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Working time
Hugh Collins, K. D. Ewing, Aileen McColgan
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Until the Working Time Regulations 1998, there was no general framework of legislation in the United Kingdom dealing with working time. But this does not mean that there is no tradition of statutory regulation. For many years, we had legislation setting limits on the hours of work for those engaged in certain occupations, such as coal-mining and road transport. We also had legislation regulating the working time of women and young people in factories, with the (now repealed) Factories Act 1961 making fairly detailed provision for a maximum nine-hour day, a maximum forty-eight-hour week, and rest breaks of at least half an hour after a maximum of four-and-a-half hours work. And we also had legislation authorising trade boards (subsequently renamed as wages councils) to regulate working time in the various different industries in which they were established. Otherwise, working time would be governed by collective agreements negotiated between employers and trade unions, with collective agreements having very high levels of coverage in the period between 1946 and 1979 in particular.
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Collins, H., Ewing, K. D., & McColgan, A. (2012). Working time. Cambridge University Press eBooks, 266–310. https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139227094.012
Collins, Hugh, et al. “Working time.” Cambridge University Press eBooks, 2012, pp. 266–310, https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139227094.012.
Collins, Hugh, K. D. Ewing, and Aileen McColgan. 2012. “Working time.” Cambridge University Press eBooks: 266–310. https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139227094.012.
Collins, H., Ewing, K.D. and McColgan, A. (2012) ‘Working time’, Cambridge University Press eBooks, pp. 266–310. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139227094.012.
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