As a courtesy to employers and employment lawyers, The Employment Law Chronicle provides links to the text of key Federal, Virginia, and District of Columbia labor and employment laws published on government sites.
In addition to setting restrictions on the amount of employee pay that can be garnished, the Virginia Wage Garnishment Law makes it illegal to fire an employee for being subjected to garnishment for a single debt.
As a courtesy to employers and employment lawyers, The Employment Law Chronicle provides links to the text of key Federal, Virginia, and District of Columbia labor and employment laws published on government sites.
The Virginia Wage Payment Law identifies requirements and restrictions on employee pay. Some of the topics covered by the wage payment law include the timing of employee pay periods; medium of wage payment; legality of wage withholdings, deductions or forfeitures; requirements for earnings statements; and payment of wages upon termination.
As a courtesy to employers and employment lawyers, The Employment Law Chronicle provides links to the text of key Federal, Virginia, and District of Columbia labor and employment laws published on government sites.
Like the federal Equal Pay Act and Title VII, the Virginia Equal Pay Act prohibits employers from paying males and females in the same establishment different wages for substantially similar work. As set forth below, the Virginia Equal Pay Act covers the limited group of employers who are not covered by the federal Equal Pay Act.
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As a courtesy to employers and employment lawyers, The Employment Law Chronicle provides the text or links to the text of key Federal, Virginia, and District of Columbia labor and employment laws published on government sites.
Below is the Virginia whistleblower law prohibiting wrongful termination or other discrimination of employees who report or testify about safety or health complaints:
VA Code § 40.1-51.2:1. Discrimination against employee for exercising rights prohibited.
No person shall discharge or in any way discriminate against an employee because the employee has filed a safety or health complaint or has testified or otherwise acted to exercise rights under the safety and health provisions of this title for themselves or others.
Section 40.1-51.2:2 of the Virginia Code provides the procedures and remedies for Virginia safety or health whistleblower claims.
As a courtesy to employers and employment lawyers, The Employment Law Chronicle provides the text or links to the text of key Federal, Virginia, and District of Columbia labor and employment laws published on government sites.
As set forth below, in Virginia, employers are limited in their ability to discharge employees for excessive absences due to illnesses or injuries that are compensable under Virginia's workers' compensation law.
As a courtesy to employers and employment lawyers, The Employment Law Chronicle provides links to the text of key Federal, Virginia, and District of Columbia labor and employment laws published on government sites.
Virginia law permits former employers to furnish information to prospective or current employers about a former employee if the former employer is not acting in bad faith. If, however, a former employer discloses knowingly false information, the employer will be subject to liability with the potential for punitive damages.
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As a courtesy to employers and employment lawyers, The Employment Law Chronicle provides links to the text of key Federal, Virginia, and District of Columbia labor and employment laws published on government sites.
Here is the text of the Virginia law prohibiting former employers from blacklisting former employees through false statements to prospective employers:
As a courtesy to employers and employment lawyers, The Employment Law Chronicle provides links to the text of key Federal, Virginia, and District of Columbia labor and employment laws published on government sites.
Title VII prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion or sex.
Here are answers to some frequently asked questions about Title VII:
WHAT IS TITLE VII?
Title VII is a federal law that prohibits employers and other covered entities from discriminating against an employee or job applicant because of the person's race, color, religion, sex or national origin. The Pregnancy Discrimination Act is incorporated into Title VII. Title VII also protects against retaliation and requires employers to make reasonable accommodations for religion.
WHAT TYPE OF EMPLOYER ACTS ARE ILLEGAL UNDER TITLE VII?
Title VII protects employees and applicants from discrimination in all terms, conditions or privileges of employment. For example, it is illegal to engage in sexual harassment or to harass an employee based on any other protected category, such as race, religion, or national origin. It is also illegal to discriminate in hiring, job advertisements, recruitment practices, tests, assignments, training opportunities, promotions, pay, benefits, discipline, discharge, employment referrals, breaks, leave, perks, or other terms, conditions or privileges of employment.
