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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>363470</law_id><section_number>40.1-55</section_number><catch_line>Employee striking terminates, and becomes temporarily ineligible for, public employment</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>40.1-58.1</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="89" identifier="40.1">Labor and Employment</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="7" identifier="4">Labor Unions, Strikes, Etc</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Strikes by Government Employees</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">employee</span> of the Commonwealth, or of any county, city, town or other political subdivision thereof, or of any agency of any one of them, who, in concert with two or more other such <span class="dictionary">employees</span>, for the purpose of obstructing, impeding or suspending any activity or operation of his employing agency or any other governmental agency, strikes or willfully refuses to perform the duties of his employment shall, by such action, be deemed to have terminated his employment and shall thereafter be ineligible for employment in any position or capacity during the next 12 months by the Commonwealth, or any county, city, town or other political subdivision of the Commonwealth, or by any <span class="dictionary">department</span> or agency of any of them. <a id="paragraph-1354561" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/40.1-55/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The provisions of subsection A shall apply to any <span class="dictionary">employee</span> of any county, city, or town or local school <span class="dictionary">board</span> without regard to any local <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> or resolution adopted pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Collective bargaining" href="/40.1-57.2/">40.1-57.2</a> by such county, city, or town or school <span class="dictionary">board</span> that authorizes its <span class="dictionary">employees</span> to engage in collective bargaining. <a id="paragraph-1354562" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/40.1-55/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 40-65; 1970, c. 321; 2020, cc. 1209, 1276.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
