workers legislation 1885-1912 Flashcards
1
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law-1885
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prohibited night time employment of women and children
2
Q
law-1886
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decreed that workers had to be employed according to contracts overseen by factory boards
3
Q
law-1892
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employment of children under 12 forbidden
-female labour banned in mines
4
Q
law-1897
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hours of work reduced to 11 an a half
5
Q
law-1903
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more efficient system of factory inspection
6
Q
law-1912
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sickness and accident insurance for workers
7
Q
normal factory working hours were reduced to reach what by 1914?
A
ten hours= did not apply to workshops which were far more common
8
Q
education also spread - what was the rise in primary school provision between 1905 and 1914?
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85%
9
Q
government promoted development of?
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technical schools and universities
10
Q
by 1914 only how much of children were in full time education
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55%
11
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