Amanda Weaver advises clients on compliance with various state and federal employment laws, counsels individuals and employers as litigation arises and assists clients in connection with their business immigration issues. She helps clients maintain compliance with anti-discrimination laws such as the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, and Title VII, including advising clients on compliance with discrimination laws that pertain to the rapidly evolving area of gender identity and transgender/transitioning employees. Amanda also assists employers with compliance under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OSHA), and she advises employers on compliance with the requirements of the Family Medical Leave Act and National Labor Relations Act.
Amanda Weaver advises clients on compliance with various state and federal employment laws, counsels individuals and employers as litigation arises and assists clients in connection with their business immigration issues. She helps clients maintain compliance with anti-discrimination laws such as the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, and Title VII, including advising clients on compliance with discrimination laws that pertain to the rapidly evolving area of gender identity and transgender/transitioning employees. Amanda also assists employers with compliance under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OSHA), and she advises employers on compliance with the requirements of the Family Medical Leave Act and the National Labor Relations Act.
In addition, Amanda helps employers ensure compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) — including drafting FCRA-compliant disclosures and notices — and impending changes to overtime regulations. She regularly assists employers on compliance matters related to worker classification, paid sick leave laws and wage payment laws, including state wage payment laws and the Fair Labor Standards Act. Amanda also provides counsel related to human resource matters, including employee handbooks and policies, employment agreements, separation agreements and releases, restrictive covenants, personnel matters and I-9 compliance.
When employers face litigation, Amanda counsels them to help find and achieve the best solution. She advises clients in cases involving discrimination claims, FMLA claims, wage payment and misclassification claims, defamation claims, OSHA citations and EEOC charges of discrimination, among others.
Amanda assists clients with the cross-border movement of personnel and staffing needs and assists clients with obtaining business visas such as H-1B, L-1 and H-3 visas. She has helped to obtain “exceptional hardship” waivers on behalf of clients seeking business visas and/or green cards and O-1B artist visas for clients ranging from ballet dancers to commercial composers.
She is listed among the “Ones to Watch” by Best Lawyers® (2021) and among the "Legal Elite" from Virginia Business magazine (2019-present).
Amanda earned her J.D. from the University of Richmond School of Law, where she graduated magna cum laude and was a member of the University of Richmond Law Review, the Moot Court Board and the Trial Advocacy Board, as well as the McNeill Law Society. She also earned a B.A in Art History and German Studies from Duke University.
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01.28.2021
PODCAST: Employee Misclassification - Exploring the DOL New Final Rule and Its Impact on Employers
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01.08.2021
Department of Labor Issues Final Rule on Employee Misclassification
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12.01.2020
61 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named to Virginia Business Magazine’s Legal Elite for 2020
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08.20.2020
20 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named “Ones To Watch” by Best Lawyers®
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05.07.2020
35 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named to 2020 Virginia Super Lawyers List; 13 Named 2020 Rising Stars
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04.16.2020
OSHA Unveils COVID-19 Related Enforcement Plan
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04.08.2020
OSHA Unveils New Poster Aimed at Reducing Workplace Exposure to the Coronavirus
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04.03.2020
DOL Issues New Rule on COVID-19 Sick and Family Leave Pay
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03.13.2020
OSHA's Planning Guidance to Employers About Hardening Workplaces Against Coronavirus
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12.04.2019
55 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named to Virginia Business Magazine’s Legal Elite for 2019
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06.05.2019
Failure to File EEOC Charge Does Not Automatically Bar Title VII Claims, Supreme Court Says
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06.12.2018
Williams Mullen On Call - May 2018
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05.22.2018
Treating the Cause, Not the Symptom: How to Avoid 10 Employment-Related Liabilities in the Health Care Industry
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02.12.2018
Amanda Weaver Interviewed by Richmond Times-Dispatch About Workplace Romances
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07.05.2017
Geofencing and Geotracking: Navigating Legal and Privacy Concerns for Employers
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08.29.2016
Final Rule Implementing Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order Published
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07.18.2016
EEOC Revises Controversial Proposed Rule on Pay Data Collection
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07.07.2016
New Interim Rules Impose 78% Increase in Maximum Monetary Penalties Under OSHA
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12.16.2015
Earl Baggett and Amanda Weaver Published in Virginia Ship Repair Association Newsletter
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09.24.2015
An Emboldened Labor Board Continues to Expand Union and Employee Protections
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07.16.2015
Department of Labor Publishes Guidance on Employee Misclassification
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06.22.2015
Worker Misclassification – What Employers Need to Know in Light of New Enforcement Efforts
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05.12.2015
Virginia & North Carolina Launch New Initiatives on Misclassification of Employees as Independent Contractors
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04.10.2015
NLRB and SEC Impose Restrictions on Workplace Policies and Confidentiality Agreements
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09.10.2014
Worker Classification Task Force Established in Virginia
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06.27.2014
No Recess: Supreme Court Decision Invalidates Three 2012 NLRB Appointments and Narrows President’s Recess Appointment Powers
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06.09.2014
Williams Mullen Welcomes Labor and Employment Attorney Amanda Weaver
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06.03.2020
Employment Law During COVID - A Look at the FFCRA
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10.25.2018
The #MeToo Movement and What to Do and What Not to Do as an Employer
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07.25.2018
Concerning the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): What’s New?
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03.24.2018
Sexual Misconduct in the Workplace
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02.15.2017
Oh Baby—Pregnancy Discrimination and Accommodations in the Workplace
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11.16.2016
Addressing Gender Issues and Sexual Misconduct in the Workplace
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10.27.2015
Worker Misclassification - How to Avoid Tax and Employment Liability