Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP is pleased to announce that labor and employment attorneys Ryan Bates, Ryan Glasgow, and Alyson Brown have been recognized by their peers as members of Virginia Business magazine’s 2023 Legal Elite.

Virginia joined the list of states limiting employers’ ability to include confidentiality and non-disparagement provisions in employment agreements for matters related to sexual harassment.  But the law’s scope seems limited, and does not appear to apply to post-employment severance agreements.

A Virginia federal court last week dismissed a plaintiff’s hostile work environment claims because the plaintiff failed to check the “continuing action” box or specifically mention “harassment” or “hostile work environment” in her EEOC charge.