Effective July 1, 2021 Virginia employers became subject to a new state overtime law: the Virginia Overtime Wage Act (VOWA) that makes overtime violations and employee misclassifications more costly for employers than the...more
Under federal law, all employers (including public, private, government and not-for–profit employers, and employment agencies) are required to report certain data about new employees hired within 20 days of the employee...more
Effective July 1, 2020, Virginia’s employment laws are substantially changing to provide broader protections to employees in many areas. We previously summarized the Virginia Values Act (VVA), which goes into effect on July...more
Effective July 1, 2020, Virginia’s employment laws are substantially changing to provide broader protections to employees in many areas. We previously summarized the Virginia Values Act (VVA) here which goes into effect on...more
On April 11, 2020, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed into law the Virginia Values Act (VVA), which will subject employers with more than five employees to state claims for discrimination with increased damages. The new...more