Since 1974, Virginia Law has prohibited private employers not covered by the federal Fair Labor Standards Act from discriminating on the basis of sex, when doing the same job under similar working conditions, except for seniority, merit system, productivity, or non-sex differences.
The Virginia Human Rights Act provides that conduct which violates any Virginia or federal statute or regulation governing discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, age, marital status, or disability shall be an “unlawful discriminatory practice”
Title VII of the federal Civil Rights Act prohibits employers with 15 or more employees from sex discrimination in areas of advertising, recruiting, hiring, promotion, compensation, benefits administration, and termination. A sex discrimination suit may be brought under both Virginia and federal law.