Employment contracts; enforcement, applicable law. (SB226)

Introduced By

Sen. Chap Petersen (D-Fairfax)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Employment contracts; enforcement; applicable law. Provides that Virginia courts shall not enforce any provision of an employment contract if the provision is invalid or unenforceable under the laws of Commonwealth. The measure also provides that a choice-of-law provision in an employment contract that states that the laws of another state or other jurisdiction shall apply with regard to the interpretation or enforceability of a provision of the contract is void and unenforceable. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed

History

DateAction
01/03/2014Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14100392D
01/03/2014Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/15/2014Continued to 2015 in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)

Comments

Waldo Jaquith writes:

shall not enforce any provision of an employment contract if the provision is invalid or unenforceable under the laws of Commonwealth

...what?

I don't understand. Do we also need a law saying that this law shall be enforced as the law?