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33: 126:. It allocated people to work between the armed forces, civil defence and industry, and to administer the Schedule of Reserved Occupations. The National Joint Advisory Council, comprising employers' and workers' representatives, was consulted. From 1941, one Deputy Secretary for the Ministry controlled peacetime work, and another coordinated work on manpower statistics, intelligence, armed forces recruitment, civilian war work and training and labour supply. 176:, but the Ministry of Labour retained responsibility for employment exchanges. In June 1945, the Board of Trade was handed responsibility for industrial policy, except that concerning labour power. At the end of the War, the National Service Department wing was wound up and its functions passed to the Military Recruitment Department. 312: 115:
amendments, administered benefits through employment exchanges, employed the unemployed through special works schemes (through the Unemployment Grants Committee), and represented the UK at the
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In 1959 the department became the Ministry of Labour once more. It was renamed the Department of Employment and Productivity in 1968, and became the Department for Employment in 1970.
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in 1940. The Ministry was responsible for solving labour shortages caused by the war and maintaining high production outputs. The
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responsibilities for conciliation, labour exchanges, labour and industrial relations and employment related statistics. Following
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was a British government department established by the New Ministries and Secretaries Act 1916. It later morphed into the
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From 1939, the department was renamed the Ministry of Labour and National Service, reflecting new duties under the
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work relating to youth employment and responsibility for training and employment of the disabled from the
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In April 1945, functions relating to unemployment insurance and assistance were transferred to the
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and employers. Under Bevin the ministry also encouraged increased unionization, although
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gave the organ significant powers over the direction of labour and mandatory
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Jon Davis "Employment, Department of (1970–95)" in John Ramsden (ed)
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were discouraged during the war and news of ones that did occur were
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Catalogue of the Ministry of Labour Staff Association archives
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Labour Exchange Reading, Berkshire, UK during second world war
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Defunct departments of the Government of the United Kingdom
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the right to direct the unemployed to specific jobs.
48:. Most of its functions are now performed by the 107:, and set up the Industrial Court in 1919 for 92:. It also supervised trade union regulations. 111:of industrial disputes. It proposed multiple 8: 298:Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick 250: 248: 234: 232: 84:servicemen. In the 1920s it took over all 68:. c. 68) the Ministry of Labour took over 323:1916 establishments in the United Kingdom 242:, Oxford: Oxford University Press, p.222 240:The Oxford Companion to British Politics 124:National Service (Armed Forces) Act 1939 31: 228: 62:New Ministries and Secretaries Act 1916 18:Ministry of Labour and National Service 258:A History of the British Labour Party 7: 212:Ministry of Labour Staff Association 179:In 1947 the ministry introduced the 133:, particularly after Prime Minister 129:The ministry vastly expanded during 261:. London: Macmillan Education UK. 25: 200:Secretary of State for Employment 117:International Labour Organization 181:Control of Engagement Order 1947 50:Department for Work and Pensions 318:Ministries established in 1916 174:Ministry of National Insurance 1: 145:as Minister of Labour in his 113:Unemployment Insurance Acts 82:British Expeditionary Force 339: 99:the Ministry enforced the 267:10.1007/978-1-349-25305-0 105:joint industrial councils 46:Department of Employment 255:Thorpe, Andrew (1997). 80:and resettlement of ex- 155:industrial arbitration 37: 97:Trade Boards Act 1918 35: 90:Ministry of Pensions 151:Defence Regulations 103:, helped establish 86:Board of Education 76:it supervised the 42:Ministry of Labour 38: 27:Former Uk ministry 276:978-0-333-56081-5 135:Winston Churchill 16:(Redirected from 330: 281: 280: 252: 243: 236: 185:labour exchanges 66:6 & 7 Geo. 5 21: 338: 337: 333: 332: 331: 329: 328: 327: 303: 302: 290: 285: 284: 277: 254: 253: 246: 237: 230: 225: 208: 196: 141:trade unionist 58: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 336: 334: 326: 325: 320: 315: 305: 304: 301: 300: 296:, held at the 289: 288:External links 286: 283: 282: 275: 244: 227: 226: 224: 221: 220: 219: 214: 207: 204: 195: 192: 78:demobilisation 70:Board of Trade 57: 54: 26: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 335: 324: 321: 319: 316: 314: 311: 310: 308: 299: 295: 292: 291: 287: 278: 272: 268: 264: 260: 259: 251: 249: 245: 241: 235: 233: 229: 222: 218: 217:UK labour law 215: 213: 210: 209: 205: 203: 201: 193: 191: 188: 186: 182: 177: 175: 170: 168: 164: 160: 156: 152: 148: 147:war coalition 144: 140: 136: 132: 127: 125: 120: 118: 114: 110: 106: 102: 98: 93: 91: 87: 83: 79: 75: 71: 67: 63: 55: 53: 51: 47: 43: 34: 30: 19: 257: 239: 197: 189: 178: 171: 159:trade unions 143:Ernest Bevin 139:Labour Party 131:World War II 128: 121: 119:from 1919). 101:minimum wage 94: 59: 41: 39: 29: 109:arbitration 74:World War I 307:Categories 223:References 137:appointed 95:Under the 60:After the 194:Ministers 206:See also 167:censored 163:strikes 56:History 273:  271:ISBN 198:See 40:The 263:doi 309:: 269:. 247:^ 231:^ 202:. 169:. 52:. 279:. 265:: 64:( 20:)

Index

Ministry of Labour and National Service

Department of Employment
Department for Work and Pensions
New Ministries and Secretaries Act 1916
6 & 7 Geo. 5
Board of Trade
World War I
demobilisation
British Expeditionary Force
Board of Education
Ministry of Pensions
Trade Boards Act 1918
minimum wage
joint industrial councils
arbitration
Unemployment Insurance Acts
International Labour Organization
National Service (Armed Forces) Act 1939
World War II
Winston Churchill
Labour Party
Ernest Bevin
war coalition
Defence Regulations
industrial arbitration
trade unions
strikes
censored
Ministry of National Insurance

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