{"id":899853,"date":"2022-04-19T15:18:53","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T21:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/?p=899853"},"modified":"2022-04-19T15:19:03","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T21:19:03","slug":"wage-theft-statutory-tweak-virginia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/wage-theft-statutory-tweak-virginia\/","title":{"rendered":"One More Statutory Tweak of Interest to VA Construction Pros"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Christopher G. Hill | Construction Law Musings<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

While I have focussed on the\u00a0recent \u201cpay if paid\u201d legislation<\/a>\u00a0in recent posts, the Virginia General Assembly has taken other action that is of interest to\u00a0those of us that represent construction professionals\u00a0in Virginia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One such action is yet another tweak to the so-called \u201cwage theft<\/a>\u201d statute that essentially made a general contractor the guarantor of all wage payments of its downstream construction partners.\u00a0 The\u00a0first of the tweaks to the statute passed in 2020\u00a0was to create a defense for a general contractor if it obtained a written certification of wage payment from its immediate downstream subcontractor.\u00a0 This year, the General Assembly expanded the protection provided by such certification to all subcontractors.\u00a0 In other words, any contractor or subcontractor can now protect itself from wage theft claims by the use of a certification that all wages were paid from its immediate downstream partner.\u00a0 The text of the changes\u00a0can be found here<\/a>. [note that the Governor has sent suggested grammatical amendments that did not affect the substance]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While I am fully behind the legislature adding these protections, I still find it interesting that it is only the construction industry that has been targeted.\u00a0 As I\u2019ve stated many times, I truly\u00a0enjoy representing construction professionals in Virginia\u00a0and cannot help but wonder why the requirement was not made more general.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Christopher G. Hill | Construction Law Musings While I have focussed on the\u00a0recent \u201cpay if paid\u201d legislation\u00a0in recent posts, the Virginia General Assembly has taken other action that is of interest to\u00a0those of us that represent construction professionals\u00a0in Virginia. One such action is yet another tweak to the so-called \u201cwage theft\u201d statute that essentially made… Continue reading One More Statutory Tweak of Interest to VA Construction Pros<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14],"tags":[9895,357,11665],"class_list":["post-899853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-construction-2","tag-advise-consult","tag-virginia","tag-wage-theft","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\nOne More Statutory Tweak of Interest to VA Construction Pros - 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