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2022 SESSION

22100717D
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 11
Offered January 12, 2022
Prefiled January 10, 2022
Requesting the Workers' Compensation Commission to study a prohibition on charging workers' compensation premiums on bonus pay, vacations, and holidays. Report.
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Patron-- Marshall
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Referred to Committee on Rules
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WHEREAS, it is the duty of the Workers' Compensation Commission to administer the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act, certain workers' compensation premiums may be assessed toward bonus pay, vacations, and holidays; and

WHEREAS, the objectives of the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act would be best served by a prohibition on charging workers' compensation premiums on bonus pay, vacations, and holidays; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the Workers' Compensation Commission be requested to study a prohibition on charging workers' compensation premiums on bonus pay, vacations, and holidays.

In conducting its study, the Workers' Compensation Commission shall consider (i) the amounts of such premiums assessed toward bonus pay, vacation time, or holiday time; (ii) the effect that such prohibition would have on the general fund of the state treasury and the administrative fund of the Workers' Compensation Act; and (iii) whether the objectives of the Workers' Compensation Act would best be served by forgoing or prohibiting the charging of workers' compensation premiums on bonus pay, vacation time, or holiday time.

All agencies of the Commonwealth shall provide assistance to the Workers' Compensation Commission for this study, upon request.

The Workers' Compensation Commission shall complete its meetings by December 1, 2022, and shall submit to the Governor and the General Assembly an executive summary and a report of its findings and recommendations for publication as a House or Senate document. The executive summary and report shall be submitted as provided in the procedures of the Division of Legislative Automated Systems for the processing of legislative documents and reports no later than the first day of the 2023 Regular Session of the General Assembly and shall be posted on the General Assembly's website.