Virginia Bans Non-Competes for Certain Employees
Effective July 1, 2020, Virginia will ban non-competes for employees who make less than the average weekly wage. The law states:
“No employer shall enter into, enforce, or threaten to enforce a covenant not to compete with any low-wage employee.”
The term “low-wage employee” is defined as:
An employee whose average weekly earnings, calculated by dividing the employee’s earnings during the period of . . .