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Virginia is poised to impose new limitations on the circumstances in which employers may restrict employees from working for a competitor or engaging in other competing business activities. As we reported in 2020, the Commonwealth first prohibited noncompete agreements for “low-wage” workers. Then as we reported in 2025, Virginia expanded those restrictions to prohibit noncompetes with employees who are entitled to overtime pay under the FLSA for any hours worked in excess of 40 hours in any one workweek (“non-exempt employees”).
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