Short Title: | Wages Councils Act 1945 |
Type: | Act |
Parliament: | Parliament of the United Kingdom |
Long Title: | An Act to provide for the establishment of wages councils, and otherwise for the regulation of the remuneration and conditions of employment of workers in certain circumstances. |
Year: | 1945 |
Citation: | 8 & 9 Geo. 6. c. 17 |
Royal Assent: | 28 March 1945 |
The Wages Councils Act 1945 (8 & 9 Geo. 6. c. 17) was a UK Act of Parliament, concerning the setting of minimum wages and encouraging collective bargaining. It played a central role in post-war UK labour law. It was repealed by the Wages Act 1986.[1]