The Master and Servant Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict c 141) was an
Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom
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which sought to criminalise
breach of contract
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by workers against their employers. The
Employers and Workmen Act 1875
The Employers and Workmen Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict c 90)Irish Statute BookEmployers and Workmen Act, 1875 accessed 16 January 2018 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, enacted during Benjamin Disraeli's second administration. The A ...
(38 & 39 Vict c 90) was passed in substitution for this Act.
[Arnold, Thomas James (ed). The Conspiracy and Protection of Property Act, 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 86), and the Employers and Workmen Act, 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 90): with the Rules for carrying into Effect the Jurisdiction given to Courts of Summary Jurisdiction by the last mentioned Act. Shaw and Sons. Fetter Lane, London. 1876]
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*UK labour law
United Kingdom labour law regulates the relations between workers, employers and trade unions. People at work in the UK can rely upon a minimum charter of employment rights, which are found in Acts of Parliament, Regulations, common law and equit ...
*Master and Servant Act
Master and Servant Acts or Masters and Servants Acts were laws designed to regulate relations between employers and employees during the 18th and 19th centuries. An 1823 United Kingdom Act described its purpose as "the better regulations of serva ...
References
*Davis, James Edward. The Master and Servant Act, 1867. Butterworths. London. Hodges, Smith and Co. Dublin. 1868.
*Davis, James Edward. "Lord Elcho's Master and Servant Act,1867". The Labour Laws. Butterworths. Fleet Street, London. 1875. Chapter 2. Page
15
to 27. See also page 99.
*Paterson, William (ed). The Practical Statutes of the Session 1867. Horace Cox. London. 1867. Page
389
to 407.
*Holdsworth, William Andrew. "Of the Jurisdiction of the Magistrates under the Master and Servant Act 1867". The Law of Master and Servant. George Routledge and Sons. London. 1873. Chapter 14. Page
135
to 146.
*"Master and Servant Act, 1867" (1872) 16 Journal of Jurisprudenc
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United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1867
Repealed United Kingdom Acts of Parliament
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