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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":60093,"section_number":"65.2-801","catch_line":"Insurance or proof of financial ability to pay required","order_by":null,"url":"\/65.2-801\/"}],"permalink":{"id":276693,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54347,"identifier":"65.2-807","token":"65.2\/8\/65.2-807","url":"\/65.2-807\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/65.2-807\/","token":"65.2\/8\/65.2-807","dublin_core":{"Title":"Cost of insurance may not be deducted from wages","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 65.2-807","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

It shall not be lawful for any employer<\/span> to deduct from the wages of any of his employees any part of the cost of insurance as provided for in \u00a7 65.2-801<\/a> to insure liability, or to require or permit any of his employees to contribute in any manner toward such cost of insurance. For any violation of the provisions of this section, an employer<\/span> shall be subject to a fine not exceeding $100 for each offense<\/span> and shall refund to the individual employee the amount or amounts deducted or contributed. The fine herein provided may be assessed and the refund ordered by the Workers’ Compensation Commission<\/span> in an open hearing<\/span> with the right of review and appeal<\/span> as in other cases.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOST OF INSURANCE MAY NOT BE DEDUCTED FROM WAGES (\u00a7 65.2-807)\n\nIt shall not be lawful for any employer to deduct from the wages of any of his\nemployees any part of the cost of insurance as provided for in \u00a7 65.2-801 to\ninsure liability, or to require or permit any of his employees to contribute in\nany manner toward such cost of insurance. For any violation of the provisions of\nthis section, an employer shall be subject to a fine not exceeding $100 for each\noffense and shall refund to the individual employee the amount or amounts\ndeducted or contributed. The fine herein provided may be assessed and the refund\nordered by the Workers’ Compensation Commission in an open hearing with\nthe right of review and appeal as in other cases.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 65-103; 1968, c. 660, \u00a7 65.1-107; 1991, c. 355.","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}}