SB 655

Abstract

Unemployment compensation; electronic submission of information. Requires employers to electronically submit claim-related forms and separation information, as well as other information and electronic tax payments, upon the Virginia Employment Commission's request, unless the employer has received a waiver by the Commission. The bill requires the Commission to develop a plan to conduct a pilot program that would require a sample group of employers that employ 15 or more employees to proactively provide separation information, including the date of and reason for separation, to separated individuals and electronically to the Commission within seven days of the individual's separation from employment and to submit such plan to the Commission on Unemployment Compensation by January 1, 2023.

Unemployment compensation; electronic submission of information. Requires, upon the request of the Virginia Employment Commission, to submit information related to a claim including separation information through electronic means unless the employer has been granted a waiver by the Commission. The bill requires the Commission to develop a plan to conduct a pilot program that would require a sample group of employers that employ 15 or more employees to proactively provide separation information, including the date of and reason for separation, to separated individuals and electronically to the Commission within seven days of the individual's separation from employment and to submit such plan to the Commission on Unemployment Compensation by January 1, 2023.

Unemployment compensation; required writtennotice upon separation. Requires each employer to provide eachindividual who is separated from such employer a written notice that includes the individual's name and social security number, the employer'slegal name and unemployment tax account number, the reason for separation,and information on the individual's right to apply for unemploymentcompensation. The bill requires that such written notice be mailed to the individual's last known address or otherwise provided to theindividual within three days of the separation. The bill requiresthe Virginia Employment Commission to establish and make availablea sample form notice that an employer may use to comply with suchnotice requirement. The bill authorizes the Virginia Employment Commissionto request, at any time, that an employer submit information relatedto a claim including separation information through electronic meansunless the employer has been granted a waiver by the Commission.