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Wages shall be deemed payable to an individual with respect to any week for which wages are due. An individual&#8217;s week of unemployment shall be deemed to commence only after his registration at an employment office, except as the Commission may by regulation otherwise prescribe.B\n\nNotwithstanding any other provisions of this title, no individual shall be deemed unemployed with respect to any week he earns less than his weekly benefit amount solely because he did not work on a legal holiday as defined in &#xA7; 2.2-3300.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":206394,"text":"An individual shall be deemed &#8220;unemployed&#8221; in any week during which he performs no services and with respect to which no wages are payable to him, or in any week of less than full-time work if the wages payable to him with respect to such week are less than the total of his weekly benefit amount and the income disregard amount specified in &#xA7; 60.2-603. Wages shall be deemed payable to an individual with respect to any week for which wages are due. An individual&#8217;s week of unemployment shall be deemed to commence only after his registration at an employment office, except as the Commission may by regulation otherwise prescribe.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":206395,"text":"Notwithstanding any other provisions of this title, no individual shall be deemed unemployed with respect to any week he earns less than his weekly benefit amount solely because he did not work on a legal holiday as defined in &#xA7; 2.2-3300.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A"}},"ancestry":[{"id":12925,"edition_id":1,"name":"Definitions","identifier":"2","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12883,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:02","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:02","permalink":{"id":267403,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12925,"identifier":"2","token":"60.2\/2","url":"\/60.2\/2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12883,"edition_id":1,"name":"Unemployment Compensation","identifier":"60.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:58","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:58","permalink":{"id":267273,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12883,"identifier":"60.2","token":"60.2","url":"\/60.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":57180,"structure_id":12925,"section_number":"60.2-200","catch_line":"Definitions generally","url":"\/60.2-200\/","token":"60.2\/2\/60.2-200","metadata":false},{"id":61777,"structure_id":12925,"section_number":"60.2-201","catch_line":"Agricultural labor","url":"\/60.2-201\/","token":"60.2\/2\/60.2-201","metadata":false},{"id":59739,"structure_id":12925,"section_number":"60.2-202","catch_line":"Annual payroll","url":"\/60.2-202\/","token":"60.2\/2\/60.2-202","metadata":false},{"id":81645,"structure_id":12925,"section_number":"60.2-203","catch_line":"Average annual payroll","url":"\/60.2-203\/","token":"60.2\/2\/60.2-203","metadata":false},{"id":59637,"structure_id":12925,"section_number":"60.2-204","catch_line":"Base period","url":"\/60.2-204\/","token":"60.2\/2\/60.2-204","metadata":false},{"id":61374,"structure_id":12925,"section_number":"60.2-205","catch_line":"Benefits","url":"\/60.2-205\/","token":"60.2\/2\/60.2-205","metadata":false},{"id":85915,"structure_id":12925,"section_number":"60.2-206","catch_line":"Benefit year","url":"\/60.2-206\/","token":"60.2\/2\/60.2-206","metadata":false},{"id":58757,"structure_id":12925,"section_number":"60.2-207","catch_line":"Calendar quarter","url":"\/60.2-207\/","token":"60.2\/2\/60.2-207","metadata":false},{"id":77948,"structure_id":12925,"section_number":"60.2-208","catch_line":"Commission","url":"\/60.2-208\/","token":"60.2\/2\/60.2-208","metadata":false},{"id":83057,"structure_id":12925,"section_number":"60.2-209","catch_line":"Taxes","url":"\/60.2-209\/","token":"60.2\/2\/60.2-209","metadata":false},{"id":76078,"structure_id":12925,"section_number":"60.2-210","catch_line":"Employer","url":"\/60.2-210\/","token":"60.2\/2\/60.2-210","metadata":false},{"id":56915,"structure_id":12925,"section_number":"60.2-211","catch_line":"Employing unit","url":"\/60.2-211\/","token":"60.2\/2\/60.2-211","metadata":false},{"id":54032,"structure_id":12925,"section_number":"60.2-212","catch_line":"Employment","url":"\/60.2-212\/","token":"60.2\/2\/60.2-212","metadata":false},{"id":79699,"structure_id":12925,"section_number":"60.2-212.1","catch_line":"Employment; 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It has been modified 7 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1954, chapter 203; in 1956, chapter 440; in 1968, chapter 738; in 1980, chapter 463; in 1986, chapter 480; in 1992, chapter 5; in 2025, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?251+ful+CHAP0515\">515<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":81021,"section_number":"2.2-3300","catch_line":"Legal holidays","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3300\/"},{"id":80045,"section_number":"60.2-603","catch_line":"Weekly benefit for unemployment; income disregard","order_by":null,"url":"\/60.2-603\/"}],"permalink":{"id":267517,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56363,"identifier":"60.2-226","token":"60.2\/2\/60.2-226","url":"\/60.2-226\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/60.2-226\/","token":"60.2\/2\/60.2-226","dublin_core":{"Title":"Unemployment","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 60.2-226","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> An individual shall be deemed &#8220;unemployed&#8221; in any week during which he performs no services and with respect to which no wages are payable to him, or in any week of less than full-time work if the wages payable to him with respect to such week are less than the total of his weekly benefit amount and the income disregard amount specified in &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Weekly benefit for unemployment; income disregard\" href=\"\/60.2-603\/\">60.2-603<\/a>. Wages shall be deemed payable to an individual with respect to any week for which wages are due. An individual&#8217;s week of unemployment shall be deemed to commence only after his registration at an employment office, except as the Commission may by regulation otherwise prescribe. <a id=\"paragraph-206394\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/60.2-226\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> Notwithstanding any other provisions of this title, no individual shall be deemed unemployed with respect to any week he earns less than his weekly benefit amount solely because he did not work on a legal holiday as defined in &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Legal holidays\" href=\"\/2.2-3300\/\">2.2-3300<\/a>. <a id=\"paragraph-206395\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/60.2-226\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nUNEMPLOYMENT (\u00a7 60.2-226)\n\nA. An individual shall be deemed &#8220;unemployed&#8221; in any week during\nwhich he performs no services and with respect to which no wages are payable to\nhim, or in any week of less than full-time work if the wages payable to him with\nrespect to such week are less than the total of his weekly benefit amount and\nthe income disregard amount specified in &#xA7; 60.2-603. Wages shall be deemed\npayable to an individual with respect to any week for which wages are due. An\nindividual&#8217;s week of unemployment shall be deemed to commence only after\nhis registration at an employment office, except as the Commission may by\nregulation otherwise prescribe.\n\nB. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this title, no individual shall be\ndeemed unemployed with respect to any week he earns less than his weekly benefit\namount solely because he did not work on a legal holiday as defined in &#xA7;\n2.2-3300.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 60-20; 1954, c. 203; 1956, c. 440; 1968, c. 738, \u00a7\n60.1-23; 1980, c. 463; 1986, c. 480; 1992, c. 5; 2025, c. 515.","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}}