Law on the Order of National Labor

Law on the Order of National Labor of January 20, 1934

The National Labor Order Act ( Arbeitsordnungsgesetz , AOG) was passed on January 20, 1934 by the Nazi leadership. It regulated the external structure of the factories and introduced the leader principle into the economy .

Meaning and consequences

With the entry into force of this law, the economy was almost brought into line and introducing the leadership principle here, after which the supervisors as plant manager held the absolute authority and (about workforce size) were bound to absolute obedience his subordinates as "followers". This severely restricted the right and the opportunity to lodge a complaint, and the employee's right of participation was even completely abolished. By virtue of this law, the last remaining democratic rights within the company were eliminated, and a company justice system was introduced.

The entrepreneur, for his part, had extensive authority within the company, but was in turn bound by orders from the state-appointed “ trustee of work ”, who could issue binding orders with regard to working hours , wage policy and work organization . For this reason, the real consequence of the Law on the Order of National Labor was primarily to strengthen the state's control and supervisory powers to the detriment of employers and employees.

The Labor Order Act and the Act on the Order of Work in Public Administrations and Companies of March 23, 1934 were repealed by Control Council Act No. 40 of November 30, 1946 and Act No. 56 of June 30, 1947.

literature

Alfred Hueck , Hans Carl Nipperdey , Rolf Dietz : Law for the Order of National Labor. Comment. With all implementation ordinances, the law on the organization of work in public administrations and companies with its implementation ordinances and the new working time regulations, Munich, Beck, 1934.

Web links

The law on the organization of national labor of January 20, 1934. With explanations by Dr. Paul English. The Yellow Series 03, 1934 (digitized version)

Individual evidence

↑ RGBl. I p. 45 ff. Materials on National Socialism, accessed on August 24, 2018.
↑ Wolfgang Benz / Hermann Graml / Hermann Weiß : Encyclopedia of National Socialism. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-608-91805-1 , p. 372.
↑ Law on the Order of Work in Public Administrations and Companies Materials on National Socialism, accessed on 23 August 2018.

[1] RGBl. I p. 45 ff. Materials on National Socialism, accessed on August 24, 2018.

[2] Wolfgang Benz / Hermann Graml / Hermann Weiß : Encyclopedia of National Socialism. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-608-91805-1 , p. 372.

[3] Law on the Order of Work in Public Administrations and Companies Materials on National Socialism, accessed on 23 August 2018.