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This law was first created in 2023. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 624<\/a> and 625<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":173655,"object_type":"law","relational_id":74611,"identifier":"2.2-2054","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/20.2\/4\/2.2-2054","url":"\/2.2-2054\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-2054\/","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/20.2\/4\/2.2-2054","dublin_core":{"Title":"Virginia State Job Service; cooperation with U.S. Employment Service agencies","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-2054","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Department<\/span> shall have all rights, powers, and duties with respect to the establishment, maintenance, and operation of free employment offices in the Commonwealth and shall possess, exercise, and perform the same through a division known as the Virginia State Job Service. The Department<\/span> through the division shall establish and maintain free public employment offices in such number and in such places as may be necessary for the proper administration of this chapter. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Department<\/span>, through the Virginia State Job Service, is designated as the state agency<\/span> and vested with all powers necessary to cooperate with the U.S. Employment Service in accordance with the terms and conditions expressed in 29 U.S.C. § 49 et seq. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The Department<\/span> may cooperate with or enter into agreements with the Railroad Retirement Board, or any other agency of the United States charged with the administration of an unemployment compensation law<\/span>, with respect to the maintenance and use of free employment service facilities. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> Chapter 13 of the Acts of Assembly of 1933 providing for cooperation between the Commonwealth and the U.S. Employment Service is, subject to the provisions of this article, continued in effect. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVIRGINIA STATE JOB SERVICE; COOPERATION WITH U.S. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE AGENCIES\n(\u00a7 2.2-2054)\n\nA. The Department shall have all rights, powers, and duties with respect to the\nestablishment, maintenance, and operation of free employment offices in the\nCommonwealth and shall possess, exercise, and perform the same through a\ndivision known as the Virginia State Job Service. The Department through the\ndivision shall establish and maintain free public employment offices in such\nnumber and in such places as may be necessary for the proper administration of\nthis chapter.\n\nB. The Department, through the Virginia State Job Service, is designated as the\nstate agency and vested with all powers necessary to cooperate with the U.S.\nEmployment Service in accordance with the terms and conditions expressed in 29\nU.S.C. § 49 et seq.\n\nC. The Department may cooperate with or enter into agreements with the Railroad\nRetirement Board, or any other agency of the United States charged with the\nadministration of an unemployment compensation law, with respect to the\nmaintenance and use of free employment service facilities.\n\nD. Chapter 13 of the Acts of Assembly of 1933 providing for cooperation between\nthe Commonwealth and the U.S. Employment Service is, subject to the provisions\nof this article, continued in effect.\n\nHISTORY: 2023, cc. 624, 625.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}