Virginia Law

A. Each employing unit as defined under § 60.2-211 of the Code of Virginia, having services performed for it by one or more individuals in its employ, shall maintain records reasonably protected against damage or loss as hereinafter indicated and shall preserve such records. These records shall include for each worker:

1. A full legal name;

2. A social security account number;

3. The state in which his services are performed; and if any of such services are performed outside the Commonwealth of Virginia not incidental to the services within the Commonwealth of Virginia, his base of operations with respect to such services (or if there is no base of operations then the place from which such services are directed or controlled) and his residence (by state). Where the services are performed outside the United States, the country in which performed;

4. The date of hire, rehire, or return to work after temporary layoff;

5. The date when work ceased and the reason for such cessation;

6. Scheduled hours (except for workers without a fixed schedule of hours, such as those working outside their employer's establishment in such a manner that the employer has no record or definite knowledge of their working hours);

7. a. Wages earned in any week by a partially employed individual as such individual is defined in 16VAC5-10-10;

b. Whether any week was in fact a week of less than full-time work;

c. Time lost, if any, by each such worker, and the reason therefor;

8. Total wages in each pay period, and the total wages payable for all pay periods ending in each quarter, showing separately (i) money wages, including tips and dismissal or severance pay, and (ii) the cash value of other remuneration;

9. Any special payments for service other than those rendered exclusively in a given quarter, such as annual bonuses, gifts, prizes, etc., showing separately (i) money payments, (ii) other remuneration, and (iii) nature of said payments;

10. Amounts paid each worker as advancement, allowance, or reimbursement for traveling or other business expenses, dates of payment, and the amounts of expenditures actually incurred and accounted for by such worker;

11. Location in which the worker's services are performed within or outside of the United States and dates such services are performed outside of the United States. For the purposes of this subdivision, "United States" includes the Commonwealth of Virginia, including land and premises located therein, owned, held or possessed by the United States, the states of the United States of America, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

B. Employers shall provide the commission upon request all payroll records, federal W2 and 1099 forms, federal and state employment and income tax returns, and any other records that would be relevant to ensuring that wages had been accurately reported and taxes or refunds correctly computed and paid. Records required by this chapter to be maintained by employing units under the Act shall be preserved for four years from the date of payment of the tax based thereon and shall be subject to examination and audit by the commission.

C. If such records are not maintained, there shall be a presumption in favor of the party making an allegation, and the burden of overcoming such presumption shall rest upon the party failing to maintain the required records.