Registration at the labour exchanges was voluntary.
The labour exchanges would provide certification services for workers, as well as job placement and skills upgrading services for unskilled workers.
As for the training of unemployed whose training is financed by labour exchanges, this tendency has been especially conspicuous in the course of the past two years.
William Beveridge, who was commissioned to set up a combined scheme of labour exchanges and unemployment benefits, set up the Labour Exchanges division of the board in 1909.
The labour exchanges are closely connected with the European network of EURES Advisers.