Virginia
Minimum wage: $12.41 · Right-to-work state
Overtime rules
Federal weekly rule only (1.5x over 40 hrs/week)
Federal law is the floor everywhere: 1.5x your regular rate for every hour past 40 in a workweek. Where state law pays more, the state rule wins.
Run the numbers for your weekLabor board contact
Virginia Dept. of Labor and Industry, Labor & Employment Law
Federal option: US DOL Wage and Hour complaint · 1-866-487-9243
Union rights here
Virginia is a right-to-work state. A union still has to represent every worker in the bargaining unit, but no one can be required to pay dues or fees as a condition of employment. Unions here depend on workers choosing to join.
Private-sector organizing is governed by the National Labor Relations Act and enforced by the NLRB. Public employees (state, city, school, transit) are covered by Virginia state law instead, which sets its own bargaining rules.
It is illegal for your employer to fire, cut hours, or threaten you for talking with coworkers about pay or organizing.
Organizing help
Minimum wage and rule details change. Confirm current figures with Virginia Dept. of Labor and Industry, Labor & Employment Law before relying on them.