Child Protection Act
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Law on Child Labor and Working Hours of Young People |
| Short title: | Child Protection Act (from 1939) |
| Previous title: | Law on child labor in commercial companies |
| Type: | Reich Law , Federal Law |
| Scope: |
German Empire , Federal Republic of Germany |
| Issued on the basis of: | Art. 123 para. 1 GG |
| Legal matter: | Employment Law |
| References : | 8051-1-1 a. F. |
| Original version from: | March 30, 1903 ( RGBl. P. 113) |
| Entry into force on: | January 1, 1904 |
| Last revision from: | April 30, 1938 (RGBl. I p. 437) |
| Entry into force of the new version on: |
January 1, 1939 |
| Last change by: |
Art. 24 G of March 10, 1975 ( Federal Law Gazette I pp. 685, 689 ) |
| Effective date of the last change: |
April 1, 1975 (Art. 31 G of March 10, 1975) |
| Expiry: | May 1, 1976 (Section 72 (2) No. 1 G of April 12, 1976 , Federal Law Gazette I, p. 965, 984 ) |
| Please note the note on the applicable legal version. | |
The Child Protection Act was issued on March 30, 1903. It came into force on January 1, 1904. The original title was Law on Child Labor in Businesses .
It was the first Reich law to regulate child labor , but the relevant regulations of the Reich Trade Order continued to apply. The Child Protection Act went beyond factory work and regulated child labor in various branches of industry . However, there were no uniform age limits. For example, no children under the age of twelve were allowed to work in the trade. In contrast, an age limit of 14 years applied to the carriage business . The Agriculture and Forestry did not fall under the law.
For the first time, the law differentiated between one's own children and those of others. Nieces and nephews also counted among their own children as defined by the law . Compared to the unfamiliar children, they were subject to significantly weaker protective regulations.
The original version of the law remained in effect until December 31, 1938. The subsequent revision of April 30, 1938 was repealed by the Youth Labor Protection Act on May 1, 1976 .
literature
- Sigrid Dauks: Child Labor in Germany in the Mirror of the Press (1890–1920). Berlin: Trafo Verlag, ISBN 3-89626-239-4 (series of publications by the Hedwig Hinze Institute Bremen, vol. 7)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ On the creation of the "Child Protection Act" cf. Collection of sources on the history of German social policy from 1867 to 1914 , III. Department: Expansion and differentiation of social policy since the beginning of the New Course (1890-1904), Volume 3, worker protection , edited by Wolfgang Ayaß , Darmstadt 2005.