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Under the small-employer provisions of the Code of Virginia, what weekly work threshold makes an employee an eligible employee for coverage purposes?
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Why C is correct
Va. Code § 38.2-3431 defines an eligible employee as one who works or is paid for at least 30 hours of work each week. That threshold drives who counts for coverage purposes under the small-employer framework that the Virginia Bureau of Insurance administers. Hours below the threshold take the worker outside the eligible-employee definition.
Why the other options are wrong
- A) A 20-hour threshold understates the statutory line of 30 hours per week under Va. Code § 38.2-3431.
- B) A 25-hour threshold is not the statutory measure; the eligible-employee line is 30 hours per week.
- D) A 35-hour threshold overstates the statutory line; 30 hours per week suffices under Va. Code § 38.2-3431.
Memory hook
Thirty hours a week makes the employee eligible under Virginia's rules.