1st Edition

The Ministry of Labour and National Service

By Godfrey Ince Copyright 1960
216 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1960, The Ministry of Labour and National Service , although by no means amongst the oldest Departments of State, was certainly amongst the most important at the time. During the second world war it achieved remarkable success in mobilizing the country’s men and women to a higher degree than in any other country, and to a far higher degree than in Germany. When peace... Read more

Preface.  Part I: The Ministry of Labour and National Service  1. The Ministry Today: A General Survey  2. The History of the Ministry  Part II: Manpower  3. Employment Policy and the General Employment Service  4. The Youth Employment Service  5. Service for the Disabled  6. Training for Employment  7. National Service  Part III: Industrial Relations and Welfare  8. Industrial Relations  9. Wages Boards and Councils  10. Human Relations in Industry  11. Safety, Health and Welfare in Industry  Part IV: International  12. International Labour  Part V: Statistics  13. Statistics  Part VI: The Organisation of the Department  14. Organisation and Structure  15. Common Services  16. Regional and Local Organisation  Part VII: In Retrospect  17. In Retrospect.  Appendixes.  Index.

Biography

Sir Godfrey Ince (1891–1960) was a senior British civil servant. He was appointed to the post of Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Labour in 1944, a position he held until 1956.