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Virginia Gap Pay Act: Special Overtime Rights for Fire Protection and Law Enforcement Employees

Virginia Gap Pay Act: Special Overtime Rights for Fire Protection and Law Enforcement Employees

by tcattorneynet | Feb 4, 2022 | Employment Law

The Virginia Gap Pay Act, VA Code § 9.1-700, et seq. (“VGPA”), provides that certain fire protection and law enforcement employees must be paid overtime compensation for time worked in the “gap.” The “gap” refers to the all hours of work between (a) the statutory...
Virginia Overtime Wage Act: A Handy Guide to Overtime Protections for Virginia Employees

Virginia Overtime Wage Act: A Handy Guide to Overtime Protections for Virginia Employees

by tcattorneynet | Dec 13, 2021 | Employment Law

The Virginia Overtime Wage Act (“VOWA”) requires employers to pay covered employees overtime compensation. In some ways, the VOWA is similar to the overtime provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. In other ways, including the calculation of overtime rates...
Virginia Anti-Blacklisting Law and Tortious Interference Claims: Protections for Former Employees Seeking New Employment

Virginia Anti-Blacklisting Law and Tortious Interference Claims: Protections for Former Employees Seeking New Employment

by tcattorneynet | Nov 12, 2021 | Employment Law

Virginia’s Anti-Blacklisting Law, VA Code § 40.1-27, generally prohibits employers from willfully or maliciously preventing or attempting to prevent a former employee from obtaining new employment. While the statute does not describe a private cause of action, the...
Virginia Medicinal Cannabis Oil Employment Law: Employment Protections for Medicinal Use

Virginia Medicinal Cannabis Oil Employment Law: Employment Protections for Medicinal Use

by tcattorneynet | Oct 18, 2021 | Employment Law

Virginia’s Medicinal Cannabis Oil Employment Law (MCOEL), VA Code § 40.1-27.4, generally prohibits employers from disciplining employees for engaging in lawful medicinal use of cannabis oil. The law, however, contains several exceptions that allow employers to...
Bowman Claims: Virginia Wrongful Termination in Violation of Public Policy

Bowman Claims: Virginia Wrongful Termination in Violation of Public Policy

by tcattorneynet | Sep 18, 2021 | Employment Law

Under Bowman v. State Bank of Keysville, 229 Va. 534, ​​331 S.E.2d 797 (1985), an at-will employee in Virginia may bring a common law claim of wrongful discharge if the employee’s termination violates Virginia’s public policy. While these types of claims...
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