At-Will Health Check

A one-page checklist for Virginia employers. Virginia is an at-will state, but what you write down and what you say can change that. This list walks you through the three places the gaps usually hide: your offer letters, your handbook, and what your managers do in practice.

It's for owners and managers who hire, write policies, or make termination decisions. The five exceptions to at-will are summarized at the bottom, so you have them on the same page.

Have a recent offer letter, your current handbook, and your signed handbook acknowledgments handy. When you're done, you'll know which promises to take out, where your at-will language is missing, and what to check before the next termination.