Factory Acts

From LoveToKnow 1911

FACTORY ACTS, the name given generally to a long series of acts constituting one of the most important chapters in the history of English labour legislation (see Labour Legislation); the term "factory" itself being short for manufactory, a building or collection of buildings in which men or women are employed in industry.


<< Factor

Facula >>

Retrieved from "http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Factory_Acts"