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This law was first created in 1977. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 330 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. Unfortunately, the 1977 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 6 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 1978, chapter 269; in 1986, chapter 480; in 1987, chapter 3; in 2003, chapters 534<\/a> and 555<\/a>; in 2005, chapter 1<\/a>; in 2011, chapters 748<\/a> and 751<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":63631,"section_number":"65.2-500","catch_line":"Compensation for total incapacity; computation of average wage; exclusion of AmeriCorps members, certain Food Stamp Employment and Training Program participants, and certain Temporary Assistance for Needy Families participants","order_by":null,"url":"\/65.2-500\/"},{"id":85307,"section_number":"65.2-502","catch_line":"Compensation for partial incapacity; exclusion of AmeriCorps members, certain Food Stamp Employment and Training Program participants, and certain Temporary Assistance for Needy Families participants","order_by":null,"url":"\/65.2-502\/"}],"permalink":{"id":267857,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56087,"identifier":"60.2-604","token":"60.2\/6\/2\/60.2-604","url":"\/60.2-604\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/60.2-604\/","token":"60.2\/6\/2\/60.2-604","dublin_core":{"Title":"Reduction of benefit amount by amount of pension","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 60.2-604","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The weekly benefit amount payable to an individual for any week which begins in a period for which such individual is receiving a governmental or other pension, retirement or retired pay, annuity, or any other similar periodic payment under a plan maintained or contributed to by a base period or chargeable employer based on the previous work of such individual, including payments received by such individual in accordance with \u00a7 65.2-500<\/a> or 65.2-502<\/a>, shall be reduced, but not below zero, by an amount equal to the amount of such pension, retirement or retired pay, annuity, or other payment, which is reasonably attributable to such week; however, in consideration of the employee’s contributions thereto, the weekly benefit amount payable to an individual for any week shall not be reduced by any amount of Social Security Act or Railroad Retirement Act retirement benefits received by such individual and attributable to such week.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREDUCTION OF BENEFIT AMOUNT BY AMOUNT OF PENSION (\u00a7 60.2-604)\n\nThe weekly benefit amount payable to an individual for any week which begins in\na period for which such individual is receiving a governmental or other pension,\nretirement or retired pay, annuity, or any other similar periodic payment under\na plan maintained or contributed to by a base period or chargeable employer\nbased on the previous work of such individual, including payments received by\nsuch individual in accordance with \u00a7 65.2-500 or 65.2-502, shall be reduced,\nbut not below zero, by an amount equal to the amount of such pension, retirement\nor retired pay, annuity, or other payment, which is reasonably attributable to\nsuch week; however, in consideration of the employee’s contributions\nthereto, the weekly benefit amount payable to an individual for any week shall\nnot be reduced by any amount of Social Security Act or Railroad Retirement Act\nretirement benefits received by such individual and attributable to such week.\n\nHISTORY: 1977, c. 330, \u00a7 60.1-48.1; 1978, c. 269; 1986, c. 480; 1987, c. 3;\n2003, cc. 534, 555; 2005, c. 1; 2011, cc. 748, 751.","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}}