AG Announces Formation of Worker Protection Unit

Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring announced the creation of a Worker Protection Unit that will focus on misclassification, payroll fraud, wage theft and other avenues of worker exploitation. “Misclassification, payroll fraud and wage theft are somewhat complicated terms, but at their simplest, they are all instances of business owners and managers stealing from their hardworking employees,” Herring said in a statement. “This new Worker Protection Unit is going to help root out cases of worker exploitation and wage theft and send a clear signal to Virginia wo...