DGRead 22.04.01
Virginia Abandons ERA; Carelessly Lifting Mask Requirements May Invite Bias Claims; Virginia Jettisons COVID-19 Workplace Standard
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Virginia Abandons ERA; Carelessly Lifting Mask Requirements May Invite Bias Claims; Virginia Jettisons COVID-19 Workplace Standard
Virginia’s General Assembly 2022 session is now well underway, and the election result’s impacts on businesses is beginning to take shape. While the legislature has focused in large part the politically charged debates regarding parents’ rights regarding masks in schools and the need for masks during the pandemic, there have been other business-oriented bills that […]
In 2021, the Virginia General Assembly passed the Virginia Overtime Wage Act which expanded the state’s overtime requirements beyond those set forth in the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. This change in law increased the statute of limitations for bringing a claim, an important change in the calculation requirements for overtime pay, and new penalties […]
Divided government has sunk the chances for a regulated market to sell marijuana in the Old Dominion, at least for now. Last year when the General Assembly and the Governor’s mansion was controlled by the Democrat Party, Virginia took the historic step of legalizing marijuana. While the legalization is permanent, the mechanisms setup by the […]
General Assembly Punts on Commercial Pot Sales; Rocket Docket Update; General Assembly Guts 2021 Overtime Wage Act; Happy St. Patrick’s Day
The ADA: Impact of COVID-19; The Virginia House vs. Senate on the Sale of Marijuana: February Update; Virginia’s New Battle Over Minimum Wage
IMLA Webinar > The Americans with Disabilities Act Update: The Impact of COVID-19; ADA Claims on the Rise; COVID-19: Infection as a “Regarded As” Disability
Because There Might be “TROUBLE AHEAD AND TROUBLE BEHIND” the ADA Does Not Protect a Railroad Engineer from Having to Turn Over His Medical Records after a Positive Drug Test On January 14, 2022 the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a Railroad engineer did not comply with the ADA when he did not […]
By M. Jarrad Wright Last year, the Commonwealth of Virginia became the first state in the deep south to legalize marijuana. While legalization was relatively easy, regulating the manufacture and sale of marijuana is proving to be more difficult. The legalization law contained various plans for government agencies, tax schemes, and permitting that is to […]
Title I – Employee Rights and Employer Obligations “Regarded As” Disabled In EEOC v. Place, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals emphasized that under the “regarded as” prong of the definition of disability, an employer need not regard an employee as having an impairment that substantially limits a major life activity. All that is required […]
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