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Page 149
... wages and conditions , but participation , job security , technical education and improvements in management . - The Ministry of Labour , as the Board of Trade Labour Depart- ment became in 1917 , placed much hope in these councils ...
... wages and conditions , but participation , job security , technical education and improvements in management . - The Ministry of Labour , as the Board of Trade Labour Depart- ment became in 1917 , placed much hope in these councils ...
Page 150
... wages closer to the actual variable needs of workers than a nationally fixed minimum . There was a further problem as to whether the wage should be based on the needs of the worker ( which varied according to size of family ) or upon ...
... wages closer to the actual variable needs of workers than a nationally fixed minimum . There was a further problem as to whether the wage should be based on the needs of the worker ( which varied according to size of family ) or upon ...
Page 182
... wages and lower still by the effect of dependents ' allowances . During the later 1930s officials were in- creasingly concerned that an unemployed person with a large family could receive more in benefit than in wages , and would as a ...
... wages and lower still by the effect of dependents ' allowances . During the later 1930s officials were in- creasingly concerned that an unemployed person with a large family could receive more in benefit than in wages , and would as a ...
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Introduction | 2 |
The First World War and after | 126 |
The interwar years | 163 |
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