If you work for the Commonwealth of Virginia or one of its Counties, you have employment rights and ways to enforce those rights.
Virginiaย Stateย Grievanceย Process
The Virginia Department of Human Resource Management has a grievance process that Virginia state employees can use to protect their job rights. The process allows for informal resolution of workplace disputes through mediation, which is an informal process involving a neutral third party who helps the employee and the employer find common ground and amicably resolve their disagreements. Read more ยป
Virginiaย Countyย Grievanceย Process
If you are an employee of a county in Virginia, your county probably has a grievance procedure that you can use to challenge adverse employee actions. With few exceptions, each county has its own procedure which you can probably find through your countyโs Human Resources office or on-line. Your countyโs grievance procedure should tell you important information you need to know, such as whether you are entitled to use the grievance process and your and your agencyโs deadlines. The procedures will also tell you if you are entitled to have an attorney represent you in your grievance.
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Virginiaย Stateย Employeeย Whistleblowingย Rights
The Virginia State grievance procedure offers protections for state employees who are subjected to adverse personnel actions because of their whistleblowing activities. The procedure says that a personnel decision, such as termination or suspension without pay, cannot be based on โacts of retaliation for participating in the grievance process, complying with any law or reporting a violation of such law to a governmental authority, seeking to change any law before Congress or the General Assembly, reporting an incidence of fraud, abuse, or gross mismanagement, or exercising any right otherwise protected by law.โ Virginia Code ยง 2.2-3003. The employee has to file a grievance under the Virginia State grievance process within 30 days.
