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Under federal law, all employers (including public, private, government and not-for–profit employers, and employment agencies) are required to report certain data about new employees...

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.

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...

Federal Court: Saying the N-Word to Two Black People Does Not Qualify as ‘Fighting Words’ Colin Kalmbacher © Provided by Law & Crime Front of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Flinging the n-word does not fall under the “fighting words” exception to the First Amendment, a federal court found on Tuesday. In the case stylized as U.S. v. Bartow, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit opined that the n-word is an “ugly racial epithet” and a “highly offe...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Virginia employers are at increased risk of class action wage litigation following passage of the Virginia Overtime Wage Act. “Previously, Virginia had been content to rely on the overtime pay requirements of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA),” note Kristina H. Vaquera and Shaun M. Bennett in a recent Jackson Lewis legal alert discussing the new statute, which Governor Ralph Northam signed into law on March 31, 2021. Li...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Ready or not, Virginia – on July 1, 2021, marijuana becomes fully legal for adults to use and possess in-state.[i] Virginia is now the 16th state to legalize cannabis for recreational purposes.[ii] More importantly, for Virginia employers, is that Virginia becomes the 13th state to expressly provide employment protections for medical marijuana cardholders[iii] by prohibiting employers from terminating, disciplining, or otherwise d...

OPINION: Magnolias and Mendacity  School Board and city officials need to seize the moment and embrace solutions rather than age-old slugfests when building new schools. Spring has arrived and the air is filled with pollen, the smells of magnolias and the sounds of Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney and Richmond Public School Superintendent Jason Kamras caterwauling in the wind.   They’re upset that a majority of School Board members voted April 12 to “have schools build schools.”  During a...

Commonwealth allocates $2.5M to localities for shelter upgrades Published Saturday, Apr. 24, 2021, 2:31 pm Join AFPs 100,000+ followers on Facebook Purchase a subscription to AFP Subscribe to AFP podcasts on iTunes and Spotify News, press releases, letters to the editor: augustafreepress2@gmail.com The Virginia Department of Emergency Management announced this week the award of $2.5 million for shelter upgrades and generators to 17 localities. The Virginia Emergency Shelter Upgrade Assistance...

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ARTICLE DATEARTICLE AUTHOR AUTHOR EMAIL April 08, 2021 Nearly all educational leaders begin their career as classroom teachers. With years of training and practice under their belts, teachers making the leap to education leader – think principals, division-level administrators, and even superintendents – are faced with an ever-expanding array of challenges that span across classrooms and school divisions. But they also find themselves working within a larger policy context, at bot...