Virginia Code 40.1-33.6: Retaliatory action prohibited.
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No employer shall discharge, discipline, threaten, discriminate against, or penalize an employee, or take other retaliatory action regarding an employee’s compensation, terms, conditions, location, or privileges of employment, because the employee (i) has requested or exercised the benefits provided for in this article or (ii) has alleged a violation of this article.
Terms Used In Virginia Code 40.1-33.6
- Employee: means a home health worker who works on average at least 20 hours per week or 90 hours per month. See Virginia Code 40.1-33.3
- Employer: means an individual, partnership, association, corporation, legal representative, receiver, trustee, or trustee in bankruptcy doing business in or operating within this Commonwealth who employs another to work for wages, salaries, or on commission and shall include any similar entity acting directly or indirectly in the interest of an employer in relation to an employee. See Virginia Code 40.1-2
2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 449.