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Workers' compensation — Virginia

Virginia’s workers’ compensation law is governed by the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Act. The act is intended to provide weekly wage benefits for workers injured at work who lose time from work. The act also allows for payment of healthcare expenses caused by the workplace injury and sets reimbursement paid to healthcare providers of those injured employees. There are special measures for the treatment of traumatic injuries or serious burns for any professional service rendered during an admission or transfer to a Level I or Level II trauma center or to a burn center. The act also provides for implements and devices that may be necessary for the injured employee, such as providing funds for the purchase of a suitably equipped automobile for an incapacitated employee if that expenditure is medically necessary.

The obligation of the employer to pay weekly wage benefits and healthcare benefits arises if the injury arises out of and in the course of the employee’s employment. The obligation exists regardless of fault; in other words, even if the employer is blameless, if the injury arose out of and in the course of the employee’s employment, the injury is a compensable injury.

This “no-fault” system...


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