Simplify the following text for a Grade 9 native English-speaking person.
Original: The Statute of Labourers was a law enacted by the English parliament under King Edward III in 1351 in response to a labor shortage , designed to stabilize the labor force by prohibiting increases in wages and prohibiting the movement of workers from their home areas in search of improved conditions .
Simplified: The Statute of labourers was a law created by the English parliament under King Edward III in 1351 about labor shortage .