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2021 SESSION
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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HISTORY
- 01/10/20 House: Presented and ordered printed 20104443D
- 01/10/20 House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 01/28/20 House: Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1
- 02/04/20 House: Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2021 by voice vote
- 02/06/20 House: Continued to 2021 in Labor and Commerce by voice vote
- 12/04/20 House: Left in Labor and Commerce