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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>59338</law_id><section_number>40.1-51.2:1</section_number><catch_line>Discrimination against employee for exercising rights prohibited</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>40.1-51.2:2</reference></referred_to_by><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="5">Safety Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>No person shall discharge or in any way discriminate against an <span class="dictionary">employee</span> because the <span class="dictionary">employee</span> has filed a safety or health complaint or has testified or otherwise acted to exercise rights under the safety and health provisions of this title for themselves or others.</p></section></text><history>1979, c. 354.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
