Holidays_with_Pay_Act_1938

Holidays with Pay Act 1938

Holidays with Pay Act 1938

United Kingdom legislation

The Holidays with Pay Act 1938 (1 & 2 Geo. 6. c. 70) was legislation of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which provided for paid holidays for working class employees,[1] and was the result of a twenty-year campaign.[2]

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The Act was repealed by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004.[lower-alpha 1][3]

It led to the popularity of holiday camps such as those run by Butlins[4]

The provisions of the Act have largely been replaced by the European Working Time Directive enacted by statutory instrument 1998/1833 - Working Time Regulations 1998

  1. Schedule 1 Part 8 – Employment

References

  1. [1]
    "Holidays with Pay Act 1938". Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  2. [2]
    Dawson, Sandra (2006). "TCBH Postgraduate Essay Prize Winner for 2006 "Working-Class Consumers and the Campaign for Holidays with Pay"" (PDF). TBCH. Retrieved 31 March 2016.[dead link]
  3. [3]
    "Statute Laws Repeals Act 2004". Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  4. [4]
    Jardine, Cassandra (13 August 2009). "Butlins joins the 21st century". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 5 February 2010.


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