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2021 SESSION
HB 1754 Employer or other person; retaliatory discharge of employee prohibited.
Introduced by: Lee J. Carter | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Employment; retaliatory discharge of employee; Workers' Compensation. Prohibits an employer or other person from discharging or taking other retaliatory action against an employee if such action is motivated by the knowledge or belief that the employee has filed a claim or taken or intends to take certain actions under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act. Currently, retaliatory discharges are prohibited only if the employer discharges an employee solely because the employee has taken or intends to take such an action.
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HISTORY
- 12/16/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100702D
- 12/16/20 House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 01/14/21 House: Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1
- 01/19/21 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 3-N)
- 01/21/21 House: Reported from Labor and Commerce (13-Y 9-N)
- 01/22/21 House: Read first time
- 01/25/21 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/26/21 House: Read third time and passed House (55-Y 45-N)
- 01/26/21 House: VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N)
- 01/27/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/27/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/05/21 Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)