Code of Virginia
Title 60.2 - Unemployment Compensation

§ 60.2-108. The Commission; appointment, term of office and compensation of Commissioner - The Virginia Employment Commission shall consist of one Commissioner, who...

§ 60.2-109. Bond of Commissioner - The Commissioner shall be bonded in accordance with § 2.2-1840,...

§ 60.2-110. State Job Service and Unemployment Insurance Services Division - The Commission may establish two coordinate divisions: the Virginia State...

§ 60.2-111. Duties and powers of Commission; reporting requirements - A. It shall be the duty of the Commission to...

§ 60.2-112. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1999, cc. 840 and 855.

§ 60.2-113. Employment stabilization - The Commission shall take all necessary steps through its appropriate...

§ 60.2-113.1. Veterans Skills Database - A. The Commission, in cooperation with the Secretary of Commerce...

§ 60.2-114. Records and reports - A. Each employing unit shall keep true and accurate work...

§ 60.2-114.01. Furnishing information to consumer reporting agencies - A. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection A of § 60.2-114,...

§ 60.2-114.1. Repealed - Repealed by Act 2018, c. 457, cl. 1.

§ 60.2-115. State-federal cooperation - A. In the administration of this title, the Commission shall...

§ 60.2-116. Reciprocal agreements - A. Subject to the approval of the Governor, the Commission...

§ 60.2-117. Use of collections in financing administrative expenditures - If § 303 (a) (5) of Title III of the...

§ 60.2-118. Civil action to enforce title; actions on behalf of other states - A. In any civil action to enforce the provisions of...

§ 60.2-119. Criminal cases - All criminal actions for violation of any provision of this...

§ 60.2-120. Reimbursement of expenses of Office of Attorney General - The compensation of the assistant attorneys general, together with their...

§ 60.2-121. Violation of title or rule or regulation - Any person who willfully violates any provision of this title...

§ 60.2-121.1. Communications with parties - In any action commenced under this title, the Commission may,...

§ 60.2-121.2. Electronic submission of information; payments - A. Each employer subject to the provisions of this title...

§ 60.2-121.3. Unemployment Compensation Ombudsman; established; responsibilities - A. The Commission shall create the Office of the Unemployment...

§ 60.2-122. Limitation of fees - No individual claiming benefits shall be charged fees of any...

§ 60.2-123. Representation - Any individual or employing unit appearing before an officer of...

Chapter 2 - Definitions

§ 60.2-200. Definitions generally - As used in this title, unless the context clearly requires...

§ 60.2-201. Agricultural labor - A. The term "agricultural labor" includes all service performed: 1....

§ 60.2-202. Annual payroll - "Annual payroll" means the total amount of wages payable by...

§ 60.2-203. Average annual payroll - "Average annual payroll" means the average of the annual payrolls...

§ 60.2-204. Base period - "Base period" means the first four of the last five...

§ 60.2-205. Benefits - "Benefits" means the money payments payable to an individual, as...

§ 60.2-206. Benefit year - "Benefit year" with respect to any individual means a period...

§ 60.2-207. Calendar quarter - "Calendar quarter" means the period of three consecutive calendar months...

§ 60.2-208. Commission - "Commission" means the Virginia Employment Commission. Wherever in this Code,...

§ 60.2-209. Taxes - "Taxes" means the money imposed by and collectible under this...

§ 60.2-210. Employer - A. The term "employer" means any employing unit which: 1....

§ 60.2-211. Employing unit - A. "Employing unit" means any of the following which has...

§ 60.2-212. Employment - A. "Employment" means: 1. Any service including service in interstate...

§ 60.2-212.1. Employment; special exclusion - A. In the trucking industry, an owner-operator or lessee of...

§ 60.2-212.2. Obtaining a determination or opinion - If an employing unit is unsure of the status of...

§ 60.2-213. Employment with hospital, higher education, state, subdivision, or certain religious or charitable organizations - A. "Employment" includes: 1. Service performed by an individual (i)...

§ 60.2-214. Agricultural employment - A."Employment" includes service performed by an individual in agricultural labor...

§ 60.2-215. Domestic employment - "Employment" includes domestic service performed by an individual in a...

§ 60.2-216. Employment outside of United States - A. "Employment" includes any service of an individual who is...

§ 60.2-217. Employment within and without Commonwealth - A. The term "employment" shall include an individual's entire service,...

§ 60.2-218. Employment taxed by federal law - Notwithstanding any other provision of §§ 60.2-212 through 60.2-217 and...

§ 60.2-219. Services not included in term "employment." - The term "employment" shall not include: 1. Service performed in...

§ 60.2-220. Institution of higher education - "Institution of higher education," for the purposes of this title,...

§ 60.2-221. Hospital - "Hospital" means an institution as defined in §§ 32.1-123 and...

§ 60.2-222. Employment office - "Employment office" means a free public employment office, or branch...

§ 60.2-223. Fund - "Fund" means the Unemployment Compensation Fund established by this title,...

§ 60.2-224. Insured work - "Insured work" means employment for employers. Code 1950, § 60-17;...

§ 60.2-225. State - "State" refers to the Commonwealth of Virginia, including land or...

§ 60.2-226. Unemployment - A. An individual shall be deemed "unemployed" in any week...

§ 60.2-227. Unemployment Compensation Administration Fund - "Unemployment Compensation Administration Fund" means the Unemployment Compensation Administration Fund...

§ 60.2-228. American vessel and American aircraft - The term "American vessel" means any vessel documented or numbered...

§ 60.2-229. Wages - A. "Wages" means all remuneration paid, or which should have...

§ 60.2-230. Week - "Week" means calendar week, ending at midnight Saturday, or the...

§ 60.2-231. Certain federal acts and statutes defined - The following federal acts and laws as used in this...

Chapter 3 - Funds

§ 60.2-300. Fund continued; accounts maintained - The special fund established in the state treasury and known...

§ 60.2-301. Clearing account; payment to credit of federal Unemployment Trust Fund - All taxes and other moneys required by this title to...

§ 60.2-302. Benefit account; requisitions from federal Unemployment Trust Fund - Moneys shall be requisitioned from this Commonwealth's account in the...

§ 60.2-303. Moneys appropriated to Commission - All moneys paid into the state treasury and credited to...

§ 60.2-304. Disbursements by State Treasurer upon warrants of Comptroller - All payments and disbursements from the Unemployment Compensation Fund shall...

§ 60.2-305. Requisition or use of money credited to Commonwealth in Unemployment Trust Fund - A. 1. Money credited to the account of this Commonwealth...

§ 60.2-306. Fund continued; available to Commission - The special fund in the state treasury known as the...

§ 60.2-307. Moneys constituting fund - The fund shall consist of all moneys appropriated by this...

§ 60.2-308. Expenditures solely for cost of administration - A. All moneys in this fund shall be expended solely...

§ 60.2-309. Special employment service account - A special employment service account shall be maintained as a...

§ 60.2-310. Financing - The State Treasurer is authorized to receive all grants of...

§ 60.2-311. Replacing funds lost or expended for unnecessary purposes - The Commission is authorized and directed to replace in the...

§ 60.2-312. Disbursements by State Treasurer upon warrants of Comptroller - All payments and disbursements from the Unemployment Compensation Administration Fund...

§ 60.2-313. Expenses incurred by Auditor of Public Accounts, Comptroller and State Treasurer - All expenses incurred by the Auditor of Public Accounts in...

§ 60.2-314. Fund continued; interest and penalties paid into fund - The special fund in the state treasury known as the...

§ 60.2-315. Proper expenditures from fund - No part of the Special Unemployment Compensation Administration Fund shall...

§ 60.2-316. Disbursements by State Treasurer upon warrants of Comptroller - All payments and disbursements from the Special Unemployment Compensation Administration...

§ 60.2-317. Moneys in fund continuously available to Commission - The moneys in the Special Unemployment Compensation Administration Fund shall...

§ 60.2-318. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2004, c. 872.

Chapter 4 - Job Service

§ 60.2-400. Virginia State Job Service; cooperation with U.S. Employment Service agencies - A. The Commission shall have all rights, powers and duties...

§ 60.2-400.1. Human trafficking hotline; posted notice required - Within each employment office, the Commission shall post notice of...

§ 60.2-401. Financial literacy courses - The Commission, either by itself or in collaboration with workforce...

Chapter 5 - Taxation

§ 60.2-500. Determination with respect to whether employing unit is employer; whether services constitute employment; or whether business transfer is illegal - A. The Commission may, upon its own motion or upon...

§ 60.2-501. Financing of benefits to employees of nonprofit organizations - A. Benefits paid to employees of nonprofit organizations shall be...

§ 60.2-502. Bonding of nonprofit organizations - A. In the discretion of the Commission, any nonprofit organization...

§ 60.2-503. Authority to terminate elections - If any nonprofit organization is delinquent in making payments in...

§ 60.2-504. Allocation of benefit costs - If benefits paid to an individual are based on wages...

§ 60.2-505. Group accounts - A. Two or more employers that have become liable for...

§ 60.2-506. Financing of benefits to state employees - A. The Commonwealth of Virginia shall have the option to:...

§ 60.2-507. Financing of benefits to employees of governmental entities - A. Any governmental entity which is an employer by virtue...

§ 60.2-507.1. Financing of benefits to employees of Indian tribes - A. As used in this section, unless the context requires...

§ 60.2-508. Period of coverage generally; account required - Any employing unit which is or becomes an employer subject...

§ 60.2-509. Termination of coverage - A. Except as otherwise provided in this section and §...

§ 60.2-510. Election as to coverage - A. Any employing unit, not otherwise subject to this title,...

§ 60.2-511. How and when taxes payable - Taxes, as set forth in this and the succeeding article,...

§ 60.2-512. Requiring payroll and tax reports and payment of taxes - A. The Commission is hereby expressly authorized to require the...

§ 60.2-513. Failure of employing unit to file reports; assessment and amount of penalty - A. If any employing unit fails to file with the...

§ 60.2-514. Limitation on proceeding to establish liability for taxes - No suit or proceeding for the purpose of establishing liability...

§ 60.2-515. Amount of taxes; increase of rate - Each employer shall pay taxes equal to the following percentages...

§ 60.2-516. Taxes and payments in lieu of taxes not deducted from wages - Taxes imposed by this title and payments by employers in...

§ 60.2-517. How fractional part of cent computed - In the payment of any such taxes, a fractional part...

§ 60.2-518. False statements, etc., by employing units; failure to furnish reports, etc. - A. Any employing unit or any officer or agent of...

§ 60.2-519. Interest on past-due taxes - Taxes unpaid on the date on which they are due...

§ 60.2-519.1. Bad check charge - Any check submitted for payment of taxes due as prescribed...

§ 60.2-519.2. Service charge for payment of taxes by certain means - If the Commission accepts a form of payment by a...

§ 60.2-520. Taxes which accrued while employer was in armed forces - No interest shall be assessed against or collected from any...

§ 60.2-521. Collection by civil action; persons subject to civil actions; other remedies; compromise and adjustment - If, after notice, any employer defaults in any payment of...

§ 60.2-522. Injunction - When an unsatisfied execution has been returned by an officer,...

§ 60.2-523. Priorities under legal dissolutions or distributions - A. 1. In the event of any distribution of an...

§ 60.2-524. Refunds - A. If within three years after the date on which...

§ 60.2-525. Statement of employer's benefit charges and taxes - The Commission, by December 31 every year, shall provide every...

§ 60.2-526. General provisions - A. For each calendar year commencing after December 31, 1981,...

§ 60.2-527. Tax rate of certain foreign contractors - A. For each calendar year, the tax rate of each...

§ 60.2-528. Individual benefit charges - A. An individual's "benefit charges" shall be computed in the...

§ 60.2-528.1. Charging of benefits relating to certain overpayments; penalty for pattern of failure to respond to requests for information - A. As used in this section, unless the context requires...

§ 60.2-529. Employer's benefit charges - Any employer's benefit charges for a given calendar year shall...

§ 60.2-530. Benefit ratio - A. 1. The "benefit ratio" of each employer for a...

§ 60.2-531. Experience rating tax; table - Subject to the provisions of § 60.2-533, the experience rating...

§ 60.2-532. Pool cost charges - A. As of January 1 of each year, to all...

§ 60.2-533. Fund balance factor - A. As of July 1 of each calendar year, a...

§ 60.2-534. Tax rate defined - As used in this article "tax rate" means the tax...

§ 60.2-535. Employing unit acquiring business, etc., of another employing unit - A. Except as provided in subsection B, whenever any employing...

§ 60.2-536. Review of decision under § 60.2-535 - A. Any person aggrieved by a decision of the Commission...

§ 60.2-536.1. Transfers for the purpose of obtaining a lower unemployment compensation tax rate; assignment of rates - A. If an employer shall transfer any trade or business...

§ 60.2-536.2. Advisory opinion by the Commission - Upon application by an employer who is a party to...

§ 60.2-536.3. Violations; penalties - A. If a person knowingly transfers, or attempts to transfer,...

§ 60.2-536.4. Interpretation - The provisions of §§ 60.2-536.1 through 60.2-536.3 shall be interpreted...

§ 60.2-536.5. Definitions - As used in §§ 60.2-536.1 through 60.2-536.3, unless the context...

§ 60.2-537. Reduced tax rate permissible under federal amendment - Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 60.2-500 through 60.2-536, if §...

§ 60.2-538. Where employer's taxes are delinquent - Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 60.2-500 through 60.2-537, if on...

Chapter 6 - Benefits

§ 60.2-600. No assignment of benefits; exemptions - Any assignment, pledge or encumbrance of any right to benefits...

§ 60.2-601. Payment of benefits - All benefits shall be paid through public employment offices, in...

§ 60.2-602. Weekly benefit amount - A. Beginning July 6, 2008, for claims effective on or...

§ 60.2-603. Weekly benefit for unemployment - A. Each eligible individual who is unemployed in any week...

§ 60.2-604. Reduction of benefit amount by amount of pension - The weekly benefit amount payable to an individual for any...

§ 60.2-605. Benefit rights based on benefit year - Benefit rights of individuals shall be based solely upon the...

§ 60.2-606. Benefits when wages irregular - If the remuneration payable to an individual is not based...

§ 60.2-607. Maximum total benefit amounts - The maximum total amount of benefits payable to any individual...

§ 60.2-608. Child support intercept of unemployment benefits - A. Any individual filing a new claim for unemployment compensation...

§ 60.2-608.1. Deduction and withholding of federal income tax - A. For all payments made after December 31, 1996, federal...

§ 60.2-608.2. Withholding of benefits; food stamp overissuance - A. Any individual filing a new claim for unemployment compensation...

§ 60.2-609. Reciprocal arrangements with agencies of other states or federal government - A. 1. The Commission shall participate in any arrangements for...

§ 60.2-610. Extended benefits defined - A. As used in this article, unless the context clearly...

§ 60.2-611. Receipt of extended benefits - A. Except when the result would be inconsistent with the...

§ 60.2-612. Benefit eligibility conditions - A. An unemployed individual shall be eligible to receive benefits...

§ 60.2-612.1. (Effective January 1, 2023) Program integrity - A. In order to verify that an individual is eligible...

§ 60.2-613. Benefits not denied to individuals in training with approval of Commission - A. No otherwise eligible individual shall be denied benefits for...

§ 60.2-614. Service required during immediately preceding benefit year in which individual received benefits - No individual may receive benefits in a benefit year unless,...

§ 60.2-615. Benefits based on employment by state or political subdivision, certain hospitals, educational institutions and charitable, etc., organizations - Benefits based on service in employment defined in subsection A...

§ 60.2-616. Benefits based on services in connection with sports - Benefits based on services, substantially all of which consist of...

§ 60.2-617. Benefits denied to certain aliens - A. Benefits shall not be paid on the basis of...

§ 60.2-618. Disqualification for benefits - An individual shall be disqualified for benefits upon separation from...

§ 60.2-619. Determinations and decisions by deputy; appeals therefrom - A. 1. A representative designated by the Commission as a...

§ 60.2-620. Hearing and decision on appeal - A. Appeals filed under § 60.2-619 shall be heard by...

§ 60.2-621. Appeal tribunals - In order to hear and decide disputed claims expeditiously, the...

§ 60.2-622. Commission review - A. The Commission (i) may on its own motion affirm,...

§ 60.2-623. Procedure generally; confidentiality of information - A. The manner in which disputed claims shall be presented,...

§ 60.2-623.1. Party's recording of hearing - A. Any party to a compensation hearing of the Virginia...

§ 60.2-624. Witness expenses - Witnesses subpoenaed pursuant to this chapter shall be allowed expenses...

§ 60.2-625. Judicial review - A. Within thirty days after the decision of the Commission...

§ 60.2-626. Oaths and witnesses; subpoenas - In the discharge of the duties imposed by this title,...

§ 60.2-627. Failure to obey subpoenas; orders of court; penalty - A. In case of contumacy by, or refusal to obey...

§ 60.2-628. Protection against self-incrimination - No person shall be excused from attending and testifying or...

§ 60.2-629. Redetermination of claims - Notwithstanding any other provisions of this title, the Commission may,...

§ 60.2-630. Authority to set aside or vacate determinations and decisions - The Commission may, in its discretion, at any time before...

§ 60.2-631. Board of Review - A. The Commissioner, in his discretion, is hereby authorized to...

§ 60.2-632. False statements, etc., to obtain or increase benefits - Whoever makes a false statement or representation knowing it to...

§ 60.2-633. Receiving benefits to which not entitled - A. Any person who has received any sum as benefits...

§ 60.2-634. Receiving back pay after reinstatement - Whenever the Commission finds that a discharged employee has received...

§ 60.2-635. Deprivation of further benefits - Any person who has been finally convicted under this chapter...

§ 60.2-636. Penalty for fraudulent claim - A. Any person who has been disqualified for benefits under...

§ 60.2-637. Notice of penalties for false or misleading statements - A. The Commission shall provide to each claimant notices of...

Chapter 7 - Short-Time Compensation Program

§ 60.2-710. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2015, c. 709, cl. 2.

§ 60.2-711. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a...

§ 60.2-712. Application to participate in short-time compensation program - A. The Commission shall establish and implement a short-time compensation...

§ 60.2-713. Approval and disapproval of plan - The Commission shall approve or disapprove a work sharing plan...

§ 60.2-714. Effective date, duration, and modification of plan - A. A work sharing plan shall be effective on the...

§ 60.2-715. Eligibility for short-time compensation - A. An employee is eligible to receive short-time compensation under...

§ 60.2-716. Benefits - A. The short-time compensation weekly benefit amount shall be the...

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Title 60.2 - Unemployment Compensation