Proving Age Discrimination in Virginia

The American workforce is growing older. According to the Pew Research Center, the older workforce (aged 65 and above) has quadrupled in size since the mid-1980s. And while older adults tend to be healthier and have fewer...
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Virginia’s Expanded Noncompete Ban Now in Effect

If you’ve been paying any attention to labor market trends lately, you’ll likely have heard of noncompete agreements — a type of employment contract that generally prohibits the covered party from accepting employment...
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DOJ Releases Updated DEI Guidance: Here’s What You Need to Know

Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) polices in employment and academia have been a central focus of the second Trump administration’s civil rights enforcement efforts, including by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the...
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Understanding Dispute Resolution Clauses in Employment Contracts

If you’re lucky enough to have an employment contract (most employees aren’t), you probably paid the most attention to the most interesting clauses when reviewing it — salary, benefits, non-competes, etc. You probably...
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Pitfalls to Avoid in Employee Terminations

Virginia, like almost all other U.S. states, is an at-will employment jurisdiction, meaning that employers generally may terminate employees at any time and for any reason (or no reason). With such free rein, employers are...
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