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No such penalty shall be added, however, to any payment made within two weeks after the expiration of (a) the period in which Commission review may be requested pursuant to \u00a7 65.2-705 or (b) the period in which a notice of appeal may be filed pursuant to \u00a7 65.2-706. No penalty shall be assessed against the Commonwealth when the Commonwealth has issued a regular payroll payment to the employee in lieu of compensation covering the period of disability. As used in this section, a regular payroll payment issued by the Commonwealth includes payments issued net of deductions for elected and mandatory benefits and other standard deductions.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":301199,"text":"If any payment is not paid within two weeks after it becomes due, there shall be added to such unpaid compensation an amount equal to 20 percent thereof, unless the Commission finds that any required payment has been made as promptly as practicable and (i) there is good cause outside the control of the employer for the delay or (ii) in the case of a self-insured employer, the employer has issued the required payment to the employee as a part of the next regular payroll after the payment becomes due. No such penalty shall be added, however, to any payment made within two weeks after the expiration of (a) the period in which Commission review may be requested pursuant to \u00a7 65.2-705 or (b) the period in which a notice of appeal may be filed pursuant to \u00a7 65.2-706. No penalty shall be assessed against the Commonwealth when the Commonwealth has issued a regular payroll payment to the employee in lieu of compensation covering the period of disability. As used in this section, a regular payroll payment issued by the Commonwealth includes payments issued net of deductions for elected and mandatory benefits and other standard deductions.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":13949,"edition_id":1,"name":"Compensation and Payment Thereof","identifier":"5","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13199,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:46:24","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:46:24","permalink":{"id":276393,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13949,"identifier":"5","token":"65.2\/5","url":"\/65.2\/5\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13199,"edition_id":1,"name":"Workers' Compensation","identifier":"65.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:26","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:26","permalink":{"id":276115,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13199,"identifier":"65.2","token":"65.2","url":"\/65.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":63631,"structure_id":13949,"section_number":"65.2-500","catch_line":"Compensation for total incapacity; 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exemption from creditors' claims","url":"\/65.2-531\/","token":"65.2\/5\/65.2-531","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":86845,"structure_id":13949,"section_number":"65.2-523","catch_line":"Lump sum payments to trustees","url":"\/65.2-523\/","token":"65.2\/5\/65.2-523","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":84393,"structure_id":13949,"section_number":"65.2-525","catch_line":"Who may receive payment and receipt therefor","url":"\/65.2-525\/","token":"65.2\/5\/65.2-525","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/65.2-524\/","history_text":"<p>This law was first created in 1970. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 470 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 1970 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 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 1991, chapter 355; in 1994, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?941+ful+CHAP0248\">248<\/a>; in 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0383\">383<\/a>; in 1999, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?991+ful+CHAP0782\">782<\/a>; in 2012, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0270\">270<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":64198,"section_number":"65.2-705","catch_line":"Review of award; rehearing","order_by":null,"url":"\/65.2-705\/"},{"id":80511,"section_number":"65.2-706","catch_line":"Conclusiveness of award; appeal","order_by":null,"url":"\/65.2-706\/"}],"permalink":{"id":276495,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84045,"identifier":"65.2-524","token":"65.2\/5\/65.2-524","url":"\/65.2-524\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/65.2-524\/","token":"65.2\/5\/65.2-524","dublin_core":{"Title":"Failure to pay compensation within two weeks after it becomes due","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 65.2-524","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>If any payment is not paid within two weeks after it becomes due, there shall be added to such unpaid compensation an amount equal to 20 percent thereof, unless the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> finds that any required payment has been made as promptly as practicable and (i) there is good cause outside the control of the <span class=\"dictionary\">employer<\/span> for the delay or (ii) in the case of a self-insured <span class=\"dictionary\">employer<\/span>, the <span class=\"dictionary\">employer<\/span> has issued the required payment to the employee as a part of the next regular payroll after the payment becomes due. No such <span class=\"dictionary\">penalty<\/span> shall be added, however, to any payment made within two weeks after the expiration of (a) the period in which <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> review may be requested pursuant to \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Review of award; rehearing\" href=\"\/65.2-705\/\">65.2-705<\/a> or (b) the period in which a <span class=\"dictionary\">notice of appeal<\/span> may be <span class=\"dictionary\">filed<\/span> pursuant to \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Conclusiveness of award; appeal\" href=\"\/65.2-706\/\">65.2-706<\/a>. No <span class=\"dictionary\">penalty<\/span> shall be assessed against the Commonwealth when the Commonwealth has issued a regular payroll payment to the employee in lieu of compensation covering the period of disability. As used in this section, a regular payroll payment issued by the Commonwealth includes payments issued net of deductions for elected and mandatory benefits and other standard deductions.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFAILURE TO PAY COMPENSATION WITHIN TWO WEEKS AFTER IT BECOMES DUE (\u00a7 65.2-524)\n\nIf any payment is not paid within two weeks after it becomes due, there shall be\nadded to such unpaid compensation an amount equal to 20 percent thereof, unless\nthe Commission finds that any required payment has been made as promptly as\npracticable and (i) there is good cause outside the control of the employer for\nthe delay or (ii) in the case of a self-insured employer, the employer has\nissued the required payment to the employee as a part of the next regular\npayroll after the payment becomes due. No such penalty shall be added, however,\nto any payment made within two weeks after the expiration of (a) the period in\nwhich Commission review may be requested pursuant to \u00a7 65.2-705 or (b) the\nperiod in which a notice of appeal may be filed pursuant to \u00a7 65.2-706. No\npenalty shall be assessed against the Commonwealth when the Commonwealth has\nissued a regular payroll payment to the employee in lieu of compensation\ncovering the period of disability. As used in this section, a regular payroll\npayment issued by the Commonwealth includes payments issued net of deductions\nfor elected and mandatory benefits and other standard deductions.\n\nHISTORY: 1970, c. 470, \u00a7 65.1-75.1; 1991, c. 355; 1994, c. 248; 1997, c. 383;\n1999, c. 782; 2012, c. 270.","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}}