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Series
Department of Employment and predecessors: Private Office Papers: Selected Case Files
Catalogue reference: LAB 43
What's it about?
LAB 43
This series contains selected case files from the Private Office of the Department of Employment and its predecessors. The files include correspondence with the Prime Minister and other ministers, other government departments, Members of...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- LAB 43
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Employment and predecessors: Private Office Papers: Selected Case Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1946-1974
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains selected case files from the Private Office of the Department of Employment and its predecessors. The files include correspondence with the Prime Minister and other ministers, other government departments, Members of Parliament, private individuals and officials of organisations, including the Trades Union Congress (TUC) and Confederation of British Industry (CBI), on matters of national policy as well as of particular grievances by individuals, employment associations and employment sectors. The grievances mainly concern working conditions, pay and individual's search for employment.
A wide range of issues of national policy are covered, such as: the employment and training of women; the employment and rates of pay of disabled persons; unemployment policy and statistics; national strikes, such as strikes by London Dockers and Post Office Workers; the employment of Poles in the engineering industry; National Service; industrial policy in different regions; working conditions in different sectors; and trade unionism.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 728 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is not accruing.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10158/
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Department of Employment and predecessors: Private Office Papers: Selected Case Files
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