The Factory Acts
The Factory Acts were a series of laws passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom, beginning in 1802, to regulate and improve the conditions of industrial employment. These acts progressively limited the working hours for women and children, introduced safety standards for machinery, and established factory inspectors to enforce the regulations, marking the beginning of government intervention in the workplace.
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