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State labor legislation enacted in 2009
John J. Fitzpatrick, Jr., James L. Perine, and Bridget Dutton
John J. Fitzpatrick, Jr., is the State Standards Team Leader in the Office of Performance, Budget, and Departmental Liaison, Wage and Hour Division, U.S. Department of Labor; James L. Perine and Bridget Dutton are compliance specialists on the State Standards Team in the same Office. E-mail: fitzpatrickjr.john@dol.gov, perine.james@dol.gov, or dutton.bridget@dol.gov
Drug and alcohol testing, equal employment opportunity, human trafficking, immigration protections, independent contractors, the minimum wage, prevailing wages, wages paid, and worker privacy were among the most active areas in which State legislatures either enacted or revised legislation during the year.
The legislative areas of drug and alcohol testing, equal employment opportunity, human trafficking, immigration protections, independent contractors, the minimum wage, prevailing wages, wages paid, and worker privacy were among the most active areas in which State legislatures either enacted or revised legislation during the year. Each of these areas accounted for 10 or more pieces of legislation that were enacted during the individual sessions of the State legislatures in 2009.
In 2009, the States enacted a volume of labor-related legislation greater than that enacted in 2008. Th e increase was due in part to the fact that all 50 States and the District of Columbia met in regular session during the year. (Only 44 of the 50 States had met in regular session in 2008.) In 2009, 46 of the 50 States, plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, had enacted or amended labor legislation of consequence in the various categories tracked by the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor.
This excerpt is from an article published in the January 2010 issue of the Monthly Labor Review. The full text of the article is available in Adobe Acrobat's Portable Document Format (PDF). See How to view a PDF file for more information.
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