Article: State labor legislation enacted in 2008: equal employment opportunity, human trafficking, immigration protections, independent contractors, the minimum wage, prevailing wages, time off, wages paid, and worker privacy were among the most active areas in which State legislatures either enacted or revised legislation during the year.(State Labor Laws, 2008)

The legislative areas of equal employment opportunity, immigration protections, the minimum wage, prevailing wages, time off, wages paid, and worker privacy were among the most active during the individual sessions of the State legislatures in 2008. Legislative activity in those areas and others resulted in the enactment or revision of State statutes or regulations during the course of the year.

In 2008, the States enacted a volume of labor-related legislation less than that enacted in 2007. The decrease was due in part to the fact that only 44 States and the District of Columbia met in regular session during 2008. (All 50 States had met in regular session in ...

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