Virginia Employers:
Employment law developments continue to be red hot. In the last month, we have updated our followers on significant updates relating to non-competes, pay transparency, and paid family leave.
Since these updates, Virginia has enacted a statewide paid sick leave mandate, joining the continuously growing list of states and localities requiring employers to…
First in the South: Virginia Enacts Paid Family & Medical Leave
Virginia has become the first southern US state to enact a statewide paid family and medical leave (PFML) program. It joins roughly 15 total states + D.C. in enacting PFML.
The new program will kick off with contributions and benefit payments beginning in 2028…
While the federal administration has backed off of the FTC Non-Compete Ban rule, states continue to pass laws further restricting employers’ use of non-competes. Virginia and Wyoming have recently passed laws which will further limit non-competes starting as of July 1, 2025.
Virginia law already prohibits non-competes for “low wage” employees, which includes those earning below…
Effective July 1, 2023, Virginia will join many other jurisdictions by restricting the use of non-disclosure and non-disparagement provisions that would prohibit employees from disclosing sexual harassment that occurred in the workplace.
HB 1895 (legp604.exe) which Governor Youngkin signed on March 26, 2023, amends VA. Code § 40.1-28.01 to state that:
“No employer…
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