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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — In an effort to improve workers’ rights, Virginia Democrats have introduced two bills during this year’s General Assembly session to allow all public employees at both the state ...

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

Learn about monopolistic state funds, government-operated insurance solutions required in some states to address workers' ...