The Virginia minimum wage is increasing to $12.77 effective Jan. 1. A plan to move it to $15 in 2027 was vetoed by Gov.

(WFXR)- The Virginia Department of Labor and Industry announced a new minimum wage rate, effective January 1. The new rate will be $12.77, according to the department. Right now, the current minimum ...

The minimum wage in Virginia is set to increase from $12.41 to $12.77, effective January 1, 2026, according to the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry (DOLI). “Virginia’s Minimum Wage Act allows ...

Jessica Looman, newly named by Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger as Virginia’s next secretary of labor, previously led the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division under the Biden administration.

RICHMOND, Va. (WDBJ) - The Virginia minimum wage rate will increase to $12.77 effective January 1, 2026, in accordance with Virginia law, according to the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry ...

Jessica Looman, a former U.S. Department of Labor administrator, has been named Virginia's next secretary of labor under Gov.

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Virginia dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to 1,845 ...

This article summarizes the employment-related bills enacted this term by the Virginia Legislature. New laws in the Commonwealth address non-compete agreements, unemployment compensation, workplace ...