                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DISCRIMINATORY ACTIONS PROHIBITED (§ 40.1-33.2)

A. An employer shall not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against
an employee because such employee has filed any complaint or instituted or
caused to be instituted any proceeding under &#xA7; 40.1-29, or has testified or
is about to testify in any such proceeding.

B. Any employee who is discharged or in any other manner discriminated against
in a manner prohibited by this section may file a complaint with the
Commissioner, and the Commissioner, with the written and signed consent of an
employee, may institute proceedings on behalf of an employee for appropriate
remedies for such action, including reinstatement of the employee and recovering
lost wages and an additional amount equal to the lost wages as liquidated
damages.

HISTORY: 2020, cc. 950, 951, § 40.1-33.1.