§ 621. Exceptions
(a) Nothing in this chapter prohibits a religious or political organization from requiring its employees to attend an employer-sponsored meeting or to participate in any communications with the employer or its agents or representatives, the primary purpose of which is to communicate the employer’s religious or political beliefs, practices, or tenets. (b) Nothing in this […]
§ 622. Remedy
Any aggrieved employee may enforce the provisions of this chapter by means of a civil action brought no later than ninety days after the date of the alleged violation. The court, in its discretion, may award actual economic damages, including attorneys’ fees and costs, or any other relief that the court deems proper. Nothing in […]
§ 613. Screening and selection of applicants
The Commissioner shall prescribe specific standards and procedures for the department’s screening and selection of applicants for the Youth Transitional Employment Program. The rules shall also provide for the interviewing of each applicant for the purpose of— (1) determining the applicant’s education and vocational skills and determining how those qualifications can best be utilized through […]
§ 614. Enrollment and assignment
(a) No individual may be enrolled in the Youth Transitional Employment Program for more than three years. (b) Enrollment in the Youth Transitional Employment Program shall not relieve any individual of obligations under the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 451 et seq.).
§ 615. Youth Transitional Employment Program
(a) (1) The Commissioner may make agreements with local agencies, organizations and private businesses for participation in the Youth Transitional Employment Program. The Youth Transitional Program shall be designed and administered so as to provide enrollees with vocational training and work experience. (2) Each participating agency, organization or private business shall provide to each enrollee […]
§ 616. Approval of employers programs
(a) (1) An employer may be paid its share under Title 33, Chapter 111, section 3092, Virgin Islands Code, on behalf of an eligible enrollee employed by such employer and participating in a program of transitional employment offered by that employer only if the program is approved under this section and in accordance with such […]
§ 617. Payments to employers
(a) The Commissioner shall make quarterly payments to an employer participating in an approved program of employment under this act. Subject to Title 33, Chapter 111, section 3092 of this code, the amount paid to an employer on behalf of an enrollee for any period of time shall be 50 percent of the product of: […]
§ 618. Short title
This chapter may be cited as the Worker Freedom Act.
§ 619. Definitions
For purposes of this chapter— (a) “Employee” means any person engaged in service to an employer in a business of the employer. (b) “Employer” means persons or entities engaged in business that has employees, including the local government and semi-autonomous agencies. (c) “Political matters” include political party affiliation or the decision to join or not […]
§ 620. Prohibitions
(a) No employer or employer’s agent, representative or designee may require its employees to attend an employer-sponsored meeting or participate in any communications with the employer or its agents or representatives for the purpose of communicating the employer’s opinion about religious or political matters. (b) No employer or employer’s agent, representative or designee may discharge, […]