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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 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 660; in 1991, chapter 355; in 1998, chapter 68<\/a>; in 2007, chapter 356<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"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\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":276479,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69889,"identifier":"65.2-520","token":"65.2\/5\/65.2-520","url":"\/65.2-520\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/65.2-520\/","token":"65.2\/5\/65.2-520","dublin_core":{"Title":"Voluntary payment by employer","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 65.2-520","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any payments made by the employer<\/span> to the injured employee during the period of his disability, or to his dependents, which by the terms of this title were not due and payable when made, may, subject to the approval of the Commission<\/span>, be deducted from the amount to be paid as compensation, provided that, in the case of disability, such deductions shall be made by reducing the amount of the weekly payment in an amount not to exceed one-fourth of the amount of the weekly payment for as long as is necessary for the employer<\/span> to recover his voluntary payment. However, any payments made to an injured employee under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act of 1927, as amended, 33 U.S.C. \u00a7 901 et seq., may be deducted in full from the amount to be paid as compensation for the same injury<\/span> under this title.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVOLUNTARY PAYMENT BY EMPLOYER (\u00a7 65.2-520)\n\nAny payments made by the employer to the injured employee during the period of\nhis disability, or to his dependents, which by the terms of this title were not\ndue and payable when made, may, subject to the approval of the Commission, be\ndeducted from the amount to be paid as compensation, provided that, in the case\nof disability, such deductions shall be made by reducing the amount of the\nweekly payment in an amount not to exceed one-fourth of the amount of the weekly\npayment for as long as is necessary for the employer to recover his voluntary\npayment. However, any payments made to an injured employee under the Longshore\nand Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act of 1927, as amended, 33 U.S.C. \u00a7 901\net seq., may be deducted in full from the amount to be paid as compensation for\nthe same injury under this title.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 65-69; 1968, c. 660, \u00a7 65.1-72; 1991, c. 355; 1998, c.\n68; 2007, c. 356.","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}}