Under the factory laws or the factory legislation usually the national legislation using slowly in England starting from 1833 becomes the protection of the workers, and here first of all as national resources as particularly protect-worth felt women and children, before the arbitrariness of the factory gentlemen (entrepreneur), who employed them workers delivered the perfectly at the beginning of the industrialization usually 15 hours and more. The English factory law of 1833 limited for the first time the working day for children, carefully gradated: Between 9 and 13 years on eight hours, for children between 14 and 18 years on 12 hours, children under 9 years should visit the school.

Four factory supervisors should implement the law in completely England.

Further steps (in England) were:

• 1842: Prohibition of the woman's work in mines
• 1844: Restriction of the work of under to 6,5 hours, of women on 12 hours, prohibition of the night work for women
• 1847: General restriction of the work time on 63 hours per week
• 1867: Expansion so far for the textile industry valid laws on all enterprises with more than five workers
• 1901: Minimum age for workers 12 years

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