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The law creates a Public Employee Relations Board Enforcement Fund, financed by civil penalties paid by employers cited for labor violations to help pay for the added responsibilities for the state labor board.

It was civil, respectful and earnest — very Vermont and, as it should have been, lots of fun.

The Attorney General in California will be able to bring civil penalties of up to $1 million against companies who violate the new law.

I worked for them for 12 years as a civil servant.

They have raised fears of return to civil war.