Since we are looking at the relationship between employers and employees this week, let us consider the history of labor law for a moment. Much labor law, at least in the modern sense, really dates to the 19th century and the Industrial Revolution. Some of the earliest labor laws were developed in England and tended to focus on child labor. For example, the English Cotton Mills and Factory Act of 1819 forbade children under the age of 9 from being employed by factories and limited the workday to 12 hours for children between the ages of 9-16. Later, the English Factory Act of 1833 limited children between the ages of 9-13 to a 9-hour work day and prevented those under 18 from working evenings. Are labor laws still important? Why