Virginia lawmakers advance pay transparency and salary history ban bills. Here’s what HB 636 and SB 215 mean for employers, hiring practices, and compliance risk.

Initial unemployment insurance claims in Virginia increased 71.2% in the first week of February, according to the state.

Virginia’s unemployment rate in May decreased by 0.2 percentage points to 2.9 percent, 0.4 percentage points above the rate from 2022. The Commonwealth’s unemployment rate is 0.8 percentage points ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alonzo Martinez reports on employment laws and trends in HR tech. The 2025 General Assembly session in Virginia brought a wave of ...

Governor Glenn Youngkin delivers State of the Commonwealth Address in Virginia 2023 Governor Glenn Youngkin announced today that Virginia’s nonfarm payroll employment rose by 1,200 jobs in May, ...

Virginia saw some economic growth in 2025, but it was slow compared with 2024, and statewide unemployment is expected to rise in 2026, according to Old Dominion University’s State of the Commonwealth ...

The Virginia Employment Commission announced Monday that a small increase in layoffs and discharges was reported in the Commonwealth for June 2023. The data comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ ...

The Emergency Committee on the Impacts of Federal Work Force and Funding Reductions met for the first time on Saturday. (Photo by Charlotte Rene Woods/Virginia Mercury) With federal government ...

NORFOLK, Va. — During the COVID-19 pandemic, many flaws were exposed at the Virginia Employment Commission — now, as thousands of federal employees are losing their jobs, I want to see what has ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — As the Trump administration continues to consider cuts to the federal government, Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-Virginia) is emphasizing that laid-off workers can find new opportunities ...