Virginia Employment Commission [VEC]
Customer Service: Phone, Email, Contacts

Virginia Employment Commission is the public employment service that helps employers find qualified employees and employees to find high-quality jobs.

Virginia Employment Commission head office is located at 703 E. Main St. Richmond, Virginia, United States - 23219.

You can reach Virginia Employment Commission Customer Contact Center by calling at +1 866 832 2363 or emailing customerservice@vec.virginia.gov

You can report unemployment by calling at +1 (804) 786-6094.

The benefit ranges from $60 a week to $378 a week.

To find out whether your unemployment claim was approved in VA, call at +1-800-897-5630 and follow these steps:

• Listen to the menu;
• Choose "Claims and Benefits" (option 1);
• Fill in your Social Security number and PIN.

It takes up to 14 days after you make your weekly request to get unemployment benefits in Virginia.

If you are terminated or fired, the Virginia Employment Commission does not qualify you for unemployment benefits automatically.

1. Make sure your payment was processed through your online UI account.
2. Reach your financial institution if the payment was processed but still did not show up.

Unemployment is paid from Sunday to Saturday midnight.

If you get severance pay, you will not get unemployment benefits till the Virginia Employment Commission reaches your employer regarding the severance pay.

Usually, it takes from seven to ten days to get a pin for unemployment in Virginia.

To get unemployment benefits in Virginia, you must:

• Be unemployed
• Have earned no less than a minimum salary prior to getting unemployed.
• Be able and eager to work while actively searching for employment.

To stop your unemployment benefits in Virginia, announce that you have found a job and stop making weekly calls & filing for unemployment benefits.

You stop receiving your unemployment benefits if you are fired from your job.

No. Seasonal employees can’t get unemployment benefits in Virginia.

Usually, it takes up to two business days to get a direct unemployment deposit in Virginia.

You can get entitled to PUA (Pandemic Unemployment Assistance) if you are not permitted regular unemployment benefits and are partially unemployed, unemployed, or can’t work due to the health conditions connected with the COVID-19 pandemic.