SB 1305 (McPike) fundamentally changes the way construction is done on public procurement projects and will raise the cost of construction. It creates an arbitrary restriction on the amount of work that may be subcontracted on a project and does not address the problem it...

During the 2020 Virginia General Assembly Session a bill was passed which created a series of laws related to Wage Theft. The law now places the burden of policing the issue on general contractors.   Further, the law now makes Virginia-based contractors responsible for...

The Paid Quarantine Leave bill (HB 5116 – Guzman) requires employers to provide eligible employees paid quarantine leave. The leave must be provided for any employee to seek medical care for a potential COVID-19 illness, to provide care for a family member, or because of a...

SB 1384 seeks to deliberately disadvantage certain companies using arbitration practices in the normal course of business by permitting local governments to require disclosure of such practices and to use this information as a preference against awarding procurement...