If any provisions of this chapter are determined to be in nonconformity with federal statutes, as determined by the United States secretary of labor or his designee, the secretary, with the approval of the governor, is authorized to administer the state law to conform with any mandatory conformity provisions of the federal statutes until such time as the legislature meets in its next regular session and has an opportunity to amend the state law.
History: 1978 Comp., § 51-1-58, enacted by Laws 1993, ch. 209, § 8.