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- Severance Benefits
- WTA Cash Severance Benefit
- Benefit Coverage Under WTA
- Retiring Under WTA
Resources
- Department of Human Resource Management
- Employer Certification of Involuntary Separation Under Workforce Transition Act (VRS-11) (27kb)
- Applying for Service Retirement Booklet (171kb)
- Service Retirement Forms
- Handbook for Members (Virginia Retirement System) (947kb)
- Handbook for Members (Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System) (687kb)
Severance Benefits (State Employees)
Overview
If you are a state employee and involuntarily separated from employment, you may be eligible for transitional severance benefits under the Workforce Transition Act (WTA).
Involuntary separation means a layoff because of a budget reduction, agency reorganization, workforce downsizing or other cause not related to job performance or misconduct. If you voluntarily resign or retire from state employment, you are not eligible for benefits under WTA.
Eligible Employees Include
- Full-time classified state employees and qualifying part-time classified state employees covered by the Virginia Personnel Act.
- Faculty and administrators of the state’s public colleges and universities.
- Full-time restricted employees in grant-funded positions as defined in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance if the provider of funding assumes financial responsibility for benefits.
- Full-time classified employees of the following agencies who are exempt from the Virginia Personnel Act:
- State Corporation Commission
- State Lottery Department
- Virginia Retirement System
- Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission
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