Introduction dates employment legislation
| Quick info | |
|---|---|
| Data type | Date |
| Scale | Date |
| Value labels | year of introduction of the first employment law |
| Technical name | labor_employleg_employpro_regcontract |
| Category | Labour and labour market |
| Label | year of introduction of the first employment law |
| Related indicators | Not applicable |
The variable "introduction dates employment legislation" refers to the first law enacted by a national government to regulate contracts, such as protection, concerning subordinate, remunerated employment, or typical characteristics thereof for each country. The legislation covered demonstrates that the work relationship or any of its parts have been treated separately from other types of private (civil or common) law.
Coding rules
The secondary literature provided the dates of the labor legislation's introduction (see sources in Technical Paper). Legislation without protective provisions (such as Master and Servant legislation governing indentured work) has not been coded. Legislation is coded for nation-states and their legal ancestors, as well as for most representative territorial entities in case of missing national legislation.
Bibliographic info
Citation: Carlino, Marina, Irene Dingeldey, Heiner Fechner, Ulrich Mückenberger and Andrea Schäfer (2025). Compiled WoL and CBR Leximetric Datasets [Updated 2025]. University of Bremen
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Misc
Project manager(s): Responsible for data editing, description (WeSIS) and upload: Heiner Fechner, Andrea Schäfer (2021-2025); Responsible for data coding: Heiner Fechner (2018-2025); Principal Investigator: Irene Dingeldey, Ulrich Mückenberger
Data release:- Version 0.001: Initial release
- Version 0.002: unchanged release
- Version 0.003: revised release
- Version 0.004: unchanged.
- Version 0.005: revised release. < li>Version 0.006: revised release
- Version 0.001: coded in 2021.
- Version 0.002: unchanged.
- Version 0.003: revised and complemented in 2025. Countries and territories added: Hong Kong, Indonesia, Mongolia, (North) Macedonia, Trinidad and Tobago. Values changed for Albania, Cyprus, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Sierra Leone and UK.
- Version 0.004: unchanged.
- Version 0.005: Fixed erroneous introduction date for Albania, Cyprus, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
- Version 0.006: Fixed erroneous introduction date for UK.
Sources
- Bauer, Stephan (1923). Arbeiterschutzgesetzgebung. In: Ludwig Elster, Adolf Weber and Friedrich Wieser (eds.): Handwörterbuch der Staatswissenschaften. Vol.1, p.401 – 701. Jena: Gustav Fischer.
- Puttkamer, Joachim (1996). Die Anfänge der russischen Arbeiterschutzgesetzgebung und ihre westeuropäischen Vorbilder. In: Dietrich Beyrau, Igor Cicurov and Michael Stolleis (eds.): Reformen im Rußland des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts. Westliche Modelle und russische Erfahrungen, p. 85 – 107. Frankfurt am Main: Vittorio Klostermann.
- Jean-Pierre Le Crom, Philippe Auvergnon, Katia Barragan, Dominique Blonz-Colombo, Marc Boninchi, et al. (2017). Histoire du droit du travail dans les colonies françaises (1848-1960). [Rapport de recherche] Mission de recherche Droit et Justice. 2017. halshs-01592836
