                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

VALIDITY OF ARBITRATION AGREEMENT (§ 8.01-581.01)

A written agreement to submit any existing controversy to arbitration or a
provision in a written contract to submit to arbitration any controversy
thereafter arising between the parties is valid, enforceable and irrevocable,
except upon such grounds as exist at law or in equity for the revocation of any
contract. This article also applies to arbitration agreements between employers
and employees or between their respective representatives unless otherwise
provided in the agreement; provided, however, that nothing in this chapter shall
be construed to create any right to arbitration with respect to any controversy
regarding the employment or terms and conditions of employment of any officer or
employee of the Commonwealth.

HISTORY: 1986, c. 614.