State Labor Laws
State labor laws are linked below by state.
They are provided on the Web by each state's legislative branch of government
or other organizations authorized by same.
About State Labor Laws
States may simply adopt Federal labor
laws "as is". Alternately, they may establish their own
labor laws, that include or expand the minimum protections afforded by
Federal labor laws.
Generally, your employee rights are protected by whichever laws—Federal
or state—have the better provisions. But states may also establish
their own labor laws, for which there are no Federal equivalents.
Although state labor laws typically deal with employer-union relationships
and state employment laws typically deal with employer-employee
relationships, the terms are interchangeable in common usage.
But state labor laws is the most common usage to represent both.
State employment and labor laws are created by acts and
enforced by regulations.
Both state employment and labor laws are included in the links below.
However, the Web sites linked below might not call them state employment
laws or state labor laws, as those are general terms. Instead,
they might call them code, statutes or
some variation of those terms (such as Revised Statutes, meaning
current) and list them under various headings, such as Labor and Industry.
Be sure to check for related headings too, such as Workers' Compensation,
as some states split their employment and labor laws into separate sections.
State Labor Law
Links
In most cases, each link below leads to a "main page"
for all laws in the state indicated, instead of directly to employment
or labor laws. That's because, as previously mentioned, some states split
their employment and labor laws into separate sections (e.g., chapters
or titles) from which you must choose, starting at a main page.
It's also because state labor laws change, so deeper links to them often
and inconveniently stop working. Additionally, the main pages often include
other useful links, such as to rules, regulations, court cases and new
legislative bills related
to state labor laws.
State labor laws can be difficult to understand, because they're written
in legalese.
So, you might want to also visit the Web site of the state
labor department (if not already linked below) or another relevant, state
government office. Some explain state labor laws and related rules,
regulations and such. See also State Labor
Law Research.
If Web sites are little to no help in your understanding of a state labor
law, consider consulting a lawyer, especially
to discover whether or not your employee
rights were violated under the law, or a related rule or regulation.
"State labor laws" are also available online for Puerto
Rico and the Virgin
Islands.
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