§ 65.2-103 Coverage of members of the Virginia National Guard or Virginia Defense Force during response to orders
A claim for workers’ compensation benefits shall be deemed to be in the course of employment with the Virginia National Guard or Virginia Defense Force for any member thereof who, reacting to an order to report received while he is outside an assigned shift or work location, undertakes in direct obedience to a lawful military order travel by the most expeditious route to his designated place of state active duty pursuant to §§ 44-54.4, 44-75.1, and 44-78.1. Nothing in this section shall prohibit an employer from using any defense otherwise available under this title.
History
This law was first created in 2005. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 223 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2011, chapters 572 and 586; in 2015, chapter 221.
2005, c. 223; 2011, cc. 572, 586; 2015, c. 221.