labour law

Body of law that applies to matters such as employment, wages, conditions of work, labour unions, and labour-management relations. Laws intended to protect workers, including children, from abusive employment practices were not enacted in significant numbers until the late 19th century in Europe and slightly later in the U.S. In Asia and Africa, labour legislation did not emerge until the 1940s and '50s. Employment laws cover matters such as hiring, training, advancement, and unemployment compensation. Wage laws cover the forms and methods of payment, pay rates, social security, pensions, and other matters. Legislation on working conditions regulates hours, rest periods, vacations, child labour, equality in the workplace, and health and safety. Laws on trade unions and labour-management relations address the status of unions, the rights and obligations of workers' and employers' organizations, collective bargaining agreements, and rules for settling strikes and other disputes. See also arbitration; mediation.

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If they complete a 40-hour working week, possibly some overtime, and have to comply with two hours weekly training, it leaves them little time for fire fighting duties before they hit the 48 hour limit.

WALES: Now firefighters tackle another threat... from EU; Working ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)

The deals at these shops have been so good, the clothes so on-trend, the scope for instant gratification so high that we have on the whole refused to believe that perhaps £8 cocktail dresses do not leave much of a margin for four weeks' holiday, health insurance and a 40-hour working week for those who make them, even when the exchange rate is as obliging as it tends to be in the developing countries where these workers live.

What can you buy for 5p in Bangladesh? by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk

They are frequently made to work beyond the legally permitted 36 hours of overtime a month on top of their normal 40-hour working week.

DEADLY SWEATSHOPS by The Mirror (London, England)

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