Executive Summary:
On March 30, 2021, Governor Ralph Northam signed into law the Virginia Overtime Wage Act (VOWA), creating new wage and hour requirements for Virginia employers. Set to take effect July 1, 2021, the...more
While the Ninth Circuit’s recent decision in Bernstein v. Virgin America, Inc., et al., ___ F.3d ____, 2021 U.S. App. LEXIS 5197 (9th Cir. Feb. 23, 2021), gave some wins to the airlines, air carriers employing...more
3/15/2021
/ Airline Employees ,
Airlines ,
Aviation Industry ,
Class Action ,
Delta Airlines ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Labor Regulations ,
Non-Residents ,
Over-Time ,
Rest and Meal Break ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
United Airlines ,
Wage and Hour
On January 13, 2021, the Virginia Safety and Health Codes Board (VSHCB) approved a measure implementing permanent workplace safety measures in response to COVID-19....more
Executive Summary: In what Virginia Governor Ralph Northam described as a response to an “absence of federal guidelines,” Virginia became the first state in the U.S. to establish and implement emergency workplace safety...more
7/17/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Mandates ,
Health and Safety ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Notice Requirements ,
Personal Protective Equipment ,
Public Health ,
Risk Management ,
Sick Employees ,
Social Distancing ,
State Labor Laws ,
Workplace Safety
Executive Summary: The Virginia General Assembly took a number of employee-favorable actions in its 2020 Session and its Reconvened Session in April 2020, which will require employers to revise their employment policies and...more