National Origin Discrimination and the EEOC’s New Take on It

Virginia’s workforce is becoming increasingly diverse, and a key contributor to that demographic change is immigration. Unfortunately, as diversity increases, so do opportunities for national origin discrimination in...
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Key Provisions to Include in Employee Handbooks

For many Virginia employers and employees, the employee handbook is often treated as an onboarding formality — a “one look” document that neither party will likely ever revisit. But that approach is risky from an...
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Mandatory Reporting: When Employers Must Report Physicians to the Virginia Board of Medicine

As a highly regulated profession, employment decisions in healthcare are not always confined to the employer’s human resources department. In Virginia, as in most states, certain employment actions — like suspensions and...
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What Counts as “Wrongful” Termination?

Most employees in Virginia are considered “at will,” meaning that they are not covered by an employment contract and can be terminated at any time. As such, many employees may be surprised to learn that even under this...
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Virginia Noncompete Agreements: FAQs for Employers and Employees

Restrictive covenants, more commonly known in the employment law context as “noncompete agreements,” have become increasingly common in Virginia and throughout the country in recent decades. The backlash against them has...
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