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The article focuses on the historical development of minimum wage regulation in Australia, the Great Britain, and the U.S. over the past century, exploring the ideological positions of opponents and supporters of minimum wage regulations. Topics include the origins of minimum wage regulation, constitutional and political challenges, and the role of political parties in shaping minimum wage policies.

A Roman villa building at Mud Hole, Boxford, West Berkshire, was examined by excavation in 2017 and 2019, and found to be of probable fourth-century date. One room of this otherwise seemingly modest villa contained a remarkable late fourth-century figured mosaic, which features a number of rare mythological subjects not previously encountered in Britain. Inscriptions suggest the name of the villa owner (Caepio) and his wife (Fortunata), with a possible Spanish connection. The mosaic's central panel is ornamented with the triumphs of Pelops and Bellerophon, the former known only from two other mosaics, in Syria and Spain. The borders also contain depictions of stories unknown on other mosaics, but all concerned with aspects of triumph. The central panel is upheld by walking telamones (giants), otherwise only known on a mosaic from Tusculum, and the mosaicists have attempted to use foreshortening to give the floor a trompe l'oeil effect. The rare subjects depicted on the floor all relate to either Poseidon, Pelops, Bellerophon or Atlas, and suggest high standards of mythological knowledge and longevity of classical culture amongst the villa-owning inhabitants of late fourth-century Berkshire. The mosaic shows a connection to earlier depictions of the Pelops story, but is highly original in its interpretation of them and follows a contemporary trend, not previously encountered in Britain, of its subjects breaking out from their ornamental borders. The mosaic is an altogether exceptional discovery and can be considered an important example of late Roman art so far found in Britain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Archaeological investigations were undertaken at Field House Farm, Ladwell, Hampshire between February and November 2014. Evidence for occupation dating from the Bronze Age to Post-medieval period was uncovered. This included several substantial ditches of a Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age date, suggesting prehistoric land division but there was limited evidence for corresponding settlement. A fragmentary, pegged, leaf-shaped copper-alloy spearhead of probable Late Bronze Age date was also recovered from the topsoil. Several fragmentary Iron Age ditches pre-dated a large sub-oval later prehistoric/Roman enclosure on an elevated position in the north of the site. Although there was limited dating evidence to provide a definitive date for the construction/use of the enclosure, features dating to the later Roman period suggest reoccupation of the site after a hiatus. A number of post-medieval features were also uncovered that correspond to a small farmstead present on 19th century maps. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Two isolated Bronze Age cremation pits were found at Lovedean, Hampshire, each of which contained a barrel or bucket urn considered to belong to the Deverel-Rimbury tradition of the Middle Bronze Age. Each contained cremated bone, albeit in small quantities. A single adult was identified from one urn while the material from the other was too small to allow any diagnosis of age or sex. Of two similar pits, one contained a Middle Bronze Age urn but no human remains, and the second produced no finds. During the watching brief, a single feature containing Middle to Late Bronze Age, Late Prehistoric and Romano-British pottery was revealed on the higher ground at the northern end of the site. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article looks at the ways that can be used to ease the transfer system for Japanese players to the U.S. Major League Baseball (MLB) teams. Topics discussed include structure of labor regulation in Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB); introduction of posting system in MLB teams; and structure of NPB's labor regulation under Japanese labor law and competition law.