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  2. Virginia Department of Labor and Industry - Wikipedia

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    The agency also administers child labor, minimum wage, and other labor laws. The Virginia Apprenticeship Council and the Safety and Health Codes Board are the advisory bodies formally constituted in the Code of Virginia which are affiliated with the agency. [7] The agency is currently led by Gary G. Pan, who has served as commissioner since ...

  3. National Apprenticeship Act - Wikipedia

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    To continue the work for the construction industry code authority in regard to apprenticeship programs, United States Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins established the Federal Committee on Apprenticeship. Composed of representatives from federal government agencies, Perkins tasked the committee to recommend federal policies regarding ...

  4. Apprenticeship in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Participation in work and job skill programs decreased an inmates likelihood of being recommitted by 8 to 12 years. [11] The three main types of re-entry apprenticeship programs are: "jobs in the prison setting, short term vocation training in prison, and short term assistance in the job search process upon release."

  5. Apprenticeship - Wikipedia

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    Apprenticeship is a system for training a new generation of practitioners of a trade or profession with on-the-job training and often some accompanying study (classroom work and reading). Apprenticeships may also enable practitioners to gain a license to practice in a regulated occupation.

  6. Code of Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Title page to the Code of 1819, formally titled The Revised Code of the Laws of Virginia. The Code of Virginia is the statutory law of the U.S. state of Virginia and consists of the codified legislation of the Virginia General Assembly. The 1950 Code of Virginia is the revision currently in force.

  7. Law of Virginia - Wikipedia

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    The foremost source of state law is the Constitution of Virginia.It provides the process for enacting all state legislation, as well as defining the powers of the state government and the basic rights of the people of Virginia.

  8. Black Codes (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The Black Codes, sometimes called the Black Laws, were laws which governed the conduct of African Americans (both free and freedmen).In 1832, James Kent wrote that "in most of the United States, there is a distinction in respect to political privileges, between free white persons and free colored persons of African blood; and in no part of the country do the latter, in point of fact ...

  9. Government of Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Other forms of local government are also provided by statute. [3] Virginia limits the authority of cities and counties to enact ordinances by what is known as the Dillon's Rule. Counties and cities may only pass laws expressly allowed by the state legislature or which are necessary to effect powers granted by the state. [4]