Virginia’s unemployment compensation statutes provide temporary compensation to those employees who become unemployment through no fault of their own. Virtually all Virginia employers are required by law to pay contributions in the form of a tax or “premium” to Virginia’s unemployment compensation fund (the fund). Monies from this fund are used to pay unemployment benefits to eligible employees. Most employers liable for Virginia unemployment taxes are also liable for the federal unemployment tax.
Virginia’s unemployment compensation program is administered by the Virginia Employment Commission. The Commission is responsible for processing unemployment insurance claims and appeals, determining employer tax rates and liability and processing employers’ quarterly reports and premium payments.
An employer’s contribution to the fund is based on experience ratings, which relate employer taxes to the cost of providing unemployment benefits to its employees. Employers who have fewer employees receiving unemployment benefits are subject to lower rates. Thus, it is to the employer’s benefit to contest those claims that are without merit.
Almost every employer in the state of Virginia is subject to the taxing provisions...
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