Pay; Assignment of Wages; Sale of Merchandise to Employees

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This is Article 2 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Pay; Assignment of Wages; Sale of Merchandise to Employees.” It is part of Chapter 3 “Protection of Employees”, which is part of Title 40.1 “Labor and Employment”. It contains 10 laws.

It’s comprised of the following 10 sections.

§ 40.1-29	Time and medium of payment; withholding wages; written statement of earnings; agreement for forfeiture of wages; proceedings to enforce compliance; penalties
§ 40.1-29.1	Investigations of employers for nonpayment of wages
§ 40.1-29.2	Employer liability
§ 40.1-29.3	Overtime for certain employees
§ 40.1-30	Registration of certain nonresident employers with Department
§ 40.1-31	Assignment of wages and salaries; requirements
§ 40.1-32	Partial assignments invalid
§ 40.1-33	Certain assignments not affected
§ 40.1-33.1	Retaliatory actions prohibited; civil penalty
§ 40.1-33.2	Discriminatory actions prohibited