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V.I. Code tit. 24, § 276 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 24 - Labor|Chapter 11 - Workers' Compensation Administration|§ 276. Uncollectible premiums

 The Administrator shall from time to time prepare and certify to the Legislature, through the Governor, a list showing in detail the dates and steps taken by the Government for the collection of unpaid premiums, interest, and penalties owed to the Government Insurance Fund as may have remained in arrears, wholly or partially, for more than four fiscal years, and which in the judgment of the Administrator are uncollectible. If such claims are not cancelled or otherwise disposed of by the Legislature by the end of the regular session following the date of certification of the same to the Legislature, they shall be deemed cancelled and the Commissioner of Finance shall cause appropriate entries to be made in the records of the Government Insurance Fund.
V.I. Code tit. 24, § 277 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 24 - Labor|Chapter 11 - Workers' Compensation Administration|§ 277. Penalties, interest, action for collection injunction

 (a) Every employer who fails to insure as provided in this chapter, or who fails to file such statements as required by this chapter, or who fails to make such payments as required by this chapter shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than six months, or both, which shall be in addition to any interest, penalties, or remedies provided for in this chapter. (b) The statements to be filed by the employer as herein required shall subject the signers to the penalties of perjury, as defined in Title 14 of this Code, for false or wrongful statements knowingly made. (c) The Commissioner of Finance is hereby authorized and empowered to assess and levy penalties and late charges on every employer affected by this chapter. If an employer defaults in the payment of a premium in whole or in part within the term legally fixed by the Commissioner of Finance the outstanding balance shall bear interest at the rate of one percent (1%) per month, or any fraction thereof, from the due date until payment is received by the Commissioner of Finance and the outstanding balance and interest will be levied upon including a lien on all property, if necessary, and such employer's compliance with the provisions of this chapter requiring payment to be made to the Government Insurance Fund shall date from the time of payment of said money to the Government Insurance Fund. (d) Upon the written request of the Commissioner of Finance, the Attorney General, in addition to the other remedies provided in this chapter, may institute an action in any court of competent jurisdiction to enjoin any such delinquent employer from conducting his business until the outstanding balance, all interest thereon, and all penalties have been paid in full.
V.I. Code tit. 24, § 279 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 24 - Labor|Chapter 11 - Workers' Compensation Administration|§ 279. Records of employers; inspection; penalty for false records or reports

 Every employer insured in the Government Insurance Fund shall keep a true and accurate record of the number of his employees and of the wages paid by him, and such records shall be open to inspection at any time by the Administrator and by the Commissioner of Finance. Any employer who fails to keep true and accurate records or who wilfully misrepresents the amount of the payroll upon which the premium chargeable is based shall be liable to a fine of five times the amount of the difference between the premium paid and the premiums which should have been paid, and the Commissioner of Finance shall assess and collect said fine in the same manner as premiums are assessed and collected.
V.I. Code tit. 24, § 280 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 24 - Labor|Chapter 11 - Workers' Compensation Administration|§ 280. Pending cases

 The provisions of this chapter shall be applicable to all compensation cases pending at the time it takes effect.
V.I. Code tit. 24, § 283 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 24 - Labor|Chapter 11 - Workers' Compensation Administration|§ 283. Policemen, prison guards, matrons and firemen suffering disability or death from hypertension or heart disease

 Any condition of impairment of health caused by hypertension or heart disease resulting in total or partial disability or death to a member of the Virgin Islands Police Force, a prison guard and matron or a member of the Fire Division of the U.S. Virgin Islands Police Department (V.I.P.D.) who successfully passed a physical examination on entry into such service, which examination failed to reveal any evidence of such condition, shall be presumed to have been suffered in the performance of his duty and he shall be entitled to all benefits under this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 24, § 284 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 24 - Labor|Chapter 11 - Workers' Compensation Administration|§ 284. Exclusiveness of remedy

 (a) When an employer is insured under this chapter, the right herein established to obtain compensation shall be the only remedy against the employer; but in case of accident to, or disease or death of, an employee not entitled to compensation under this chapter, the liability of the employer is, and shall continue to be the same as if this chapter did not exist. (b) For the purposes of this section, a contractor shall be deemed the employer of a subcontractor's employees only if the subcontractor fails to comply with the provisions of this chapter with respect to being an insured employer. The “statutory employer and borrowed servant” doctrine are not recognized in this jurisdiction, and an injured employee may sue any person responsible for his injuries other than the employer named in a certificate of insurance issued under section 272 of this title.
V.I. Code tit. 24, § 285 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 24 - Labor|Chapter 11 - Workers' Compensation Administration|§ 285. Mandatory rehiring of injured employee

 (a) An employer shall rehire any employee who— (1) has been disabled and thereby unable to continue his employment, as certified under this chapter, and (2) immediately after the termination of the disability, applies to the employer for reemployment in the position which he held, at the time of the injury, or in a substantially equivalent position, unless the employer satisfies the Administrator either that the employee, as a result of the injury, will be unable to resume in full his previous obligations and duties, or that the employer had terminated the employment after the accident for just cause. No employee rehired under this section may be subsequently dismissed without just cause. (b) The Administrator shall enforce the provisions of this section by order after hearing.
V.I. Code tit. 24, § 286 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 24 - Labor|Chapter 11 - Workers' Compensation Administration|§ 286. Recording and reporting of injuries by employers

 (a) Every employer shall keep a record of all injuries, fatal, or otherwise, received by its employees in the course of their employment. Within 48 hours after notice is received, or should have been received by the employer of an accident resulting in personal injury, which shall cause a loss of time from regular duties beyond the working day or shift on which the accident occurred, or which shall require medical attention beyond ordinary first aid or more than two treatments by a physician or person rendering first aid, a report thereof shall be made in writing by the employer to the administrator of the Workers' Compensation Administration upon forms, procured from the officer of the Workers' Compensation Administration for that purpose. Such report shall state the name and nature of the business of the employer, the location of its establishment or place of work, the name, address and occupation of the injured and such other information as may be required by the administrator. An employer shall furnish a report of an occupational disease incurred by an employee in the course of his or her employment upon the same form. Upon receiving a report, the administrator, within 48 hours, shall provide the injured employee, or in the case of death, his or her dependents with a written statement of their rights under this chapter, in a form prescribed by the administrator. (b) An employer who refuses or neglects to make a report as required by this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000). The administrator may, after a hearing, impose a penalty of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) upon an employer who refuses or neglects to make such a report. (c) The Workers' Compensation Administration is hereby authorized to promulgate the rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.
V.I. Code tit. 24, § 287 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 24 - Labor|Chapter 11 - Workers' Compensation Administration|§ 287. Prohibition against job discrimination based on receipt of prior benefits

 (a) It shall be prohibited for any employer to inquire into, or to consider for the purpose of assessing fitness or capability for employment, whether a job applicant with regard to employment has filed for or received benefits under this chapter or to discriminate against a job applicant with regard to employment on the basis of that claimant having filed for or received benefits under this chapter. An individual aggrieved under this subsection may initiate proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction seeking damages, including reasonable attorney fees, for violation of this subsection. (b) An employer who violates the provisions of subsection (a)  of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000) for a first offense and not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) for a subsequent offense. (c) In addition to the criminal penalties as provided under subsection (b) of this section, the Board of Directors of the Workers' Compensation Administration may, after a hearing, impose a penalty against such employer in an amount not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000).
V.I. Code tit. 24, § 288 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 24 - Labor|Chapter 11 - Workers' Compensation Administration|§ 288. Keeping of transcripts

 (a) The Board of Directors may employ additional staff, if necessary, in order to record the testimony and evidence at hearings conducted by the Administrative Law Judge. (b) The record, or minutes, of the hearing shall be transcribed in every case and shall be kept by the hearing reporter section of the board. Upon a request to review by a party to the proceeding, the transcripts shall be provided by the board not later than 7 working days after the date such request has been received by the Workers' Compensation Administration. (c) The Workers' Compensation Administration, Administrative Law Judge, board member, administrator or section head may request a transcript, for a review of the hearing at their own initiative. (d) A party in interest may also request a transcript, either for their own personal use or for appeal to the courts. (e) The Board of Directors shall establish a reasonable per page cost for the purchase of such transcripts, which is to be paid for by the requesting party, provided, however, that the transcripts provided to the Workers' Compensation Administration's Hearing Officer, Administrative Law Judge, board member, administrator, section head, or other branch or division of the government, upon their request, shall be free of charge. (f) When the claimant or his representative is the person ordering the transcripts, and the request is made at the time of the hearing, the cost shall be fifty percent 50%) of the price which is charged to any other party an interest. (g) Transcripts shall not be provided to anyone who is not a party in interest unless the board is furnished with a properly executed written authorization from the claimant, or his or her attorney, consenting to the release of the transcript.
V.I. Code tit. 24, § 289 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 24 - Labor|Chapter 11 - Workers' Compensation Administration|§ 289. Employee Assistance Unit (EAU)

 (a) The WCA shall establish an Employee Assistance Unit (EAU), one of whom shall speak fluent Spanish, to assist injured or disabled employees, persons claiming death benefits, employer, and other persons in protecting their rights and obtaining information available under the WCA law. (b) Each employer shall notify his or her employees of the EAU in a manner prescribed by the administrator of the Workers' Compensation Administration. The notice shall in (one or more) conspicuous be posted places in the work first report of accident form required by this chapter. The EAU shall provide each employee with a lost-item accident claim written notice of workers' compensation assistance that is available. The notice shall include a telephone number for employees to reach WCA Offices.
V.I. Code tit. 24, § 291 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 24 - Labor|Chapter 11 - Workers' Compensation Administration|§ 291. Resolution of disputes, settlement agreements, written reports, interlocutory orders, final determinations of liability

 (a) A dispute may be resolved either in whole or in part at the benefit review conference. If the conference results in the resolution of some of the disputed issues by mutual agreement or in a settlement, the DRU shall reduce the agreement or the settlement in writing. The DRU and each party, or the designated representative of the party shall sign the agreement or settlement. A settlement reached hereunder shall, unless otherwise provided herein, be effective on the date of the settlement is signed. (b) An agreement signed pursuant to this section shall be binding on all parties through the final conclusion of all matters relating to the claim, unless within 60 days after the agreement is signed or approved, the court, on a finding of fraud, newly discovered evidence, or other good cause, shall relieve all parties of the effect of the agreement. (c) If the dispute is entirely resolved at the benefit review conference, the DRU shall prepare a written report, which shall not be admissible into evidence in any court, that includes: (1) a statement of each resolved issue; (2) the DRU's recommendations regarding the payment or denial of benefits; (3) no permission of the court is required by an attorney to represent any party before the DRU. (d) The DRU shall file the signed agreement and the report with the Workers' Compensation Administration. (e) If an agreement, either partially or wholly, is not reached under the provisions of this section, then the DRU shall file a notice to the administrator for process under section 256 of this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 24, § 292 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 24 - Labor|Chapter 11 - Workers' Compensation Administration|§ 292. Rehabilitation Services Unit (RSU)

 (a) The Workers' Compensation Administration shall establish a Rehabilitation Services Unit (RSU) staffed by a team of employees trained in providing assistance to persons of the dependents of persons who have been partially or permanently disabled by a job-related injury. (b) Employees of the RSU shall provide direct services such as counseling, indirect services such as regressing claimants to where they can receive suitable treatment for their injury, or any other type of assistance they might require to facilitate the rehabilitation process.
V.I. Code tit. 24, § 301 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 24 - Labor|Chapter 12 - Virgin Islands Unemployment Insurance|§ 301. Declaration of public policy; short title and rule of statutory construction

 (a) As a guide to the interpretation and application of this chapter, the public policy of the Virgin Islands is declared to be as follows: Economic insecurity due to unemployment is a threat to the health, morals, and welfare of the people of the Virgin Islands, and protection against this hazard requires appropriate action by the Legislature. The systematic accumulation of funds during periods of employment from which benefits may be paid for periods of unemployment would sustain the morale and conserve the skills and standards of living of those who became unemployed, by enabling them to meet their essential expenses for a reasonable period until they are able to obtain suitable work. Essential consumer purchasing power would thereby also be maintained, thus helping to sustain the confidence of the community and the general level of economic activity. The Legislature therefore declares that, in its considered judgment, the public good and the general welfare of the people of the Virgin Islands require the enactment of this measure for the compulsory setting aside of reserves to be used for the benefit of unemployed persons. (b) This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Virgin Islands Unemployment Insurance Act.” It shall be liberally construed to accomplish its purpose to promote employment security by providing through the accumulation of reserves for the payment of compensation to individuals with respect to their unemployment.
V.I. Code tit. 24, § 316 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 24 - Labor|Chapter 12 - Virgin Islands Unemployment Insurance|§ 316. Saving clause

 The Legislature reserves the right to amend or repeal all or any part of this chapter at any time; and there shall be no vested private right of any kind against such amendment or repeal. All the rights, privileges, or immunities conferred by this chapter or by acts done pursuant thereto shall exist subject to the power of the Legislature to amend or repeal this chapter at any time.
V.I. Code tit. 24, § 317 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 24 - Labor|Chapter 12 - Virgin Islands Unemployment Insurance|§ 317. Separability of provisions

 If any provision of this chapter, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of this chapter, and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby.
V.I. Code tit. 24, § 318 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 24 - Labor|Chapter 12 - Virgin Islands Unemployment Insurance|§ 318. Effective date

 This chapter shall take effect on October 1, 1961.
V.I. Code tit. 24, § 319 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 24 - Labor|Chapter 12 - Virgin Islands Unemployment Insurance|§ 319. Appropriation of funds

 The sum of $10,000 is hereby appropriated from any available funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the launching of the program provided in this chapter. This sum shall be placed at the disposal of the Director of the Employment Service as of October 1, 1961.
V.I. Code tit. 24, § 320 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 24 - Labor|Chapter 12 - Virgin Islands Unemployment Insurance|§ 320. Amnesty period

 Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the Department of Labor, through the Commissioner of Labor, shall institute a 120-day amnesty period for the payment of penalty and interest owed pursuant to title 24, section 313(b)(2), Virgin Islands Code, and title 24, section 309(a), Virgin Islands Code. The amnesty period shall take effect sixty (60) days after the enactment of this section. All outstanding contributions and payments in lieu of contributions shall be paid in full or under an installment plan in compliance with 24 VIR&R Section 307–42; provided, however, that the time period for installment payment plans under the regulation shall be extended to sixty (60) months and the down payments shall be reduced to five percent (5%). The Commissioner shall also have discretion to further extend the payment period or reduce the down payment in cases for good cause shown. All delinquent reports upon which penalties and interest were imposed must be filed in order to qualify for the cancellation of accrued penalties and interest. The Commissioner of Labor shall inform the public of the effective dates of the amnesty period pursuant to the provisions of this section.
V.I. Code tit. 24, § 341 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 24 - Labor|Chapter 13 - Injunctions in Labor Disputes|§ 341. Limitation on injunctive power of courts

 No court of the Virgin Islands shall have jurisdiction to issue any restraining order or temporary or permanent injunction in a case involving or growing out of a labor dispute, except in strict accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 24, § 342 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 24 - Labor|Chapter 13 - Injunctions in Labor Disputes|§ 342. Specific acts exempt from restraint or injunction

 No court of the Virgin Islands shall have jurisdiction to issue any restraining order or temporary or permanent injunction in any case involving or growing out of a labor dispute, to prohibit any person or persons participating or interested in such dispute from doing, whether singly or in concert, any of the following acts: (a) Ceasing or refusing to perform any work or to remain in any relation of employment. (b) Becoming or remaining a member of any labor organization. (c) Paying or giving to, or withholding from, any person participating or interested in such labor dispute any strike benefits, strike insurance, or other moneys or things of value. (d) By all lawful means aiding any person participating or interested in any labor dispute who is being proceeded against in, or is prosecuting, any action or suit in any court of the Virgin Islands. (e) Giving publicity to the existence of or the facts involved in any labor dispute, whether by advertising, speaking, patrolling, or by any other method not involving fraud or violence. (f) Assembling peaceably to act or to organize, or to act in promotion of their interests in a labor dispute. (g) Refusing to support any party to said dispute, or recommending to, advising, or persuading others, not to support any party to said dispute. (h) Advising or notifying any person of an intention to do any of the acts heretofore specified. (i) Agreeing with other persons to do or not to do the acts heretofore specified. (j) Advising, urging, or otherwise promoting or inducing, without fraud or violence, the acts heretofore specified.
V.I. Code tit. 24, § 343 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 24 - Labor|Chapter 13 - Injunctions in Labor Disputes|§ 343. Conspiracy or unlawful combination to do acts in concert

 No court of the Virgin Islands shall have jurisdiction to issue a restraining order or temporary or permanent injunction upon the ground that any of the persons participating or interested in a labor dispute constitute or are engaged in an unlawful combination or conspiracy because of the doing in concert of the acts enumerated in this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 24, § 344 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 24 - Labor|Chapter 13 - Injunctions in Labor Disputes|§ 344. Liability for acts of officers or members of organizations

 No officer or member of any association or organizations, and no association or organization, participating or interested in a labor dispute shall be held responsible or liable in any court of the Virgin Islands for the unlawful acts of individual officers, members, or agents, except upon clear proof of the actual participation in such acts, or that they have really authorized the same or have ratified them after having actual knowledge thereof.
V.I. Code tit. 24, § 346 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 24 - Labor|Chapter 13 - Injunctions in Labor Disputes|§ 346. Good faith of complainant as prerequisite for relief

 No restraining order or injunctive relief shall be granted to any complainant who has failed to comply with any obligation fixed by the laws involved in the labor dispute in question, or who has failed to make every effort to settle such dispute either by negotiation or with the aid of the Department of Labor and voluntary arbitration.