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2025 Session of the Virginia General Assembly Roundup

Expansion of Restrictions on Non-Compete Agreements for “Low-Wage” Employees

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Virginia’s New “Vulnerable Victim” Law Increases Employers’ Potential for Vicarious Liability in Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Suits Against Employees

A new Virginia law, effective July 1, 2025, adds Section 8.01-42.6 to the Virginia Code to address employers’ vicarious liability for their employees’ tortious conduct in personal injury and wrongful

Beginning July 1, 2025, Virginia will provide even more protection to workers against the enforcement of noncompete agreements. Since 2020, Virginia law has prohibited employers from entering into, enforcing, or threatening to enforce a covenant not to compete against a “low-wage employee” (currently any employee earning less than $76,081 per

Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin has vetoed House Bill (HB) No. 2094, a bill that would have created a new regulatory framework for businesses that develop or use “high-risk” artificial intelligence (AI) systems in the Commonwealth. The High-Risk Artificial Intelligence Developer and Deployer Act (HB 2094) had passed the state legislature

Effective July 1, 2025, hospitals in Virginia will be required to establish a workplace violence incident reporting system pursuant to House Bill 2269. The system must “document, track, and analyze any incident of workplace violence reported” and the results must be used to “make improvements in preventing workplace violence.” The

On March 24, 2025, Governor Glenn Youngkin signed into law legislation that amends the threshold compensation level of a “low-wage employee” with whom the Commonwealth restricts employers from entering into agreements not to compete. Virginia currently prohibits employers from entering into, enforcing, or threatening to enforce non-compete agreements against “low-wage

On March 7, 2025, Virginia’s General Assembly passed House Bill (HB) 1919, requiring by January 1, 2027, any Virginia employer of one hundred or more employees to develop, implement, and maintain a workplace violence policy. The bill is currently awaiting Governor Glenn Youngkin’s signature.

Virginia has taken a step closer to becoming the second state (after Colorado) to enact comprehensive legislation addressing discrimination stemming from the use of artificial intelligence (AI), with the states taking different approaches to this emerging regulatory challenge. On February 12, 2025, the Virginia state senate passed the High-Risk Artificial

This session will provide an in-depth discussion of recent employment law developments and updates in 2024 impacting higher education institutions. We will discuss education-specific matters and compliance issues such as compensation, discrimination, accommodation and tenure, and how they may impact colleges and universities.

The Virginia General Assembly and Governor Glenn Youngkin enacted several bills taking effect on July 1, 2024, to (1) clarify the scope and administrative requirements of the Virginia Human Rights Act, (2) clarify the scope of employee protections and employer rights related to the use of cannabis oil, and (3)

Executive Summary: Three new Virginia employment laws become effective July 1, 2023, and Virginia employers must understand and comply with these new rules. Virginia employers will need to update employee handbooks and confidentiality agreements, as well as change certain personnel practices to address these new state requirements.