Section 10. Definitions

The following words and terms when used in this chapter shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Act" means the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act, Title 65.2 (§ 65.2-100 et seq.) of the Code of Virginia.

"Aggregate annual payroll" means the sum of all payroll reported to the commission by PEOs.

"Agreement" means an agreement for professional employer services as "professional employer services" is defined in § 65.2-101 of the Code of Virginia.

"Calendar year" means a 12-month period beginning January 1 and ending December 31.

"Client company" means "client company" as defined in § 65.2-101 of the Code of Virginia.

"Coemployee" means "coemployee" as defined in § 65.2-101 of the Code of Virginia.

"Commission" means the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission.

"Electronic" or "electronically" means using a computer-based information input and handling system designated by the commission.

"File" or "filed" means received by the commission. Where a document is filed electronically, it shall be deemed received by the commission at the date and time it is first written to disk on the commission's computer or that of the commission's agent, unless the commission rejects the document.

"Identifying information" means information describing the PEO's place or places of business including street address, mailing address, and telephone numbers; the street address, mailing address, and telephone numbers of its representative designated pursuant to 16VAC30-100-20 C; and information describing the PEO's business form.

"Payroll" means gross amounts paid by a PEO to its coemployees in the Commonwealth of Virginia as compensation during the calendar year immediately preceding the year in which the assessment is calculated. Such gross amounts shall be equal to the sum of all items included in the NCCI definition of remuneration.

"PEO" means a professional employer organization as defined in § 65.2-101 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Volume 17, Issue 09, eff. February 14, 2001.

Statutory Authority

§§ 65.2-201 and 65.2-803.1 of the Code of Virginia.