Virginia employers’ costs for the workers’ compensation insurance that pays for lost wages and medical care when people are injured or killed on the job are coming down again in Virginia, the State ...

Virginia lawmakers can empower hundreds of thousands of state and local government workers to unionize and bargain collectively over wages, benefits, and working conditions. Doing so will help make ...

Virginia Lawyers Weekly is pleased to present the next group of honorees in our program recognizing the leading lawyers in a ...

Beginning January 1, 2026, the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission will enforce new civil penalties for self-insurers and insurance carriers who fail to make required reports under Code of ...

Injuries suffered by an employee on his way to work were compensable under the Workers’ Compensation Act as his employer provided the transportation that ferried him to and from jobsites, the Court of ...

Back injuries from lifting often come from simple tasks. You lift a box. You move a patient. You pull a pallet. Then you feel a snap, pull, or sharp pain. Sometimes the pain grows through the day ...

The Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission is a state agency that serves all who are employed in Virginia, helping navigate claims and resolve disputes under the commonwealth’s Workers’ ...

Workers' compensation rates are affected by several factors. Learn what workers' compensation covers, and how to calculate rates and meet requirements.