Virginia Revises VOSH & EITC Postings – Update Required

Virginia has made two important posting changes that require employers to post the revised Virginia All-On-One Labor Law Poster. The changes affect the Virginia Occupational Safety & Health (VOSH) posting and the State-mandated federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) posting.

VOSH

Virginia has adopted work-related injury and illness reporting regulations that mirror federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations. In 2015, federal OSHA amended its reporting requirements. OSHA retained the requirement that employers report work-related fatalities to OSHA within eight hours of the incident, but changed the regulation to require employers to report all work-related in-patient hospitalizations, amputations and losses of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours of the incident. Consequently, Virginia enacted a new law revising the State’s reporting requirements so that they are identical to the revised federal OSHA reporting requirements.

The Virginia law is effective as of July 1, 2016. As a result of the new law, the state-mandated VOSH posting has been revised to reflect the new VOSH reporting requirements:

• 8 hours – fatalities
• 24 hours – in-patient hospitalizations, amputations or loss of an eye

EITC

Virginia law requires employers to post state and federal notices informing employees of the availability of Earned Income Tax Credits (EITC). The Virginia Department of Social Services has replaced the outdated federal EITC posting with a more recent version. The new posting is more comprehensive and explains in greater detail the federal tax benefit, tax preparation and documentation, EITC claim errors, and information about using a paid tax preparer. The posting also covers basic eligibility requirements and common filing errors.

Say in compliance, update to a new Virginia All-On-One Labor Law Poster today.