Being gainfully employed is cause for feeling great about life for many people. However, this joy is often short lived when the security of making a living and providing for one's family is on shaky ground. Currently the United States does not have a great track record for protecting workers. Many of the state governments differ in their applications of the laws that do exist as opposed to federal government. In many instances, state laws …showed first 75 words of 2009 total…

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