By the time the Virginia General Assembly wrapped up its 45-day legislative session earlier this year, more than 3,000 bills had been introduced and over half of them were passed and signed into state law.
These laws covered everything from sexual harassment and abortion to LGBTQ issues, wage equity, and small business financing.
Per Virginia state code, virtually all of the laws enacted during the session are set to take effect on July 1, so let’s take a look at six that could have economic implications on the lives of Virginians, boosting their wages, giving them more rights on the job, and a whole lot more.
House Bill (HB) 1924 has to do with minimum wage requirements for people with disabilities.
Currently, a section of the Fair Labor Standards Act, which was enacted in 1938, allows employers to pay employees impacted by a physical, developmental, cognitive, mental, or age-related disability lower than the minimum wage. The national average for workers being paid subminimum wage is just $3.34 an hour, according to a 2020 report from the US Commission on Civil Rights.
House Bill 1924 will phase out this sub-standard minimum wage in Virginia and will dovetail with the Disability Innovation Fund grant that was awarded to the commonwealth last year. Together, HB 1924 and the grant will transition...
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