11.1 Introduction

• Library: Employment Law in Virginia (Virginia CLE) (2020 Ed.)

11.1 INTRODUCTION

In addition to federal and state statutory claims for discriminatory discharge and state common law claims for wrongful termination, there are a number of state tort claims that may be asserted by terminated employees.

The trend among federal courts in Virginia and elsewhere has been to return to the core meaning of employment discrimination laws by reading those federal statutes more strictly. An inevitable reaction to this narrow interpretation of federal employment law has been a...