VWC: 13 Departments, Three Commissioners, Operating Since 1918

The Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission (VWC) has 13 departments under two major divisions, Administration and Judicial. VWC is led by three appointed Commissioners: Chairman Wesley G. Marshall, Commissioner R. Ferrell Newman, and Commissioner Robert A. Rapaport. Chief Deputy Commissioner James Szablewicz provides senior leadership for the Judicial Division. Evelyn V. McGill is the Executive Director, responsible for the Administrative Division and day-to-day operations of VWC. The organization has been operating since 1918.

VWC also administers the Virginia Victims Fund (officially the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund), the Uninsured Employer’s Fund, and adjudicates claims under the Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program. VWC hosts an annual educational conference and exhibition, in partnership with the International Workers’ Compensation Foundation (IWCF), to help its stakeholders better understand the workers’ compensation system in Virginia. To learn more about VWC’s operational activities over the past year, read the latest VWC Annual Report here.

The Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, and has office, hearing and mediation locations across the state.

VWC's Vision

Lead the nation as the most effective and innovative state agency.

VWC's Core Values

• Innovative - Introducing or using new ideas or methods, in order to better serve our customers
• Respectful - Marked by or showing respect or reverence at all times
• Accountable - Required to explain actions or decisions
• Reliable - Consistently able to be trusted to do or provide what is needed
• Impartial - Treating all people and groups equally
• Integrity - The quality of being honest and objective; conduct that is of the highest moral character
• Effective - Successful in producing a desired or intended result

VWC's Code of Ethics

VWC’s Code of Ethics is a foundation for accomplishing the VWC’s Mission. It is the purpose of this policy to demonstrate a commitment to maintaining an environment of uncompromising integrity and ethical conduct in upholding the VWC’s Core Values. VWC Policy 1.40 - Code of Ethics.