{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/40.1-28.8.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/40.1-28.8.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/40.1-28.8.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/40.1-28.8.html"}],"law_id":74676,"edition_id":1,"section_id":74676,"structure_id":12778,"section_number":"40.1-28.8","catch_line":"Short title","history":"1975, c. 530.","full_text":"This article shall be known as the Virginia Minimum Wage Act.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":268428,"text":"This article shall be known as the Virginia Minimum Wage Act.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":12778,"edition_id":1,"name":"Virginia Minimum Wage Act","identifier":"1.1","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12777,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","permalink":{"id":219913,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12778,"identifier":"1.1","token":"40.1\/3\/1.1","url":"\/40.1\/3\/1.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12777,"edition_id":1,"name":"Protection of Employees","identifier":"3","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12776,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","permalink":{"id":219805,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12777,"identifier":"3","token":"40.1\/3","url":"\/40.1\/3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12776,"edition_id":1,"name":"Labor and Employment","identifier":"40.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","permalink":{"id":219723,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12776,"identifier":"40.1","token":"40.1","url":"\/40.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":63013,"structure_id":12778,"section_number":"40.1-28.10","catch_line":"Minimum wages","url":"\/40.1-28.10\/","token":"40.1\/3\/1.1\/40.1-28.10","metadata":false},{"id":53960,"structure_id":12778,"section_number":"40.1-28.11","catch_line":"Penalties","url":"\/40.1-28.11\/","token":"40.1\/3\/1.1\/40.1-28.11","metadata":false},{"id":56539,"structure_id":12778,"section_number":"40.1-28.12","catch_line":"Employee's remedies","url":"\/40.1-28.12\/","token":"40.1\/3\/1.1\/40.1-28.12","metadata":false},{"id":74676,"structure_id":12778,"section_number":"40.1-28.8","catch_line":"Short title","url":"\/40.1-28.8\/","token":"40.1\/3\/1.1\/40.1-28.8","metadata":false},{"id":77484,"structure_id":12778,"section_number":"40.1-28.9","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2030) Definitions; determining wage of tipped employee","url":"\/40.1-28.9\/","token":"40.1\/3\/1.1\/40.1-28.9","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":56539,"structure_id":12778,"section_number":"40.1-28.12","catch_line":"Employee's remedies","url":"\/40.1-28.12\/","token":"40.1\/3\/1.1\/40.1-28.12","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":77484,"structure_id":12778,"section_number":"40.1-28.9","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2030) Definitions; determining wage of tipped employee","url":"\/40.1-28.9\/","token":"40.1\/3\/1.1\/40.1-28.9","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/40.1-28.8\/","history_text":"<p>This law was first created in 1975. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 530 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1975 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":[{"id":87261,"section_number":"11-4.6","catch_line":"Required contract provisions in construction contracts","order_by":null,"url":"\/11-4.6\/"},{"id":82511,"section_number":"2.2-115","catch_line":"Commonwealth's Development Opportunity Fund","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-115\/"},{"id":70905,"section_number":"2.2-2240.3","catch_line":"Definitions; Virginia Jobs Investment Program and Fund; composition; general qualifications","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-2240.3\/"},{"id":73313,"section_number":"51.5-41","catch_line":"Discrimination against otherwise qualified persons with disabilities by employers prohibited","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.5-41\/"},{"id":56464,"section_number":"58.1-405.1","catch_line":"Eligibility of companies for apportionment modification; certification by the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-405.1\/"},{"id":57313,"section_number":"59.1-547","catch_line":"Enterprise zone job creation grants","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-547\/"},{"id":66782,"section_number":"62.1-132.3:2.2","catch_line":"Economic and Infrastructure Development Grant Program","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-132.3_2.2\/"},{"id":61424,"section_number":"62.1-132.3:2.3","catch_line":"International Trade Facility Grant Program","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-132.3_2.3\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":219927,"object_type":"law","relational_id":74676,"identifier":"40.1-28.8","token":"40.1\/3\/1.1\/40.1-28.8","url":"\/40.1-28.8\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/40.1-28.8\/","token":"40.1\/3\/1.1\/40.1-28.8","dublin_core":{"Title":"Short title","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 40.1-28.8","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>This article shall be known as the Virginia Minimum Wage Act.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSHORT TITLE (\u00a7 40.1-28.8)\n\nThis article shall be known as the Virginia Minimum Wage Act.\n\nHISTORY: 1975, c. 530.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}