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Show _._._._._._._._.- _._._._._._ ... _._._._._.-._ ... - - - HIGHLIGHTS Minimum wage-34 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico have minimum wage laws in operation that apply to women; of these, 23 apply also to men. An additional 3 States have minimum wage laws applicable to women, but they are not currently in operation. Equal pay-25 States have equal pay laws; 5 States and the District of Columbia which have no equal pay laws have fair employment practices laws (D.C., police regulation) that prohibit discrimination in rate of payor compensation based on sex. Sex discrimination-10 States and the District of Columbia prohibit dis crimination in private employment based on sex. Hours of work-43 States and the District of Columbia regulate daily and/ or weekly working hours for women; 25 States and the District of Columbia set maximum hours of 8 a day, or 48 or less a week, or both. (See footnote 4, p. 238.) Nightwork-21 States and Puerto Rico prohibit and/or regulate the employ ment of adult women at night. (See footnote 4, p. 238.) Industrial homework-19 States and Puerto Rico have industrial homework laws or regulations. Employment before and after childbirth-6 States and Puerto Rico prohibit the employment of women immediately before and/or after childbirth. Occupational limitations-25 States prohibit the employment of adult women in specified occupations or industries or under certain working conditions considered hazardous or injurious to health. Jury duty-47 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico permit women to serve on all juries. Alabama, Mississippi, and South Carolina bar women from State juries. Women are eligible for Federal jury service in all jurisdictions by virtue of the 1957 Federal Civil Rights Act. Marriage laws-46 States require a premarital health examination for both applicants for a marriage license. Married women's rights-All States recognize a married woman's legal capacity to contract her personal services outside the home. Married women generally have control of their own earnings; however, in 5 .o] the 8 community-property States, the wife's earnings are under the complete control of the husband. . 226 |
