The Employment Law Chronicle

As a courtesy to Virginia employment lawyers and employers, The Employment Law Chronicle provides summaries and links to key business and employment law statutes. While the Virginia Conspiracy Act does not protect employment interests, it is often invoked in Virginia business litigation on allegations that a former employee conspired with a subsequent employer or others to injure the former employer's business interests.

Specifically, the Virginia Conspiracy Act provides for civil actions based on a conspiracy by two or more persons to injure a person or entity's business interests (not employment interests). In addition to injunctive relief, a prevailing plaintiff may recover treble damages (three-times the amount of damages), plus attorneys' fees and costs.

Key provisions of the Virginia Business Conspiracy Act follow:

Continue reading "Virginia Employment Law: Virginia Business Conspiracy Act, VA Code §§ 18.2-499 - 18.2-500" »

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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 public sites.

The Virginia Human Rights Act prohibits discrimination because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, age, marital status, or disability.

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As part of The Employment Law Chronicle's ongoing effort to chronicle workplace laws affecting employers in Virginia and the District of Columbia, please take note that Virginia Code Section 40.1-11.1, entitled "Employment of illegal immigrants," sanctions referral or employment of individuals who cannot document their eligibility to work in the United States, providing in part:

It shall be unlawful and constitute a Class 1 misdemeanor for any employer or any person acting as an agent for an employer, or any person who, for a fee, refers an alien who cannot provide documents indicating that he or she is legally eligible for employment in the United States for employment to an employer, or an officer, agent or representative of a labor organization to knowingly employ, continue to employ, or refer for employment any alien who cannot provide documents indicating that he or she is legally eligible for employment in the United States.

While the law does not require an employer to use an employment application, an employer who chooses to use an employment application must ask prospective employees if they are legally eligible to work in the United States.

To view the complete text of this statute, follow links to the Code of Virginia at this site.

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