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The Jamaican Free Zones are a government free trade zone initiative in Jamaica.Designed to encourage foreign investment and international trade, businesses operating within these zones have no tax on their profits, and are exempted from customs duties on imports and exports (capital goods, raw materials, construction materials, and office equipment) and import licensing requirements.
The Factories Act of Gibraltar, passed in 1956, protects a workers right to sit. The act reads: "There shall be provided and maintained, for the use of all workers whose work is done standing, suitable facilities for sitting sufficient to enable them to take advantage of any opportunities for resting which may occur in the course of their ...
The Factories Act 1961 (9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 34) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. At the time of its passage, the Act consolidated much legislation on ...
The Factories Act 1959 (7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 67) amended the previous Acts of 1937 and 1948, as well as adding more health, safety and welfare provisions for factory ...
The Factories Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 55) was an Act of Parliament passed in the United Kingdom by the Labour government of Clement Attlee. It was passed with ...
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This legislation was further amended by the Factories Act 1844 (the Textile Factory Act), which strengthened the powers of the inspectors and required certified surgeons to examine all workers for physical fitness. A lengthy campaign to limit the working day to ten hours was led by Shaftesbury, and included support from the Anglican Church.
Even after Garvey had left Harlem (he was imprisoned in 1925 and deported to Jamaica in 1927), the UNIA paraded each August throughout the 1920s, with the place of honour given to portraits of their absent leader. The crowds were transfixed by the spectacle of uniformed UNIA members, particularly the African Legion and Black Cross Nurses. [4]