§ 40.1-28.10

Minimum wages

Every employer shall pay to each of his employees wages at a rate not less than the federal minimum wage and a training wage as prescribed by the U.S. Fair Labor Standards Act (29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq.).

History

1975, c. 530; 1976, c. 736; 1978, c. 371; 1980, c. 532; 1991, cc. 547, 596; 1997, c. 544.

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Court Decisions

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Amendment Attempts

HB539: Minimum wage; increase per hour. (failed)
SB480: Minimum wage; increase per hour. (failed)
HB1634: Minimum wage; increase amount thereof. (failed)
HB1651: Minimum wage; increase per hour. (failed)
HB1654: Minimum wage; increase from its current federally mandated level. (failed)
HB2004: Minimum wage; increase per hour. (failed)
HB2508: Minimum wage; increase per hour. (failed)
HB2849: Minimum wage; increase per hour. (failed)
HB2873: Minimum wage; increase per hour. (failed)
HB3054: Minimum wage; increases from its current federally mandated level. (failed)
SB1277: Minimum wage; increase per hour. (failed)
SB1327: Minimum wage; increase per hour. (failed)
SB766: Minimum wage; increase per hour. (failed)
HB32: Minimum wage; increases wage from its current federally mandated level. (failed)
HB536: Minimum wage; increases wage from its current federally mandated level. (failed)
SB590: Minimum wage; increases wage from its current federally mandated level. (failed)
HB1512: Minimum wage; increases to $15.15 per hour. (failed)
HB1654: Minimum wage; increases from its current federally mandated level to $8.00 per hour. (failed)
SB681: Minimum wage; increases from its current federally mandated level to $8.00 per hour. (failed)
SB704: Alternative local minimum wage; establishes procedure which wage may be imposed in any locality. (failed)
SB706: Minimum wage; increases from its current federally mandated level to $8.00 per hour. (failed)
HB1258: Minimum wage; increases wage from federally mandated level to $8.50 per hour. (failed)
HB597: Minimum wage; increases minimum wage from its current federally mandated level. (failed)
HB623: Minimum wage; increases minimum wage from its current federally mandated level. (failed)
HB995: Minimum wage; establishes a procedure by which a local alternative wage may be imposed. (failed)
SB129: Minimum wage; increases minimum wage from its current federally mandated level to $8.00 per hour. (failed)
SB668: Minimum wage. (failed)
SB88: Minimum wage; increases wage from its current federally mandated level to $8 per hour. (failed)
HB1444: Minimum wage; increases minimum wage from its current federally mandated level. (failed)
HB1771: Minimum wage. (failed)
HB2309: Minimum wage; increases wage to $11 per hour effective July 1, 2017. (failed)
SB785: Minimum wage; increases wage from its current level to $8.00 per hour effective July 1, 2017. (failed)
SB978: Minimum wage. (failed)
HB39: Minimum wage, local alternative; establishes procedure by which wage may be imposed in any locality. (failed)
HB518: Minimum wage; increases wage to $9 per hour effective July 1, 2018, etc. (failed)
HB715: Minimum wage; increases to $10.10 per hour effective January 1, 2019, etc. (failed)
SB240: Minimum wage; increases to $8.00 per hour effective July 1, 2018.
SB251: Minimum wage; increases to $10.00 per hour effective July 1, 2018, etc.
SB58: Minimum wage; increases wage from its current federally mandated level. (failed)
HB1850: Minimum wage; increases to $9.00 per hour effective July 1, 2019. (failed)
HB2157: Minimum wage; increases to $10.10 per hour effective January 1, 2020, etc. (failed)
HB2631: Minimum wage; local alternative. (failed)
SB1017: Minimum wage; increases to $8.00 per hour effective July 1, 2019. (failed)
SB1200: Minimum wage; increase to $10 per hour effective July 1, 2019. (failed)
HB325: Minimum wage; local alternative minimum wage. (failed)
HB395: Minimum wage; increases to $9.50 per hour effective January 1, 2021. (passed)
HB433: Minimum wage; increases to $9 per hour effective January 1, 2021.
HB615: Minimum wage; increases to $10.10 per hour effective January 1, 2021, etc.
SB7: Minimum wage; increases to $9.50 per hour effective January 1, 2021. (passed)
SB73: Minimum wage; increases to $10 per hour effective July 1, 2020, etc.
SB79: Minimum wage; tipped employees. (failed)
SB81: Minimum wage; increases to $9.75 per hour, effective July 1, 2020, etc.
SB816: Minimum wage; increases to $8.50 per hour on July 1, 2020, to $9.75 per hour on July 2, 2021.
HB2270: Minimum wage; effective dates of scheduled increases, report. (failed)
HB171: Minimum wage; removes certain provisions relating to increasing state wage. (failed)
HB296: Minimum wage; clarifies definition of wages. (failed)
HB320: Minimum wage; removes certain provisions relating to increasing state wage. (failed)
SB173: Minimum wage; removes certain provisions relating to increasing state wage. (failed)
HB1669: Minimum wage; payment to employees younger than the age of 18. (failed)
HB1924: Minimum wage; employees with disabilities. (passed)
HB1: Minimum wage; increases wage to $13.50 per hour effective January 1, 2025. (failed)
SB1: Minimum wage; increases wage to $13.50 per hour effective January 1, 2025. (failed)