Yes! you must have a DBA "doing business as", This means you need to have a legal entity name for your moving labor business as well as a state and federal tax id number. Then you need to carry basic liability insurance that covers any damage that might occur by accident or otherwise to property you are moving. Finally, you will need Workman's compensation insurance to cover liability of any injury that might occur. If you operate a moving labor business without these basic requirements being met then you are breaking the law and subject to fines, penalty's, tax Levy's, and potential prosecution under the governing laws of your state . You also open yourself up to law suits possible seizures of your property, etc. if you choose to risk not meeting these requirement's.
Every state has it's own Department of Labor, which supervises companies and enforces the laws of employment in it's state. The US Department of Labor is the Federal Government and oversees the Federal laws regarding labor. Labor laws do differ from state in many issues, such as Child Labor laws (work permits, minimum age to enter the work force). This is the same type of separation of Federal and State power as the State Congress and Federal Congress.
which state did not have child labor laws in 1914?
No, see the link below for the US Dept. of Labor's state by state laws regarding child labor.
There is a website called hr.blr.com that is a host of various state labor laws. Also just going to google and typing in your state and labor laws you will find a lot of answers.
The laws vary slightly by state. However, most states do require that labor law posters are displayed in the workplace.
Utah
There are no state laws about labor unions except state employee unions. Federal law preempts state labor law.
To the best of my knowledge, every state has child labor laws. There are also federal child labor laws. To find Texas' child labor laws, google 'Texas statutes, labor code, chapter 51'
State and federal laws deal with employee representation, collective bargaining, and employer-union practices. These laws, the National Labor Relations Act, and related federal and state labor laws often make legal counsel necessary.
State child labor laws is less protective in New York. Also, the minimum wage is different in those 2 states.
According to the US Department of Labor, when federal and state labor laws conflict, the law that most benefits the employee the law that should be applied to the circumstances. That means that whenever both federal law and state law address the same issue, whichever law provides you the most protection is the one that will be applied to your situation.
Many companies are re-locating certain functions to countries with lower wage costs and ample labor supply. Manufacturing is moving to China, Call Centers are moving to India. HR departments must now be familiar with labor markets and laws around the world.