State labor legislation enacted in 2004

Monthly Labor Review

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-27

  Fitzpatrick Jr , John J ^a  

^a United States Department of Labor   (United States)

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EID: 23844544996     PISSN: 00981818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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1. Not included in the volume of labor legislation tracked in this article are laws dealing with most occupational safety and health issues, employment and training, labor relations, employee criminal background checks (except for those dealing with security issues), living wages, and economic development.
2. Alabama, South Dakota, and Vermont did not enact significant labor legislation in 2004. Information about Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands was not received in time to be included in the article, which is based upon information received by November 12, 2004.
3. Several tables displaying State labor law information, including a table on State minimum-wage rates and a table on State prevailing-wage laws, along with a number of tables concerning child labor issues, are available on the Internet at the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment Standards Administration, website; visit http://www.dol.gov/esa/ programs/whd/state/state.htm.
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5. Diversions are those occurrences wherein a defendant fulfills certain obligations, such as payment of restitution, court costs, costs associated with the diversion itself, the cost of residence in a specified facility, maintenance of gainful employment, and participation in educational, social, vocational, or psychological programs or other rehabilitative services. The prosecutor shall act to have any criminal charges against the defendant that are associated with diversions dismissed with prejudice.