VRSA

FLSA & Child Labor Laws
2026-03-25 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
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This virtual presentation will help you comply with the basic requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): know how to determine whether a position is exempt or nonexempt; understand overtime requirements; apply FLSA requirements to part-time workers and independent contractors; and identify and observe child labor restrictions.

The Advantages of Offering Light/Modified Duty in Workers' Compensation
2026-04-01 10:00 - 11:00
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This virtual training session explores the value of light and modified duty programs within workers’ compensation and how they benefit injured employees, employers, and claim outcomes.
Participants will learn how transitional work supports recovery, reduces claim costs, and promotes a safe and timely return to work while maintaining compliance with workers’ compensation requirements.

Going Green: Analyzing Marijuana Legalization
2026-04-20 10:00 - 11:00
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Cannabis (marijuana) has been legal in Virginia for five years now, and there are still questions about how this impacts the workplace.
During this virtual session, we will take a look at the legalization timeline, medical cards, and the future of recreational use in Virginia.

2026 VRSA Annual Meeting (Glen Allen)
2026-05-08 08:30 - 12:15 | The Place at Innsbrook, 4036-C Cox Road, Glen Allen, VA, 23060, United States
The Annual Meeting will be held at The Place at Innsbrook, and topics this year include:
– The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA): Overview Including Updates from the 2026 General Assembly
– From Headlines to Home: Recent Cyber Incidents and Bringing Awareness to Protect Your Entity and Yourself
– Are you Secure?: Strategies to Ensure the Safety of your Facilities, Employees, and Visitors

HRCI credits will be available for two of the topics presented.
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2026 Annual Meeting Agenda

Registration begins at 8:30 a.m., and the meeting will adjourn by 12:15 p.m. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.
For those members interested, Director of Education and Training Thomas Bullock will be facilitating a Risk Manager Forum after lunch, leading a discussion about common challenges and questions from members. If you would like to register for the Risk Manager Forum click here.

2026 Risk Manager Forum (Glen Allen)
2026-05-08 12:30 - 15:00 | The Place at Innsbrook, 4036-C Cox Road, Glen Allen, VA, 23060, United States
VRSA is here to listen. After the 2026 Annual Meeting, the Director of Education and Training Thomas Bullock will be facilitating an interactive discussion about common challenges. Questions and sharing experiences are encouraged.
Attendance at the 2026 VRSA Annual Meeting is not necessary to attend this forum, but if you would like to register for the 2026 VRSA Annual Meeting, please click here.

Playground Safety and Maintenance Training (Manassas)
2026-05-12 09:00 - 11:00 | Manassas City Hall – Council Chambers, 9027 Center Street, Manassas, 20110, United States
Every year, more than 200,000 children are seen at emergency rooms for injuries associated with playground equipment. While the only legal requirements placed on playgrounds involve the Americans with Disabilities Act, there are recommended actions to establish an organization’s “Standard of Care,” established by the Consumer Product Safety Commission as well as various American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standards.
This training class will provide information on these requirements, so you can ensure your entity’s playgrounds are properly audited, maintained, and inspected. Proper management can help in preventing accidental injury.

Foundations of Digital Communications
2026-05-12 13:00 - 14:00
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Maintaining communications with your various stakeholders is a crucial component of effective reputation management.
This virtual presentation will address foundations in digital communications, providing an overview of best practices in social media and digital content creation and management. Tips and tricks for creating graphics, images, and video will be provided. Participants will also receive instruction on leveraging social media platforms to enhance stakeholder relationships, as well as information on gathering and understanding media metrics.

HR Hot Topics Roundtable
2026-05-13 10:00 - 11:00
What keeps you up at night or stresses you during the day? Bring your topics to this session to discuss with fellow HR practitioners.
Since this virtual event will have limited seating, registration will open on April 20.

Virginia Workers' Compensation Law and Compensability
2026-05-20 10:00 - 11:00
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This virtual training session provides a foundational understanding of workers’ compensation law with a focus on compensability—how and when an injury or illness qualifies for workers’ compensation benefits.
Participants will learn the legal principles that govern workers’ compensation claims, key decision points in determining compensability, and how these laws are applied in real-world claim scenarios.

Understanding the Workers' Compensation Litigation and Appeal Processes
2026-06-17 10:00 - 11:00
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This virtual engagement provides a clear and practical overview of the workers’ compensation litigation and appeal processes.
Participants will gain insight into how disputed claims progress through the legal system, the roles of the various parties involved, and what to expect at each stage—from initial dispute through resolution. The session emphasizes effective claim handling, compliance, and strategies to manage risk and control costs during litigation.

Best Practices: Recruiting, Interviewing & Hiring
2026-06-24 13:00 - 14:00
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This virtual presentation will cover best practices for legally compliant recruiting, interviewing, and hiring.

Spot the Risk, Fund the Fix! Using VRSA's Risk Management Grant to Maximize Results
2026-07-28 10:00 - 11:00
This virtual session provides an in-depth overview of VRSA’s Risk Management Grant Program and its role in strengthening risk management across our member localities. We will discuss the intent behind the grant, how it supports proactive loss prevention efforts, and how it aligns with our shared goal of reducing workplace injuries, claims, and long-term costs within the risk pool.
Participants will receive a clear explanation of the grant process, including eligibility, funding parameters, timelines, and application expectations. More importantly, we will focus on how members can strategically use grant funds to address their most pressing exposures. By analyzing incident trends, identifying unsafe work practices, and targeting high-frequency or high-severity loss areas, local governments can leverage grant dollars to implement meaningful, sustainable safety improvements.

Virtual OSHA 10-Hour General Industry Course
2026-07-29 08:00 - 2026-07-30 11:30
This is a two-day class. When you register for this class, you will be registered for both days – July 29 & 30.
This two-day session is a virtual OSHA 10-Hour General Industry Course. Topics will include understanding VOSH, Chemical Safety, Electrical Hazards, Fall Protection, PPE, Confined Space, and much more.
July 29 – Class starts at 8:00 a.m. and ends at 4:00 p.m.
July 30 – Class starts at 8:00 a.m. and ends at 11:30 a.m.
Because of the virtual nature of this course, there are requirements all attendees must adhere to:

Each attendee must be on a computer (not a cell phone) with a camera, which must remain on for the entire course. The computer must also have a working microphone and speakers (or headset). Only one attendee per computer.
Attendees must be in a location where they are not driving, distracted, or doing other work.
Attendees must attend both days to receive credit.

If your workplace does not provide a distraction-free environment, please consider working from home, utilizing another facility, or using other means to eliminate distractions for the course.
All attendees will be given an OSHA 10-Hour card following the course. Failure to attend any portion of the course will result in not receiving the card.
All presenters are OSHA Authorized Outreach Instructors.

VRSA HR Services Overview
2026-07-29 10:00 - 10:30
This virtual presentation covers the HR Services available to members with Public Officials Liability coverage.

Playground Safety & Maintenance Training
2026-08-04 10:00 - 12:00
Every year, more than 200,000 children are seen at emergency rooms for injuries associated with playground equipment. While the only legal requirements placed on playgrounds involve the Americans with Disabilities Act, there are recommended actions to establish an organization’s “Standard of Care,” established by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, as well as various American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standards.
This virtual training course will provide information on these requirements, so you can ensure your entity’s playgrounds are properly audited, maintained, and inspected. Proper management can help in preventing accidental injury.

OSHA 30-Hour General Industry Course (Centreville)
2026-08-11 08:00 - 2026-08-14 17:00 | Upper Occoquan Service Authority, 14631 Compton Road, Centreville, VA, 20121, United States
This is a four-day class. When you register for this class, you will be registered for all four days – August 11 – 14. Class begins at 8:00 a.m. and ends at 5:00 p.m. each day.
This nationally recognized OSHA 30-Hour General Industry Course is designed to promote workplace safety and health.
This four-day course focuses on recognizing and fixing hazards in the workplace. Topics will include an overview of OSHA and VOSH, walking-working surfaces, fall protection, electrical, scaffolding, trenching/excavating, struck by/caught in, and other common hazards. VRSA offers Authorized Outreach Instructors to facilitate this course.
All attendees must arrive between 7:30 and 7:45 a.m. to allow time to present their license or photo ID and sign into class. The class will begin promptly at 8:00 a.m. and end at 5:00 pm. each day.
Upon completion of all four days, students will receive an OSHA 30 Completion Card at no cost to the member.

Communications Ethics: Bots, Misinformation, and More
2026-08-19 13:00 - 14:00
Social media and digital communications bring a new set of ethical issues, including managing comments and bots, addressing misinformation, managing Artificial Intelligence (AI) communications tools with transparency and trust, and more.
This virtual presentation will address how members can navigate these challenges while maintaining open, transparent, and ethical communications with their audiences.

OSHA 10-Hour General Industry Course (Poquoson)
2026-08-26 08:00 - 2026-08-27 13:00 | City of Poquoson – Public Safety Building, 100 City Hall Avenue, Poquoson, 23662, United States
This is a two-day class. When you register for this class, you will be registered for both days – August 26 & 27.
This two-day OSHA 10-hour course is a nationally recognized outreach training program that provides training on the recognition, avoidance, abatement, and prevention of various hazards in the workplace.
VRSA facilitators are OSHA-Authorized Outreach Instructors. Upon completion, all attendees will receive an OSHA 10-Hour card.
August 26 – Class starts at 8:00 a.m. and ends at 4:30 p.m.
August 27 – Class starts at 8:00 a.m. and ends at 1:00 p.m.
Please arrive 15 to 30 minutes early to sign in and present your license or photo ID. The class will begin promptly at 8:00 a.m.

The Bully Free Workplace
2026-08-26 13:00 - 14:00
The term workplace bullying describes a wide range of behaviors, and this complexity makes addressing it difficult and often ineffective.
In this virtual session, we will cover:
* Definition of workplace bullying;
* Forms of bullying behavior;
* Differences between bullying, illegal discrimination, and harassment based on protected group status;
* Why it is important to confront and stop workplace bullying; and
* Ways to stop offensive behaviors.

Water / Wastewater Roundtable (Mt. Crawford)
2026-08-28 09:00 - 13:00 | Harrisonburg-Rockingham Regional Sewer Authority, 856 N. River Road, Mt. Crawford, VA, 22841, United States
This roundtable isn’t just a meeting—it’s a dynamic gathering of passionate, like-minded professionals coming together to exchange ideas, spark innovation, and strengthen our shared commitment to protecting employees and the communities we serve.
Join us to share your experiences and challenges growing, upholding, and continually improving a strong culture of safety and health in your communities.
This is an open discussion. Feel free to share your questions, concerns, and/or successes with the group as a whole. Topics are open based on member concerns.
Refreshments will be provided.

2026 VRSA Fall Education Forum (Williamsburg)
2026-09-15 08:30 - 12:00 | Greater Williamsburg Sports and Event Center, 250 Visitor Center Drive, Williamsburg, 23185, United States
The 2026 VRSA Fall Education Forums will cover several timely and interactive topics, including:

How Can We Help You? An ADA Discussion
Is it Compensable? A Judge-for-a-Day Workers’ Compensation Workshop
From Headlines to Home: Recent Cyber Incidents and Bringing Awareness to Protect Your Entity and Yourself

Fall Education Forum Agenda

HRCI credit will be available for all three sessions.
Registration begins at 8:30 a.m., and the meeting will adjourn by noon. Morning refreshments and lunch will be provided.

2026 VRSA Fall Education Forum (Lorton)
2026-09-17 08:30 - 12:00 | The River View at Occoquan, 9751 Ox Road, Lorton, VA, 22079, United States

2026 VRSA Fall Education Forum (Harrisonburg)
2026-09-22 08:30 - 12:00 | Hotel Madison & Shenandoah Valley Conference Center, 710 S. Main Street, Harrisonburg, VA, 22801, United States

2026 VRSA Fall Education Forum (Wytheville)
2026-09-23 08:30 - 12:00 | Wytheville Community Center, 333 Community Boulevard, Wytheville, VA, 24382, United States

Virtual OSHA 10-Hour Construction Course
2026-10-07 08:00 - 2026-10-08 12:00
This is a two-day class. When you register for this class, you will be registered for both days – October 7 & 8.
This two-day session is a virtual OSHA 10-Hour Construction Course. Topics will include understanding VOSH, Chemical Safety, Electrical Hazards, Fall Protection, Trenching, PPE, and much more.
Oct. 7 – Class starts at 8:00 a.m. and ends at 4:00 p.m.
Oct. 8 – Class starts at 8:00 a.m. and ends at Noon
Because of the virtual nature of this course, there are requirements all attendees must adhere to:

Each attendee must be on their own computer (no tablets, phones, or group training, etc.) with a working camera and microphone. The camera must always be on during the instruction sessions. Due to the use of handouts, a second monitor is preferred (but not required).
Your work area must be free from distraction and conducive to your education (No riding in vehicles). Please silence your phones and turn off emails, messaging apps, web-browsing, and other similar devices.
Timeliness is key. Please be logged in by 8 a.m. each day and pay attention to break and lunch times. We will begin promptly to keep the course moving.

It’s important to note that failure to abide by these rules may result in removal from the course without credit for the course.
All attendees will be given an OSHA 10-Hour card following the course. Failure to attend any portion of the course will result in not receiving the card.
All presenters are OSHA Authorized Outreach Instructors.

Click Here to Get Scammed: The Art of Fraudulent Instructions
2026-10-14 10:00 - 11:00
This virtual presentation explores the world of fraudulent instructions—the “totally legitimate” emails, messages, and requests that somehow always involve urgency, secrecy, and sending money right now. We’ll break down how these schemes work, why they’re so effective, and the common tactics scammers use to bypass even the most well-trained employees.
Attendees will learn how to spot red flags, verify requests before taking action, and avoid becoming the next cautionary tale in a cybersecurity training deck. From fake vendor payment changes to “urgent” executive requests, this session provides practical strategies to recognize and respond to suspicious instructions—without falling for the pressure.

Ethical Considerations for the Public Sector
2026-10-14 13:00 - 14:00
High ethical standards are especially important in the public sector as they are key to credibility. Join us for a virtual presentation as we look at some of the ethical challenges you may face.

OSHA 30-Hour General Industry Course (Suffolk)
2026-10-20 08:00 - 2026-10-23 17:00 | City of Suffolk – Public Utilities Field Operations Center, 272 Benton Road, Suffolk, VA, 23434, United States
This is a four-day class. When you register for this class, you will be registered for all four days – October 20-23. Class begins at 8:00 a.m. and ends at 5:00 p.m. each day.
This nationally recognized OSHA 30-Hour General Industry Course is designed to promote workplace safety and health.
This four-day course focuses on recognizing and fixing hazards in the workplace. Topics will include an overview of OSHA and VOSH, walking-working surfaces, fall protection, electrical, confined space, and other common hazards. VRSA offers Authorized Outreach Instructors to facilitate this course.
All attendees must arrive between 7:30 and 7:45 a.m. to allow time to present their license or photo ID and sign into class. The class will begin promptly at 8:00 a.m. and end at 5:00 pm. each day.
Upon completion of all four days, students will receive an OSHA 30 Completion Card at no cost to the member.

Playground Safety and Maintenance Training (Glen Allen)
2026-10-21 10:00 - 12:00 | Virginia Risk Sharing Association (VRSA), 11243 Nuckols Road, Glen Allen, VA, 23059, United States
Every year, more than 200,000 children are seen at emergency rooms for injuries associated with playground equipment. While the only legal requirements placed on playgrounds involve the Americans with Disabilities Act, there are recommended actions to establish an organization’s “Standard of Care,” established by the Consumer Product Safety Commission as well as various American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standards.
This training will provide information on these requirements, so you can ensure your entity’s playgrounds are properly audited, maintained, and inspected. Proper management can help prevent accidental injury.

Annual NOVA Roundtable (Vienna)
2026-10-29 09:00 - 13:00 | Vienna Community Center, 120 Cherry Street, SE, Vienna, VA, 22180, United States
This roundtable isn’t just a meeting—it’s a dynamic gathering of passionate, like-minded professionals coming together to exchange ideas, spark innovation, and strengthen our shared commitment to protecting employees and the communities we serve.
Each year, this group exchanges ideas, addresses challenges, and shares best practices to tirelessly safeguard their employees and citizens, reflecting a common purpose to grow, uphold, and continually improve a strong culture of safety and health in their communities.
This is an open discussion. Feel free to share your questions, concerns, and/or successes with the group as a whole. Topics are open based on member concerns.
Refreshments will be provided.
