Virginia Employment Commission: VEC: Employer Services

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Post a Job / Find a Candidate

Post a Job or Find a Candidate on the Virginia Workforce Connection

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Tax Filing / Registration / Mass Claims

Employer Tax Filing/Registration:

Register a new business
File and pay Retail Sales, Use, or Employer withholding taxes with the Virginia Department of Taxation;
File and pay Unemployment Taxes with the Virginia Employment Commission.
NOTE: Due to the recession depleted trust fund, changes to tax rates, mandated by the Virginia Unemployment Compensation Act, have been made. Please click here for more details

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Mass Claims Filing:

File unemployment insurance claims and payments on behalf of your employees that experience either a permanent or temporary layoff.

This process is for EMPLOYER USE ONLY

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The Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) is a federal tax credit available to all private sector businesses. It was designed as an incentive to employers to hire individuals in certain targeted groups who consistently experience high rates of unemployment due to a variety of employment barriers.

Click here for detailed information about the WOTC program.

Trade Act

Trade Adjustment Assistance:

The TAA program is a federal program established under the Trade Act of 1974. The TAA Program provides aid to workers who lose their jobs or whose hours of work and wages are reduced as a result of increased imports.

The goal is to help such laid-off workers return to suitable employment as quickly as possible. TAA offers a variety of benefits and reemployment services to assist unemployed workers prepare for and obtain suitable employment. Workers may be eligible for training, job search and relocation allowances, income support and other reemployment services.

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Unemployment Insurance Info

Unemployment Insurance information:

Virginia Unemployment Compensation Act
- Major Legislative Changes
Precedent Decision Manual - Contains over 500 VEC and court cases that interpret the provisions of the VAUnemployment Compensation Act. This is a useful research tool especially for claimants, employers, attorneys and accountants.
- Guidance Documents - Case Decisions - In addition to the Precedent Decision Manual, the VEC has identified a number of case decisions that are frequently cited in its opinions, These case decisions have been designated as guidance documents, and are a useful supplement to the Precedent Decision Manual.
Unpublished Court of Appeals Opinions
An Analysis of the VA Unemployment Compensation System

Migrant Seasonal Farmworker Board

Migrant Seasonal Farmworker Board:

Virginia has both a Governor's Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers Advisory Board and an Interagency Migrant Worker Policy Committee, and VEC provides staff support to both, with the Commissioner serving as Committee Chair. In concert with the Board, the Committee reviews, coordinates, evaluates and addresses issues regarding the approximately 18,000 migrant and seasonal farmworkers who help tend Virginia's crops each year.

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Rural Services

Rural Services:

Rural Services assists agricultural employers through the National Agricultural Recruitment System and registers farm labor contractors (crew leaders) and their employees, as required by the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act.

For information and assistance in this area, please contact your nearest VEC Workforce Center or contact the VEC State Rural Services Unit at (804) 786-8714 or by FAX at (804) 786-6091.

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Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN Act) and Rapid Response Services: Effective July 1, 2007, the Governor's Office for Workforce Development assumed responsibility for the State Dislocated Worker Unit. All WARN Notices and requests for Rapid Response Assistance should be directed to Willie Blanton at (804) 225-3050, by FAX at (804) 786-8430, or by e-mail at willie.blanton@governor.virginia.gov.

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