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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0681\">681<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0682\">682<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":253153,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83893,"identifier":"58.1-1903","token":"58.1\/I\/19\/58.1-1903","url":"\/58.1-1903\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/58.1-1903\/","token":"58.1\/I\/19\/58.1-1903","dublin_core":{"Title":"Certain agreements prohibited","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 58.1-1903","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>No person shall require or request that an individual enter into an agreement or sign a document that results in the misclassification of the individual as an independent contractor or otherwise does not accurately reflect the relationship with the employer.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCERTAIN AGREEMENTS PROHIBITED (\u00a7 58.1-1903)\n\nNo person shall require or request that an individual enter into an agreement or\nsign a document that results in the misclassification of the individual as an\nindependent contractor or otherwise does not accurately reflect the relationship\nwith the employer.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, cc. 681, 682.","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}}