Employers

A brief overview of the services provided by the Commission’s ADR Department, ADR FAQ answers practical questions about mediation, facilitation, and Rule 1.9 orientation sessions. It also contains the definition of ADR confidential documents, and explains the differences between them and sealed documents.

Information for employers regarding how to obtain coverage, coverage requirements, contractor and subcontractor issues as well as penalties for uninsured employers

Virginia’s Freedom of Information Act ensures that citizens of the Commonwealth and certain media members have ready access to public records that reside in the custody of public bodies, public officials and public employees and that they will be freely admitted to the meetings in which public bodies conduct the business of the people. The Act is also intended to promote a greater awareness by all persons of governmental activities, and to offer citizens every opportunity to witness the operations of government. (Code of Virginia, §2.2-3700.)

Information employers based outside of Virginia need to know as it relates to Virginia coverage requirements and work performed in Virginia

Regulation of the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission pertaining to Designated Representatives

Assists each insurance carrier licensed to write workers’ compensation coverage in the Commonwealth of Virginia, each employer certified as a self-insurer by the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission, and each group association licensed as a self-insurer by the state corporation commission to understand the requirements of designating and maintain representative in Virginia.

This is the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission chronological compensation benefits chart.

Rules that provide mandatory procedures for the filing of claims and applications and the resolution of disputes both informally and through hearings.