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Trade Boards Act 1918
Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Trade Boards Act 1918 (8 & 9 Geo. 5. c. 32) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that heavily shaped the post-World War I system of UK labour law, particularly regarding collective bargaining and the establishment of minimum wages. It was the result of the second of five Whitley Committee reports.[1]
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Background
The 1918 extended the piecemeal system for tackling sweated labour begun under the Trade Boards Act 1909. The Second Reading took place on 17 June 1918.[2] It received royal assent on 8 August 1918.
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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
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