University of Richmond Law Review Volume 35 | Issue 3 Article 11 2001 Annual Survey of Virginia Law: Labor and Employment Law Thomas M. Winn III Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarship.richmond.edu/lawreview Part of the Labor and Employment Law Commons Recommended Citation Thomas M. Winn III, Annual Survey of Virginia Law: Labor and Employment Law, 35 U. Rich. L. Rev. 725 (2001). Available at: http://scholarship.richmond.edu/lawreview/vol35/iss3/11 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Law School Journals at UR Scholarship Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in University of Richmond Law Review by an authorized editor of UR Scholarship Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW Thomas M. Winn, 11I* I. INTRODUCTION This article discusses six areas of labor and employment law in which there was significant activity in Virginia's courts over the past year: (1) covenants not to compete and employee's fiduciary duties to employers; (2) the doctrine of respondeat superior; (3) negligent hiring, retention, and supervision; (4) wrongful dis- charge in violation of public policy; (5) workers' compensation ex- clusivity; and (6) employment agreements. Beyond the scope of this article are decisions rendered in other areas of law that affect the employment relationship, including defamation,' claims un- der Virginia's Occupational Safety and Health Act,2 public em- ployment claims,3 and unemployment compensation claims.4 * Principal, Woods, Rogers & Hazlegrove, P.L.C., Roanoke, Virginia. A.B., 1990, Duke University; J.D., 1993, University of Richmond School of Law, cum laude.