The 3 rd of June 1886 Act and its Enforcement

Abstract

The article is concerned with the basic Act regulations and its enforcement. Difficulties of the Act application were caused by both objective and subjective reasons. To objective reasons that hindered the act the author refers inconsistency of the law and insufficient interpretation of its concepts and to subjective – manufacturers’ counteraction to the requirements of the Act, low legal culture of workers and not numerous staff of inspection. There is enough evidence to prove that manufacturers consciously violated the law because of its imperfection whereas workers were ignorant and lacked labour discipline. The 3 rd of June 1886 Act formed the legal bases of labour law development, but its further perfection was restrained by tsarist bureaucracy reluctance to regulate employers/ employee relationship on a legal basis.