Factory Inspectorate as a Body of State Supervision after the Implementation of Labor Legislation (1882–1905 гг.)

Abstract

The growth of the working class, the complication of social relations in society, the growth of differentiation of social groups, all this contributed to the aggravation of relations between employees and manufacturers. Due to this fact, the relationship between employees and manufacturers is increasingly attracting public attention. Since the growing inconsistency in society has acquired the clearest forms in the clash of interests of workers and manufacturers. The growing number of conflicts in this area has led to the need to create a body to regulate relations between workers and entrepreneurs, eliminate and resolve the causes of conflicts. Such new body of state supervision was the factory inspectorate, which became the main mechanism for the introduction of labor legislation into the life of factories and plants, the controlling body for its compliance and the body regulating conflicts between workers and entrepreneurs. The relevance of the research is determined by the fact that the analysis of the formation and functioning of the institute of factory inspection in the field of regulation of labor relations between employees and manufacturers will allow rethinking the history of the development of factory legislation in the Russian Empire and analyze the possibilities and disadvantages of state regulation of relations between workers and entrepreneurs.