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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 480 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1972 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1982, chapter 134; in 1991, chapter 511.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":220625,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76519,"identifier":"40.1-81.1","token":"40.1\/5\/40.1-81.1","url":"\/40.1-81.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/40.1-81.1\/","token":"40.1\/5\/40.1-81.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Records to be kept by employers","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 40.1-81.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Every <span class=\"dictionary\">employer<\/span> employing <span class=\"dictionary\">minors<\/span> under sixteen years of age shall keep a time book or time cards or other appropriate records for such <span class=\"dictionary\">minor<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">employees<\/span> which shall show the beginning and ending time of work each day together with the amount of time designated as a free-from-duty meal period, which is deductible from the schedule of hours of work. 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The record for the preceding twelve months\nfor each such minor employee shall be kept on the premises for a period of\nthirty-six months from the date of the latest work period recorded for the minor\nemployee involved.\n\nHISTORY: 1972, c. 480; 1982, c. 134; 1991, c. 511.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}