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Article: State labor legislation enacted in 2007.(State Labor Laws, 2007)(Report)
- Article from:
- Monthly Labor Review
- Article date:
- January 1, 2008
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Laws concerning the minimum wage, prevailing wages, equal employment opportunity, wages paid, time off, drug and alcohol testing, child labor, and worker privacy were among the most active areas with new or amended legislation enacted during the year
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The Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor is responsible for tracking various categories of labor legislation and reporting on any amendments or new laws falling under those categories and enacted by States. More than 30 categories are tracked during this yearly process. Among the categories tracked are agriculture, child labor, State departments of labor, the discharge of ...