The Virginia Overtime Wage Act (VOWA), Va. Code § 40.1-29.2, becomes effective July 1, 2021, and will significantly alter employers’ wage and hour obligations in Virginia. At first.
Virginia Overtime Wage Act VOWA, becomes effective July 1, 2021, and will alter employers’ wage & hour obligations in Virginia. At first glance, VOWA appears to track federal law under Fair Labor Standards Act FLSA, but differs in method to calculate regular rate of pay, statute of limitations
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.
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The Virginia Overtime Wage Act imposes a state law obligation to pay overtime and expands upon the federal Fair Labor Standards Act in several important areas.
NEW LEGAL LANDSCAPE
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam recently signed into law the Virginia Overtime Wage Act (the Act), which becomes effective on July 1, 2021. Prior to the Act’s passage, Virginia did not have a state law governing overtime payments, and employees were left to rely solely on the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
Like the FLSA, the Act requires employers to pay overtime-eligible employees paid on an hourly basis at the rate of one and one-half times the employee’s regular rate for all hours worked in excess of 40 in a workweek. The Act also authorizes collective actions “consistent with the collective action procedures of the Fair Labor Standards Act.” Importantly, however, the Act differs from the FLSA in several key respects inclu