Trade Boards Act 1918 Explained

Short Title:	Trade Boards Act 1918
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long Title:	An Act to amend the Trade Boards Act, 1909.
Year:	1918
Citation:	8 & 9 Geo. 5. c. 32
Royal Assent:	8 August 1918
Amends:	Trade Boards Act 1909

The Trade Boards Act 1918 (8 & 9 Geo. 5. c. 32) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that heavily shaped the post-World War I system of UK labour law, particularly regarding collective bargaining and the establishment of minimum wages. It was the result of the second of five Whitley Committee reports.^[1]

Background

The 1918 extended the piecemeal system for tackling sweated labour begun under the Trade Boards Act 1909. The Second Reading took place on 17 June 1918.^[2] It received royal assent on 8 August 1918.

Case law

• Pauley v Kenaldo Ld [1953] 1 W.L.R. 187
• Hulland v William Sanders & Son [1945] K.B. 78, extension of terms
• National Association of Local Government Officers v Bolton Corp [1943] A.C. 166
• Nathan v Gulkoff & Levy Ltd [1933] Ch. 809
• R v Minister of Labour Ex p. National Trade Defence Association [1932] 1 K.B. 1
• France v James Coombes and Company [1929] AC 496
• Skinner v Jack Breach Ltd [1927] 2 K.B. 220

See also

• UK labour law
• Trade Boards Act 1909
• Wages Councils Act 1945
• National Minimum Wage Act 1998
• Liberal reforms

Notes and References

1. (1918) Cd 9002
2. Hansard HC Deb 17 June 1918 vol 107 col 61