Panel backs local option to protect building-service workers when contracts change hands
Jan 30, 2026
Jan 30, 2026
HB338 would authorize localities to adopt displaced-worker ordinances requiring notice, candidate lists and rehiring considerations when building-service contracts transfer; unions and workers provided extensive testimony and the subcommittee reported the substitute 4-2.
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Chair Lopez introduced House Bill 338 as a local-option measure that would allow Virginia localities to adopt displaced-worker protections for building-service employees when service contracts change hands.
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