What is Labour law?
'''Labour laws''' (also known as '''labor laws''' or '''employment laws''') govern the relationship between [[Worker|workers]], [[Employer|employers]], [[Trades union|trade unions]], and the [[government]]. Individual labour law gives employees' [[rights]] at work. Employment standards are [[Social norm|social norms]] (sometimes also [[technical]] standards) for the [[minimum]] conditions under which people are allowed to work. [[Government agencies]] enforce labour law. Trade unions also play an important role in labour law, as they represent workers and negotiate with employers on their behalf. There were laws in [[Assyria]] about work. The [[Code of Hammurabi]] set the wages to be paid to an [[ox]] driver or a [[surgeon]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Avalon Project : Code of Hammurabi|url=https://avalon.law.yale.edu/ancient/hamframe.asp|access-date=2023-04-25|website=avalon.law.yale.edu}}</ref> Labour laws developed more as factories were built in the [[Industrial Revolution]]. Laws were passed in the [[United Kingdom]] in the nineteenth century to stop young children from working in factories. The [[Earl of Shaftesbury]] led the campaign for the [[Factories Act 1833]], which limited the employment of children under eighteen years of age, stopped all night work, and provided for [[Factory inspector|inspectors]] to [[enforce]] the law. Later there were more laws about working conditions for all workers. Similar laws were brought into other industrial countries. The basic feature of labour law in almost every country is that the rights and [[obligations]] of the worker and the employer are set by a [[contract of employment]] between the two.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Par|first=Sabrina|date=2021-07-01|title=An Overview of Employment Regulations in the Philippines|url=https://remotify.ph/blogs/philippine-labor-laws-an-employers-comprehensive-guide-for-hiring-filipinos-remotely/|access-date=2023-05-11|website=Remotify PH|language=en-US}}</ref> In most countries, employers must give their workers a written contract.