Live virtual HR training

HR Training in Richmond, VA

Live, instructor-led HR and compliance training for Richmond teams. Delivered 100% online and open to anyone in Virginia, plus in-person seats in Charlotte and Raleigh and private on-site delivery.

1,500+Learners trained / yr
HRCI & SHRMApproved provider
NationwideLive virtual, all 50 states

Why it matters here

HR training challenges facing Richmond teams

HR payroll math favors outside training in Richmond. The median HR specialist in the Richmond, VA area earns $79,340 a year and an HR manager $152,190 (BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, retrieved 2026-07-27). For most of the 6,530 employers in the city of Richmond (Census County Business Patterns, 2023, retrieved 2026-07-27), outside training costs a fraction of another hire.

68 yrs

An HR membership organization since 1958, with deep roots serving Virginia employers.

2.0%

Average monthly quits rate across Virginia in 2025 (BLS JOLTS state estimates, retrieved 2026-07-27). Supervisor skills decide who stays.

HRCI & SHRM

Most courses approved for recertification credit, with completion records.

How Richmond teams attend

Three ways to train your Richmond team

Live virtual HR training session on screen
Live virtual

Attend from anywhere in Richmond

Instructor-led online sessions, open to your whole team. No travel.

In-person HR training workshop with attendees
In person

Charlotte & Raleigh

In-person seats at our Carolinas training centers when you prefer a classroom.

Private on-site HR training for a team
Private on-site

We come to your team

Private delivery for your organization, live online or on-site.

Virginia employment context

HR compliance for Virginia employers

Virginia does not mandate harassment prevention training, but its discrimination law just got much broader. As of July 1, 2026, the Virginia Human Rights Act covers employers with 5 or more employees, down from 15, and workers now have 730 days to file with the Office of Civil Rights in the Attorney General’s office. Virginia employers also faced 2,767 EEOC charge receipts in fiscal year 2025 (EEOC Table E1b, FY 2025, retrieved 2026-07-27). A 5-person Richmond business now carries state discrimination exposure that used to start at 15 employees. Documented manager training is the practical response: it is the reasonable-care evidence courts look for under the federal Faragher and Ellerth decisions. Catapult delivers that documented training to Richmond teams live online, with completion records ready for your files.

Employment law guidance reviewed by Karol Dixon, Senior HR Advisor, and Cindy Satter, Senior HR Advisor, SHRM-SCP, PHR. See Catapult HR Advisors.

Sources: Virginia Human Rights Act (Va. Code Title 2.2, Ch. 39) · Virginia Attorney General, Office of Civil Rights · EEOC charge statistics, FY 2025

Provided for general information, not legal advice. Requirements change; confirm current obligations with the agency or qualified counsel.

Local industries

Training for Richmond’s key industries

Four sectors do most of the hiring around Richmond: Health Care, Administrative Services, Hospitality and Food Service and Professional Services together account for 62,230 of the city of Richmond’s 126,088 private-sector jobs (BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2025 annual averages, retrieved 2026-07-27). Their people problems differ, and so does the training that fixes them.

Professional Services

Average pay $135,723 in the city of Richmond (BLS QCEW, 2025). Contractor-heavy rosters raise classification questions most managers have never met.

Health Care

Average pay $74,989 in the city of Richmond (BLS QCEW, 2025). FMLA tracking and accommodation requests arrive daily, not annually.

Administrative Services

Average pay $64,356 in the city of Richmond (BLS QCEW, 2025). High-volume hiring keeps supervisors living in onboarding and documentation.

Hospitality & Food Service

Average pay $31,349 in the city of Richmond (BLS QCEW, 2025). New supervisors are always in the pipeline, and each one inherits real legal exposure.

Local roots

Serving Richmond, Virginia

Catapult supports employers across the independent city of Richmond with live online and private on-site HR training, from a team that has trained employers since 1958.

  • Live online sessions open to every employer in Richmond
  • Richmond is on Eastern Time: published session times are your local times, with no conversion to do
  • Same live course catalog and session dates available in every state

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HR professionals meeting in Richmond

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HR training in other Virginia cities

Live-virtual sessions are open statewide. Explore training for another Virginia city, or see every Virginia option.

Good to know

Richmond HR training questions

Is Richmond in a county for employment law purposes?

No. Richmond is an independent Virginia city, inside no county; a separate rural county of the same name lies 50 miles east. Employment rules do not change across that line: the Virginia Human Rights Act covers employers with 5 or more employees statewide, and the EEOC keeps a Richmond Local Office for federal charges.

Yes. Every public session runs live online, so a Richmond team joins the same class as attendees anywhere in the country. Times are posted in Eastern Time, and published session times are your local times, with no conversion to do. The only physical classrooms are in Charlotte and Raleigh, North Carolina.

The catalog covers leadership and management, harassment prevention, professional development, technology skills and HRCI and SHRM certification prep. Demand around Richmond concentrates where the jobs are: health care accounts for 26,348 jobs in the city of Richmond (BLS QCEW, 2025 annual averages), and its managers fill these courses.

Yes. Most Catapult courses carry HRCI and SHRM recertification credit, and both bodies run 3-year, 60-credit cycles, so regular attendance keeps HR professionals current without a year-end rush. Every attendee receives a completion record for their files.

Yes. Catapult delivers private training for Richmond organizations two ways: facilitators come to your site, or a live online session is reserved for your team, scheduled around your calendar and your time zone.

Train your Richmond team with confidence

Live online sessions open to Virginia, or private delivery built around your organization.