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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>68891</law_id><section_number>40.1-28.01</section_number><catch_line>Nondisclosure or confidentiality agreement; provisions regarding sexual assault or sexual harassment; condition of employment</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="40.1">Labor and Employment</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="3">Protection of Employees</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> No <span class="dictionary">employer</span> shall require an <span class="dictionary">employee</span> or a prospective <span class="dictionary">employee</span> to execute or renew any provision in a nondisclosure or confidentiality agreement, including any provision relating to nondisparagement, that has the purpose or effect of concealing the details relating to a claim of sexual <span class="dictionary">assault</span> pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Rape" href="/18.2-61/">18.2-61</a>, <a class="law" title="Forcible sodomy" href="/18.2-67.1/">18.2-67.1</a>, <a class="law" title="Aggravated sexual battery; penalty" href="/18.2-67.3/">18.2-67.3</a>, or <a class="law" title="Sexual battery" href="/18.2-67.4/">18.2-67.4</a> or a claim of sexual harassment as defined in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Sexual harassment training required; legislative branch" href="/30-129.4/">30-129.4</a> as a condition of employment. Any such provision is against public policy and is void and unenforceable. <a id="paragraph-249381" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/40.1-28.01/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> This section shall in no way limit other grounds that exist at <span class="dictionary">law</span> or in <span class="dictionary">equity</span> for the unenforceability of any such agreement or any provision of such agreement. <a id="paragraph-249382" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/40.1-28.01/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2019, c. 131; 2023, c. 511.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
