Beginning July 1, 2025, healthcare employers in Virginia will be required to create workplace violence prevention plans or reporting systems. Employers must document, track, and analyze incidents of workplace violence and...more
Virginia is the most recent state to tighten restrictions on employment non-compete agreements. Governor Glenn Youngkin signed a bill expanding the definition of low-wage employees under the state’s existing prohibition on...more
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Prior to the passage of SB 548, Virginia was one of 25 states without an active work-sharing program. On April 22, 2020, Governor Ralph Northam enacted a new work-sharing program, which will permit employers to reduce...more
Employee misclassification is the focus of three new laws that passed in the Virginia General Assembly during its 2020 Session and signed by the Governor. One creates a private cause of action. Another prohibits retaliation...more
Clarifying months of confusion, the Virginia General Assembly has passed HB 689, effective July 1, 2020, requiring employers in Virginia to report on employees’ wage statements the number of hours worked during the pay period...more
On March 30, 2020, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam issued Executive Order Number 55, “Temporary Stay at Home Order Due to Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19).”
Pursuant to Executive Order No. 55 (The Order), all individuals in...more
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam has announced Executive Order Number Fifty-Three, putting into place temporary restrictions on restaurants, recreational, entertainment, gatherings, and non-essential retail business. The Order...more
The Virginia General Assembly has passed legislation that paves the way for Virginia counties, cities, and towns to adopt local ordinances or resolutions authorizing collective bargaining with labor unions on behalf of public...more
Virginia has become the fourth state (joining California, New Jersey, and New York) to define racial discrimination to include traits historically associated with race, such as hairstyles. The new Virginia law will go into...more
The Virginia Department of Labor and Industry (DOLI) has clarified that the requirement to provide employees with a detailed, written statement for each regular pay date applies to all employees, regardless of whether they...more
A new Virginia statute limits employers’ use of nondisclosure and confidentiality agreements with respect to “sexual assault” as a condition of employment.
Under the new law, “Nondisclosure or Confidentiality Agreements;...more
Beginning January 1, 2020, employers in Virginia must provide paystubs to employees on “each regular pay date.”
Currently, Virginia employers must provide only a written statement reflecting the employee’s gross wages and...more
On July 1, 2019, a new amendment to Virginia Code Section 8.01-413.1 will take effect. For the first time, all Virginia employers will be required to provide copies of employment records to employees upon written request....more