Wage and Hour, Virginia, Over-Time

Changes to Virginia’s Noncompete Statute

Troutman Pepper Locke on 5/13/2025

Effective July 1, new legislation will take effect in Virginia imposing further restrictions on the use of covenants not to compete and prohibiting their use for employees who are eligible to receive overtime pay under the...more

Cleaning Up Its Mess – the Virginia Assembly Ditches Virginia’s Overtime Wage Act

Woods Rogers on 4/29/2022

Well, that was fun! Last year, on July 1, 2021, the Virginia Overtime Wage Act (VOWA) went into effect, causing significant headaches for Virginia employers because it differed starkly from the federal Fair Labor Standards...more

Virginia Realigns Overtime Requirement with Federal FLSA

Littler on 4/14/2022

Virginia, historically reliant on the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to govern overtime obligations, passed its first stand-alone overtime law in March 2021. The Virginia Overtime Wage Act (VOWA), went into effect...more

Déjà Vu: Virginia Returns to FLSA Overtime Standards

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 4/14/2022

Overtime standards in Virginia will return to federal standards beginning July 1, 2022. On July 1, 2021, the Virginia Overtime Wage Act (VOWA) went into effect, significantly deviating the state’s overtime pay laws from...more

Virginia’s Republican Lawmakers Seek to Reverse State’s Overtime Wage Act

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 2/15/2022

In March 2021, then-Governor Ralph Northam (D), backed by a full Democratic majority in the General Assembly (Virginia’s legislative body), signed the Virginia Overtime Wage Act, greatly expanding the State’s overtime...more

Several Important Virginia Employment Laws Took Effect on July 1, 2021

Wiley Rein LLP on 7/2/2021

WHAT: Virginia enhanced legal protections for workers in the Commonwealth with several laws that took effect on July 1, 2021. Virginia Overtime Wage Act - Governor Ralph Northam signed the Virginia Overtime Wage Act, Va....more