                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DISCHARGE OF EMPLOYEE FOR EXERCISING RIGHTS PROHIBITED; CIVIL ACTION; RELIEF (§
65.2-308)

A. No employer or person shall discharge an employee solely because the employee
intends to file or has filed a claim under this title or has testified or is
about to testify in any proceeding under this title. The discharge of a person
who has filed a fraudulent claim is not a violation of this section.

B. The employee may bring an action in a circuit court having jurisdiction over
the employer or person who allegedly discharged the employee in violation of
this section. The court shall have jurisdiction, for cause shown, to restrain
violations and order appropriate relief, including actual damages and
attorney&#8217;s fees to successful claimants and the rehiring or reinstatement
of the employee, with back pay plus interest at the judgment rate as provided in
&#xA7; 6.2-302.

HISTORY: 1982, c. 327, § 65.1-40.1; 1986, c. 259; 1991, c. 355.