Terms Used In Virginia Code > Title 51.1 > Chapter 11.1 > Article 3 - Work-Related Disability Benefits

• Act: means the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act (§ 65. See Virginia Code 51.1-1150
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Disability: means a partial disability or total disability. See Virginia Code 51.1-1150
• Disability benefit: means income replacement payments payable to a participating employee under a short-term or long-term disability benefit program pursuant to this chapter. See Virginia Code 51.1-1150
• Partial disability: means a disability that exists during the first 24 months following the occurrence or commencement of an illness or injury when an employee is earning less than 80 percent of his predisability earnings and, as a result of an injury or illness, is (i) able to perform one or more, but not all, of the essential job functions of his own job on an active employment or a part-time basis; or (ii) able to perform all of the essential job functions of his own job only on a part-time basis. See Virginia Code 51.1-1150
• Participating employee: means any eligible employee required to participate in the program. See Virginia Code 51.1-1150
• Process: includes subpoenas, the summons and complaint in a civil action, and process in statutory actions. See Virginia Code 1-237
• Program: means the program providing short-term disability and long-term disability benefits for participating employees established pursuant to this chapter. See Virginia Code 51.1-1150
• Service: means a period of service as a participating employee. See Virginia Code 51.1-1150
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• Total disability: means a disability that exists (i) during the first 24 months following the occurrence or commencement of an illness or injury if an employee is unable to perform all of his essential job functions or (ii) after 24 months following the occurrence or commencement of an illness or injury if an employee is unable to perform any job for which he is reasonably qualified based on his training or experience and earning less than 80 percent of his predisability earnings. See Virginia Code 51.1-1150
• Work-related injury: means an injury, as such term is defined in § 65. See Virginia Code 51.1-1150