - Wikipedia

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    The Act passed in 1819 was only a pale shadow of Owen's draft of 1815. The bill presented in 1815, applied to all children in textile mills and factories; with children under ten were not to be employed; children between ten and eighteen could work no more than ten hours a day, with two hours for mealtimes and half an hour for schooling this made a 12.5 hour day; Magistrates were to be ...

  4. Health and Morals of Apprentices Act 1802 - Wikipedia

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    They were to be provided with clothing and their working hours were limited to no more than twelve hours a day (excluding meal breaks); they were not to work at night. The act was not effectively enforced, and did not address the working conditions of 'free children' (children working in mills who were not apprentices) who rapidly came to ...

  5. Factories Act 1847 - Wikipedia

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    The Factories Act 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. 29), also known as the Ten Hours Act was a United Kingdom act of Parliament which restricted the working hours of women and young persons (13–18) in textile mills to 10 hours per day. The practicalities of running a textile mill were such that the Act should have effectively set the same limit on the ...

  6. Is school lunch free in Massachusetts? Here's why it's 1 of 5 ...

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    “It is a $110 million break for families with school-aged children in public school,” said Rep. Andy Vargas, D-Haverhill. ... about the free lunch bill at East Middle School in Braintree on ...

  7. Children's Act for Responsible Employment - Wikipedia

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    Representative Lucille Roybal-Allard introduced of the Children's Act for Responsible Employment (CARE Act, HR 3564) bill in September 2009. The Children's Act for Responsible Employment (CARE Act, HR 3564) addresses the harshest conditions that tens of thousands of children as young as 12 years of age may be subject to, such as restrictions in the number of hours that children work in a day.

  8. No more mandated lunch breaks? Bill would remove ... - AOL

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    The bill would repeal Kentucky’s requirement that employers provide at least a 10 minute “rest break” to employees for each four hours of work.

  9. Enjoy lunch breaks? How you could lose rest benefits if KY ...

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    A Kentucky House of Representatives committee is advancing KY HB 500. What you need to know about potential end of employee lunch and rest breaks.