State Labor Legislation, 2007. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Monthly Labor Review, January 2008

摘要

John J. Fitzpatrick, Jr., and James L. Perine from the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment Standards Administration (ESA) provide a detailed and comprehensive overview of State labor legislation in 2007. Developments in more than 30 categories of labor-related legislation at the State level are routinely tracked by ESA, including those in such topical areas as agriculture, child labor, immigrant protections, prevailing and minimum wages, and worker privacy. The authors note that there was a larger volume of legislation in 2007 than in the previous year, and that 46 States enacted laws of consequence in one or more of the 30 categories.