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HB 1543 Minimum wage and workers' compensation; inmates as employees.

Introduced by: Lee J. Carter | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Minimum wage and workers' compensation; inmates as employees. Requires the entity that operates the correctional facility at which an inmate performs labor to be paid therefor at a rate not less than the Commonwealth's minimum wage. The measure also provides that, for purposes of the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act, an inmate is an employee of the entity operating the correctional facility where the inmate participates in any work program during his incarceration.


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