Russian labor protection legislation of women and children of XIX century

Abstract

This article is devoted to the study of exploiting women and children labor in the factory and plant industry. In second half of the XIX century in Russia, the government policy on working issues (where child and women labor was concerned) were inconsistent, selective and vague in nature. The authors consider the measures which have been undertaken by the Government in the connection with the involvement of children and women labor into the sphere of industrial production. The study of problems of legislative regulation of women and children labor and factory supervision activities protecting the work of this category of workers were undertaken. The causes and characteristics are considered; qualitative and quantitative characteristics of the employment of children and women in the factory industry in Russia are given. Under the impact of the crisis of overproduction and increasing competition among entrepreneurs and public pressure, the government was forced to issue legislation regulating the women and children labor. On the base of various sources, circumstances of the content of publication laws regulating the children and women labor are analyzed in detail. The strong and weak causes of adopted legislation aimed at the protection of women and children are discussed and analyzed.