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Virginia Veteran Preferential Hiring Law: Allowing Preference in Hiring and Promotion to Veterans or Spouses of Disabled Veterans

Virginia’s Veteran Preferential Hiring Law, Va. Code § 40.1-27.2 (“VPHL,” titled “Preference for veterans and spouses,”) allows employers to choose to grant preference in hiring and promotion to veterans or the spouses of disabled veterans.  Definition of Disabled Veteran The...
•April 19, 2023•
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Helix Energy v. Hewitt: Day Rates Do Not Meet the Salary-Basis Test Under the FLSA

In Helix Energy Sols. Grp., Inc. v. Hewitt, 143 S. Ct. 677 (2023), the Supreme Court held that the salary-basis test for certain exemptions to the Fair Labor Standards Act is not met when the employee at issue is paid a...
•April 19, 2023•
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Virginia Civil Air Patrol Leave Law: Protections for Employees Who Are Civil Air Patrol Volunteers

Virginia’s Civil Air Patrol Leave Law, Va. Code § 40.1-28.7:6 (“CAPLL,” titled “Employers to allow leave for volunteer members of Civil Air Patrol; civil remedy”), provides that employees who are volunteer members of the Civil Air Patrol are...
•February 17, 2023•
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EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc.: Title VII Gives Favored Treatment to Employees’ Religious Practices

In Equal Emp’t Opportunity Comm’n v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc., 575 U.S. 768 (2015), the Supreme Court held that to prove a religion-based disparate treatment claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a...
•February 17, 2023•
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Torres v. Texas Dep’t of Pub. Safety: States Do Not Have Sovereign Immunity Against Damages Claims for Servicemember Discrimination Under USERRA

In Torres v. Texas Dep’t of Pub. Safety, 142 S. Ct. 2455 (2022), the Supreme Court held that States do not have sovereign immunity against damages claims for servicemember employment discrimination in violation of the Uniformed Services Employment...
•January 11, 2023•
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Recent Articles

Virginia Veteran Preferential Hiring Law: Allowing Preference in Hiring and Promotion to Veterans or Spouses of Disabled Veterans
April 19, 2023
Helix Energy v. Hewitt: Day Rates Do Not Meet the Salary-Basis Test Under the FLSA
April 19, 2023
Virginia Civil Air Patrol Leave Law: Protections for Employees Who Are Civil Air Patrol Volunteers
February 17, 2023

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