Commission Begins Automatic Purge of Aging Comp Records

Starting Friday, Virginia's Workers' Compensation Commission will begin automatically purging old files to free up storage space and improve efficiency, the commission said in a reminder. The policy was adopted in 2015, and old paper files have been removed from storage and disposed of since then. The automation that kicks in Friday will determine the content of records, including those in paper and digital format, to determine which ones will be removed. Records will not be purged until 25 years after the date of the claimants' death, 50 years after the date of injury or 75...