§ 40.1-58 Policy of article.
§ 40.1-58.1 Application of article to public employers and employees.
§ 40.1-59 Agreements or combinations declared unlawful.
§ 40.1-60 Employers not to require employees to become or remain members of union.
§ 40.1-61 Employers not to require abstention from membership or officeholding in union.
§ 40.1-62 Employer not to require payment of union dues, etc.
§ 40.1-63 Recovery by individual unlawfully denied employment.
§ 40.1-64 Application of article to contracts.
§ 40.1-65 Agreement or practice designed to cause employer to violate article declared illegal.
§ 40.1-66 Conduct causing violation of article illegal; peaceful solicitation to join union.
§ 40.1-67 Injunctive relief against violation; recovery of damages.
§ 40.1-68 Service of process on clerk of State Corporation Commission as attorney for union.
§ 40.1-69 Violation a misdemeanor.
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Terms Used In Virginia Code > Title 40.1 > Chapter 4 > Article 3 - Denial or Abridgement of Right to Work.

  • Commission: means the Safety and Health Codes Board. See Virginia Code 40.1-2
  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • corporation: shall include but not be limited to public employers, public employees and any representative of public employees in this Commonwealth. See Virginia Code 40.1-58.1
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Department: means the Department of Labor and Industry. See Virginia Code 40.1-2
  • Employee: means any person who, in consideration of wages, salaries or commissions, may be permitted, required or directed by any employer to engage in any employment directly or indirectly. See Virginia Code 40.1-2
  • 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
  • Person: includes any individual, corporation, partnership, association, cooperative, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, government, political subdivision, or any other legal or commercial entity and any successor, representative, agent, agency, or instrumentality thereof. See Virginia Code 1-230
  • Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
  • Process: includes subpoenas, the summons and complaint in a civil action, and process in statutory actions. See Virginia Code 1-237
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes any of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands. See Virginia Code 1-245