Expansion of Restrictions on Non-Compete Agreements for “Low-Wage” Employees -
Virginia already prohibits employers from entering into, enforcing, or threatening to enforce non-compete agreements against “low-wage...more
8/4/2025
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Workplace Safety
Effective July 1, 2025, hospitals in Virginia will be required to establish a workplace violence incident reporting system pursuant to House Bill 2269. The system must “document, track, and analyze any incident of workplace...more
3/28/2025
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Hospitals ,
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Reporting Requirements ,
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Virginia ,
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Workplace Violence
The 2023 Virginia legislative session closed last month with substantially less activity than we have seen in recent years, in light of the politically divided government in the Commonwealth. The following briefly describes...more
4/19/2023
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Employee Rights ,
Employees ,
Labor Reform ,
Minimum Wage ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
Non-Disparagement Provisions ,
Sexual Harassment ,
State Labor Laws ,
Virginia ,
Wage and Hour
Nearly two years after enacting the first-in-the-nation permanent COVID-19 workplace safety and health standard, the Virginia Safety and Health Codes Board (the “Board”) has voted to rescind its COVID-19 standard. The...more