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Home » US Law » 2019 US Virgin Islands Code » Title 24 - Labor » Chapter 20 - 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, […]

§ 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 […]