Minimum Wage, Virginia, State Labor Laws

Virginia Employment Laws: What Governor Youngkin Just Vetoed and Why It Matters

Sands Anderson PC on 3/28/2025

As the Virginia General Assembly reconvenes next week, employers and employees alike should take note of the recent employment-related legislation that was vetoed, substituted, or approved by Governor Glenn Youngkin. While a...more

Despite a Veto, Virginia Minimum Wage Will Increase in 2025

Williams Mullen on 10/18/2024

As you may recall from our earlier alert on the (few) upcoming changes to Virginia’s Employment Laws, several bills, including those designed to reenact scheduled increases to the minimum wage rate (HB 1 and SB 1), failed to...more

Virginia Legislature Makes Changes to Employment Law

Troutman Pepper Locke on 7/3/2023

During Virginia's 2023 legislative session, a number of changes impacting employment law were passed and signed into law by Governor Glenn Youngkin. Those laws will become effective July 1. The following briefly describes...more

Not half bad: New Virginia employment laws to take effect July 1

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 5/11/2023

The Virginia General Assembly has ended its 2023 legislative session, and it was a quieter year than some in the past. The new legislation that has been signed into law by Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) and that affects employers is...more

Virginia’s Legislative Session Concludes with a Handful of New Employment Laws

Littler on 4/19/2023

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

Move Over, California! A Summary Of New Employee-Friendly Laws In Virginia

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 12/30/2020

Until this year, most employers doing business in Virginia had to comply with very few employment laws beyond those at the federal level, and the overwhelming number of employment disputes in Virginia were resolved in federal...more