Press Release
Tom Sawyer Contributes Virginia Chapter to New Employment Law Guide
January 23, 2012
Public relations contact: Bruce Buchanan (336) 728-7027
TYSONS CORNER, VA.—Womble Carlyle Labor and Employment attorney Thomas J. Sawyer has written the Virginia chapter of a new national book titled Employment at Will: A State-By State Guide.
The book provides a detailed, state-by-state analysis of causes of action for wrongful termination. The guide was prepared by the Employment at Will Subcommittee of the Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee of the ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law, and is being published by Bloomberg BNA. Employment at Will: A State-By-State Guide addresses the same topics for each state, allowing for easy state-to-state comparisons.
Of particular interest to Virginia attorneys, Sawyer discusses the public policy tort exception (Section IV) to the state’s employment at will law. Part of that discussion includes analysis of the Virginia General Assembly’s response to Virginia Supreme Court’s decision in the Lockhart case. In their response to the court, lawmakers amended the Virginia Human Rights Act to provide for an exclusive statutory remedy – in other words, there can be no common law-based wrongful discharge based on the public policy underlying the VHRA.
Click here for more information or to order Employment at Will: A State-By-State Guide.
Sawyer is the practice group leader of Womble Carlyle’s Labor and Employment Practice Group. His practice is focused on advising technology, government contracting, and other business clients on employee defection matters, including non-compete, non-solicitation, fiduciary duty, tortious interference, conspiracy, trade secret, and related unfair competition issues. He practices in the firm’s Northern Virginia office.
About Womble Carlyle
Womble Carlyle is a full-service business law firm with a focus on innovative solutions to client needs. The firm supports the Association of Corporate Counsel in the ACC Value Challenge, which seeks to better align legal services with the needs of corporate clients.
The firm serves clients nationally and globally with more than 550 attorneys in thirteen offices: Atlanta; Charleston and Greenville, S.C.; Charlotte, Greensboro, Raleigh, Research Triangle Park, and Winston-Salem, N.C.; Silicon Valley, Calif., Washington, D.C.; Tysons Corner, Va.; Baltimore; and Wilmington, Del.
In the community, the firm is the first law firm to receive the Thurgood Marshall College Fund Corporate Leadership Award as well as the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Freedom Award.
TYSONS CORNER, VA.—Womble Carlyle Labor and Employment attorney Thomas J. Sawyer has written the Virginia chapter of a new national book titled Employment at Will: A State-By State Guide.
The book provides a detailed, state-by-state analysis of causes of action for wrongful termination. The guide was prepared by the Employment at Will Subcommittee of the Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee of the ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law, and is being published by Bloomberg BNA. Employment at Will: A State-By-State Guide addresses the same topics for each state, allowing for easy state-to-state comparisons.
Of particular interest to Virginia attorneys, Sawyer discusses the public policy tort exception (Section IV) to the state’s employment at will law. Part of that discussion includes analysis of the Virginia General Assembly’s response to Virginia Supreme Court’s decision in the Lockhart case. In their response to the court, lawmakers amended the Virginia Human Rights Act to provide for an exclusive statutory remedy – in other words, there can be no common law-based wrongful discharge based on the public policy underlying the VHRA.
Click here for more information or to order Employment at Will: A State-By-State Guide.
Sawyer is the practice group leader of Womble Carlyle’s Labor and Employment Practice Group. His practice is focused on advising technology, government contracting, and other business clients on employee defection matters, including non-compete, non-solicitation, fiduciary duty, tortious interference, conspiracy, trade secret, and related unfair competition issues. He practices in the firm’s Northern Virginia office.
About Womble Carlyle
Womble Carlyle is a full-service business law firm with a focus on innovative solutions to client needs. The firm supports the Association of Corporate Counsel in the ACC Value Challenge, which seeks to better align legal services with the needs of corporate clients.
The firm serves clients nationally and globally with more than 550 attorneys in thirteen offices: Atlanta; Charleston and Greenville, S.C.; Charlotte, Greensboro, Raleigh, Research Triangle Park, and Winston-Salem, N.C.; Silicon Valley, Calif., Washington, D.C.; Tysons Corner, Va.; Baltimore; and Wilmington, Del.
In the community, the firm is the first law firm to receive the Thurgood Marshall College Fund Corporate Leadership Award as well as the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Freedom Award.