ABSTRACT This article examines the public debate between 1945 and 1986 in Great Britain over repealing the Truck Acts. Advocates of repeal hoped that it might encourage workers to accept wage payment by cheque or electronic transfer, which most manual workers opposed. This article will evaluate the arguments that the Truck Acts, which protected employees’ right to be paid in the current coin of the realm and defended them against unfair deductions from wages, had become ‘obsolete’ and hindered contractual arrangements that could be beneficial. The 1986 Wages Act, which repealed all of the Truck Acts and the 1960 Payment of Wages Act, passed over the strong objections of the TUC and a number of organizations that provided legal advice to the poor. The 1986 Act was introduced to allow employers to impose convenient cashless pay. Like much of the legislation under the Thatcher government, this Act was sold as the repeal of outdated and burdensome regulations, which would allow businesses to lower costs and become more competitive. However, I will argue that the repeal of the Truck Acts removed some very real protections for workers, and left employees more exposed to unfair deductions from wages than before.

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“1945 年至 1986 年英国的无现金工资、工资扣除和卡车法案的废除”

摘要 本文考察了 1945 年至 1986 年英国关于废除卡车法案的公开辩论。废除的倡导者希望它可以鼓励工人接受支票或电子转账的工资支付，但大多数体力工人反对。本文将评估卡车法的论点，即保护雇员以当前货币获得报酬的权利并为他们免受不公平的工资扣除辩护，已经“过时”并阻碍了可能有益的合同安排的论点。1986 年的工资法案废除了所有卡车法案和 1960 年的工资支付法案，通过了 TUC 和一些为穷人提供法律建议的组织的强烈反对。引入 1986 年法案是为了允许雇主实施方便的无现金支付。与撒切尔政府的大部分立法一样，该法案被视为废除过时且繁琐的法规，这将使企业降低成本并提高竞争力。然而，我会争辩说，卡车法案的废除取消了对工人的一些非常实际的保护，并使员工比以前更容易受到不公平的工资扣除。