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Such regulations need not conform to common law or statutory rules of evidence and other technical rules of procedure. A full and complete record shall be kept of all proceedings in connection with a disputed claim. All testimony at any hearing upon a disputed claim shall be recorded, but need not be transcribed unless the disputed claim is further appealed and a timely request for a hearing before the Commission has been made in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Commission. In lieu of providing a transcript, and with the consent of all parties who participated in the hearing, the Commission may provide a digital or other electronic recording of the testimony taken at any hearing, which recording may be transmitted in any medium provided that the recording is protected from unauthorized interception by reasonable security measures.B\n\nInformation furnished the Commission under the provisions of this chapter shall not be published or be open to public inspection, other than to public employees in the performance of their public duties. Neither such information, nor any determination or decision rendered under the provisions of § 60.2-619, 60.2-620 or 60.2-622, shall be used in any judicial or administrative proceeding other than one arising out of the provisions of this title; however, the Commission shall make its records about a claimant available to the Workers’ Compensation Commission if it requests such records. The Commission may also, in its discretion, furnish copies of the transcript of hearings to any party.C\n\nNotwithstanding the provisions of subsection B, the Commission shall, on a reimbursable basis, furnish wage and unemployment compensation information contained in its records to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and Virginia’s child support enforcement agency for their use as necessary for the purposes of the National Directory of New Hires established under § 453 (i) of the Social Security Act.D\n\nNotwithstanding the provisions of subsection B, the Commission shall, upon written request, furnish any agency or political subdivision of the Commonwealth such information as it may require for the purpose of collecting fines, penalties, and costs owed to the Commonwealth or its political subdivisions. Such information shall not be published or used in any administrative or judicial proceeding, except in matters arising out of the collection of fines, penalties, and costs owed to the Commonwealth or its political subdivisions.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":278000,"text":"The manner in which disputed claims shall be presented, reports required from the claimant and from employers, the conduct of hearings and appeals before any deputy, appeals examiner, or the Commission, and transcripts prepared shall be in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Commission for determining the rights of the parties. Such regulations need not conform to common law or statutory rules of evidence and other technical rules of procedure. A full and complete record shall be kept of all proceedings in connection with a disputed claim. All testimony at any hearing upon a disputed claim shall be recorded, but need not be transcribed unless the disputed claim is further appealed and a timely request for a hearing before the Commission has been made in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Commission. In lieu of providing a transcript, and with the consent of all parties who participated in the hearing, the Commission may provide a digital or other electronic recording of the testimony taken at any hearing, which recording may be transmitted in any medium provided that the recording is protected from unauthorized interception by reasonable security measures.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":278001,"text":"Information furnished the Commission under the provisions of this chapter shall not be published or be open to public inspection, other than to public employees in the performance of their public duties. Neither such information, nor any determination or decision rendered under the provisions of § 60.2-619, 60.2-620 or 60.2-622, shall be used in any judicial or administrative proceeding other than one arising out of the provisions of this title; however, the Commission shall make its records about a claimant available to the Workers’ Compensation Commission if it requests such records. The Commission may also, in its discretion, furnish copies of the transcript of hearings to any party.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":278002,"text":"Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection B, the Commission shall, on a reimbursable basis, furnish wage and unemployment compensation information contained in its records to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and Virginia’s child support enforcement agency for their use as necessary for the purposes of the National Directory of New Hires established under § 453 (i) of the Social Security Act.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B","next_prefix":"D"},"3":{"id":278003,"text":"Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection B, the Commission shall, upon written request, furnish any agency or political subdivision of the Commonwealth such information as it may require for the purpose of collecting fines, penalties, and costs owed to the Commonwealth or its political subdivisions. Such information shall not be published or used in any administrative or judicial proceeding, except in matters arising out of the collection of fines, penalties, and costs owed to the Commonwealth or its political subdivisions.","type":"section","prefixes":["D"],"prefix":"D","entire_prefix":"D","prefix_anchor":"D","level":1,"prior_prefix":"C"}},"ancestry":[{"id":15734,"edition_id":1,"name":"Claims Adjudication","identifier":"5","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12884,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:58:38","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:58:38","permalink":{"id":267933,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":15734,"identifier":"5","token":"60.2\/6\/5","url":"\/60.2\/6\/5\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12884,"edition_id":1,"name":"Benefits","identifier":"6","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12883,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:58","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:58","permalink":{"id":267835,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12884,"identifier":"6","token":"60.2\/6","url":"\/60.2\/6\/","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":61849,"structure_id":15734,"section_number":"60.2-619","catch_line":"Determinations and decisions by deputy; appeals therefrom","url":"\/60.2-619\/","token":"60.2\/6\/5\/60.2-619","metadata":false},{"id":72790,"structure_id":15734,"section_number":"60.2-620","catch_line":"Hearing and decision on appeal","url":"\/60.2-620\/","token":"60.2\/6\/5\/60.2-620","metadata":false},{"id":74216,"structure_id":15734,"section_number":"60.2-621","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/60.2-621\/","token":"60.2\/6\/5\/60.2-621","metadata":false},{"id":60405,"structure_id":15734,"section_number":"60.2-622","catch_line":"Commission review","url":"\/60.2-622\/","token":"60.2\/6\/5\/60.2-622","metadata":false},{"id":77496,"structure_id":15734,"section_number":"60.2-623","catch_line":"Procedure generally; confidentiality of information","url":"\/60.2-623\/","token":"60.2\/6\/5\/60.2-623","metadata":false},{"id":70473,"structure_id":15734,"section_number":"60.2-623.1","catch_line":"Party's recording of hearing","url":"\/60.2-623.1\/","token":"60.2\/6\/5\/60.2-623.1","metadata":false},{"id":83117,"structure_id":15734,"section_number":"60.2-624","catch_line":"Witness expenses","url":"\/60.2-624\/","token":"60.2\/6\/5\/60.2-624","metadata":false},{"id":70615,"structure_id":15734,"section_number":"60.2-625","catch_line":"Judicial review","url":"\/60.2-625\/","token":"60.2\/6\/5\/60.2-625","metadata":false},{"id":68686,"structure_id":15734,"section_number":"60.2-626","catch_line":"Oaths and witnesses; subpoenas","url":"\/60.2-626\/","token":"60.2\/6\/5\/60.2-626","metadata":false},{"id":74885,"structure_id":15734,"section_number":"60.2-627","catch_line":"Failure to obey subpoenas; orders of court; penalty","url":"\/60.2-627\/","token":"60.2\/6\/5\/60.2-627","metadata":false},{"id":75907,"structure_id":15734,"section_number":"60.2-628","catch_line":"Protection against self-incrimination","url":"\/60.2-628\/","token":"60.2\/6\/5\/60.2-628","metadata":false},{"id":68069,"structure_id":15734,"section_number":"60.2-629","catch_line":"Redetermination of claims","url":"\/60.2-629\/","token":"60.2\/6\/5\/60.2-629","metadata":false},{"id":65249,"structure_id":15734,"section_number":"60.2-630","catch_line":"Authority to set aside or vacate determinations and decisions","url":"\/60.2-630\/","token":"60.2\/6\/5\/60.2-630","metadata":false},{"id":64014,"structure_id":15734,"section_number":"60.2-631","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/60.2-631\/","token":"60.2\/6\/5\/60.2-631","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":60405,"structure_id":15734,"section_number":"60.2-622","catch_line":"Commission review","url":"\/60.2-622\/","token":"60.2\/6\/5\/60.2-622","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":70473,"structure_id":15734,"section_number":"60.2-623.1","catch_line":"Party's recording of hearing","url":"\/60.2-623.1\/","token":"60.2\/6\/5\/60.2-623.1","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/60.2-623\/","history_text":"

The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 10 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 1968, chapter 738; in 1972, chapter 764; in 1986, chapter 480; in 1988, chapter 766; in 1994, chapter 203<\/a>; in 1996, chapters 108<\/a> and 130<\/a>; in 1997, chapter 385<\/a>; in 1998, chapters 91<\/a> and 745<\/a>; in 2012, chapter 50<\/a>; in 2024, chapters 562<\/a> and 603<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":61849,"section_number":"60.2-619","catch_line":"Determinations and decisions by deputy; appeals therefrom","order_by":null,"url":"\/60.2-619\/"},{"id":72790,"section_number":"60.2-620","catch_line":"Hearing and decision on appeal","order_by":null,"url":"\/60.2-620\/"},{"id":60405,"section_number":"60.2-622","catch_line":"Commission review","order_by":null,"url":"\/60.2-622\/"}],"permalink":{"id":267951,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77496,"identifier":"60.2-623","token":"60.2\/6\/5\/60.2-623","url":"\/60.2-623\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/60.2-623\/","token":"60.2\/6\/5\/60.2-623","dublin_core":{"Title":"Procedure generally; confidentiality of information","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 60.2-623","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The manner in which disputed claims shall be presented, reports required from the claimant and from employers, the conduct of hearings<\/span> and appeals<\/span> before any deputy, appeals<\/span> examiner, or the Commission, and transcripts<\/span> prepared shall be in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Commission for determining the rights of the parties. Such regulations need not conform to common law<\/span> or statutory rules of evidence<\/span> and other technical rules of procedure. A full and complete record shall be kept of all proceedings in connection with a disputed claim. All testimony<\/span> at any hearing<\/span> upon a disputed claim shall be recorded, but need not be transcribed unless the disputed claim is further appealed and a timely request for a hearing<\/span> before the Commission has been made in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Commission. In lieu of providing a transcript<\/span>, and with the consent of all parties who participated in the hearing<\/span>, the Commission may provide a digital or other electronic recording of the testimony<\/span> taken at any hearing<\/span>, which recording may be transmitted in any medium provided that the recording is protected from unauthorized interception by reasonable security measures. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Information furnished the Commission under the provisions of this chapter shall not be published or be open to public inspection, other than to public employees in the performance of their public duties. Neither such information, nor any determination or decision rendered under the provisions of § 60.2-619<\/a>, 60.2-620<\/a> or 60.2-622<\/a>, shall be used in any judicial or administrative proceeding other than one arising out of the provisions of this title; however, the Commission shall make its records about a claimant available to the Workers’ Compensation Commission if it requests such records. The Commission may also, in its discretion, furnish copies of the transcript<\/span> of hearings<\/span> to any party<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection B, the Commission shall, on a reimbursable basis, furnish wage and unemployment compensation information contained in its records to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and Virginia’s child support enforcement agency for their use as necessary for the purposes of the National Directory of New Hires established under § 453 (i) of the Social Security Act. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection B, the Commission shall, upon written request, furnish any agency or political subdivision of the Commonwealth such information as it may require for the purpose of collecting fines, penalties, and costs owed to the Commonwealth or its political subdivisions. Such information shall not be published or used in any administrative or judicial proceeding, except in matters arising out of the collection of fines, penalties, and costs owed to the Commonwealth or its political subdivisions. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROCEDURE GENERALLY; CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION (\u00a7 60.2-623)\n\nA. The manner in which disputed claims shall be presented, reports required from\nthe claimant and from employers, the conduct of hearings and appeals before any\ndeputy, appeals examiner, or the Commission, and transcripts prepared shall be\nin accordance with regulations prescribed by the Commission for determining the\nrights of the parties. Such regulations need not conform to common law or\nstatutory rules of evidence and other technical rules of procedure. A full and\ncomplete record shall be kept of all proceedings in connection with a disputed\nclaim. All testimony at any hearing upon a disputed claim shall be recorded, but\nneed not be transcribed unless the disputed claim is further appealed and a\ntimely request for a hearing before the Commission has been made in accordance\nwith regulations prescribed by the Commission. In lieu of providing a\ntranscript, and with the consent of all parties who participated in the hearing,\nthe Commission may provide a digital or other electronic recording of the\ntestimony taken at any hearing, which recording may be transmitted in any medium\nprovided that the recording is protected from unauthorized interception by\nreasonable security measures.\n\nB. Information furnished the Commission under the provisions of this chapter\nshall not be published or be open to public inspection, other than to public\nemployees in the performance of their public duties. Neither such information,\nnor any determination or decision rendered under the provisions of §\n60.2-619, 60.2-620 or 60.2-622, shall be used in any judicial or administrative\nproceeding other than one arising out of the provisions of this title; however,\nthe Commission shall make its records about a claimant available to the\nWorkers’ Compensation Commission if it requests such records. The\nCommission may also, in its discretion, furnish copies of the transcript of\nhearings to any party.\n\nC. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection B, the Commission shall, on a\nreimbursable basis, furnish wage and unemployment compensation information\ncontained in its records to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and\nVirginia’s child support enforcement agency for their use as necessary for\nthe purposes of the National Directory of New Hires established under § 453\n(i) of the Social Security Act.\n\nD. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection B, the Commission shall, upon\nwritten request, furnish any agency or political subdivision of the Commonwealth\nsuch information as it may require for the purpose of collecting fines,\npenalties, and costs owed to the Commonwealth or its political subdivisions.\nSuch information shall not be published or used in any administrative or\njudicial proceeding, except in matters arising out of the collection of fines,\npenalties, and costs owed to the Commonwealth or its political subdivisions.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 60-53; 1968, c. 738, \u00a7 60.1-65; 1972, c. 764; 1986, c.\n480; 1988, c. 766; 1994, c. 203; 1996, cc. 108, 130; 1997, c. 385; 1998, cc. 91,\n745; 2012, c. 50; 2024, cc. 562, 603.","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}}