Unemployed Workmen Act 1905
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unemployed-workmen-act-1905-161-11628030
title:
Unemployed Workmen Act 1905
text:
The Unemployed Workmen Act 1905 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It established Distress Committees that gave out single grants to businesses or local authorities to allow them to hire more workers to decrease the number of people out of work. However, those with a criminal record were not given the opportunity to work the businesses being given grants. The whole Act was repealed by sections 12 and 137 of, and Part I of the Twelfth Schedule to, the Local Government Act 1929, s
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British unemployment legislation, 1905
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unemployed_Workmen_Act_1905
date created:
2007-10-20T17:50:52Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T08:01:44Z
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