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This law was first created in 1973. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 79 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1973 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":363470,"section_number":"40.1-55","catch_line":"Employee striking terminates, and becomes temporarily ineligible for, public employment","order_by":null,"url":"\/40.1-55\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1447441,"object_type":"law","relational_id":363476,"identifier":"40.1-58.1","token":"40.1\/4\/3\/40.1-58.1","url":"\/40.1-58.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/40.1-58.1\/","token":"40.1\/4\/3\/40.1-58.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Application of article to public employers and employees","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 40.1-58.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this article, the words, “person,” “persons,” “employer<\/span>,” “employees<\/span>,” “union,” “labor union,” “association,” “organization” and “corporation” shall include but not be limited to public employers<\/span>, public employees<\/span> and any representative of public employees<\/span> in this Commonwealth. The application of this article to public employers<\/span>, public employees<\/span> and their representatives shall not be construed as modifying in any way the application of \u00a7 40.1-55<\/a> to government employees<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAPPLICATION OF ARTICLE TO PUBLIC EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES (\u00a7 40.1-58.1)\n\nAs used in this article, the words, “person,” “persons,”\n“employer,” “employees,” “union,”\n“labor union,” “association,” “organization”\nand “corporation” shall include but not be limited to public\nemployers, public employees and any representative of public employees in this\nCommonwealth. The application of this article to public employers, public\nemployees and their representatives shall not be construed as modifying in any\nway the application of \u00a7 40.1-55 to government employees.\n\nHISTORY: 1973, c. 79.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}