General Provisions

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This is Article 1 of the Code of Virginia, titled “General Provisions.” It is part of Chapter 3 “Protection of Employees”, which is part of Title 40.1 “Labor and Employment”.

It’s comprised of the following 26 sections.

§ 40.1-22	Safety and Health Codes Commission continued as Safety and Health Codes Board
§ 40.1-22.1	Governor authorized to enter certain agreements
§ 40.1-23	Repealed
§ 40.1-26	Repealed
§ 40.1-27	Preventing employment by others of former employee
§ 40.1-27.1	Discharge of employee for absence due to work-related injury prohibited
§ 40.1-27.2	Preference for veterans and spouses
§ 40.1-27.3	Retaliatory action against employee prohibited
§ 40.1-27.4	Discipline for employee's medicinal use of cannabis oil prohibited
§ 40.1-28	Unlawful to require payment for medical examination as condition of employment
§ 40.1-28.01	Nondisclosure or confidentiality agreement; provisions regarding sexual assault or sexual harassment; condition of employment
§ 40.1-28.1	Repealed
§ 40.1-28.5	Repealed
§ 40.1-28.6	Equal pay irrespective of sex
§ 40.1-28.7	Repealed
§ 40.1-28.7:1	Genetic testing or genetic characteristics as a condition of employment
§ 40.1-28.7:10	Prohibited use of employee's social security number; civil penalty
§ 40.1-28.7:11	Veterans benefits and services poster
§ 40.1-28.7:2	Employers to allow crime victims leave to attend criminal proceedings
§ 40.1-28.7:3	Earned income tax credit; employer notice to employee
§ 40.1-28.7:4	Release of employee's personal identifying information
§ 40.1-28.7:5	Social media accounts of current and prospective employees
§ 40.1-28.7:6	Employers to allow leave for volunteer members of Civil Air Patrol; civil remedy
§ 40.1-28.7:7	Misclassification of workers
§ 40.1-28.7:8	Covenants not to compete prohibited; exceptions; civil penalty
§ 40.1-28.7:9	Limiting employees' sharing wage information with other persons prohibited; civil penalty