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Jul. 3rd, 2004 02:49 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theweaselkingCome Thursday, Virginia businesses are scheduled to fall back under the regulation of "blue laws" that originally were set aside in the 1980s.
Under those laws, employers couldn't force employees to work on Sundays, and non-management workers would be required to take one day off a week, according to the state Chamber of Commerce.
The problem came about because state legislators attempting finally to remove the old laws from the books goofed, only completing half the job. They left the actual laws, but repealed later amendments that nullified the law and others that listed businesses and government agencies that were exempt.
State Sen. Fred Quayle, R-Chesapeake, sponsored the clean-up bill. Now chamber officials are scrambling to let businesses know what will happen, although they have hope that Gov. Mark Warner will figure out a way out by Thursday.
State chamber officials realized only last week that Quayle's bill was flawed.
Quayle did not return phone calls.
Under those laws, employers couldn't force employees to work on Sundays, and non-management workers would be required to take one day off a week, according to the state Chamber of Commerce.
The problem came about because state legislators attempting finally to remove the old laws from the books goofed, only completing half the job. They left the actual laws, but repealed later amendments that nullified the law and others that listed businesses and government agencies that were exempt.
State Sen. Fred Quayle, R-Chesapeake, sponsored the clean-up bill. Now chamber officials are scrambling to let businesses know what will happen, although they have hope that Gov. Mark Warner will figure out a way out by Thursday.
State chamber officials realized only last week that Quayle's bill was flawed.
Quayle did not return phone calls.
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Date: 2004-07-05 04:30 pm (UTC)