VWC Style Guide

Table of Contents1
GENERAL INFORMATION2
Numbers3
20-Day Order and 30-Day Order3
A3
Acronyms and abbreviations3
Addresses4
Also4
Ampersand (&)4
Assertion of Rights4
Attributions for direct quotes4
Attorney4
B5
Board5
Bulleted lists (punctuation)5
C5
Canceled not Cancelled5
Capitalization rules5
Cities/States5
Claim Form vs. Claim for Benefits Form6
Claim Adjuster/Claim Administrator vs. Third Party Administrator6
Claimant6
Contractions6
Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund / Virginia Victims Fund6
Code of Virginia6
D7
Data7
Date of Injury (DOI)7
Dates7
Defendants7
Dependent7
Dispute Form7
E7
Email7
Emphasis7
Employee- injured worker7
Employees- VWC employees7
Employer’s Application for Hearing8
Esquire8
F8
Flier, flyer8
Form 16A, 17A and 61A8
Full time, part time8
G8
General Assembly8
H8
Headquarters8
Health Care Provider vs. Medical Care Provider8
Hyphen9
I9
Inc.9
Injured worker9
In-person9
Internet9
Insurance Carrier vs. Insurer9
Judicial9
Lawyer9
Login, logon, logoff (noun or adjective)10
M10
Medical Fee Schedule10
Medical Care Provider vs. Health Care Provider10
More than vs. over10
N10
Names10
Numbers10
O10
P11
Percent11
Phone number style11
Plurals of acronyms11
Prepositions11
Protective filing11
Punctuation placement with other punctuation11
Q12
R12
Record-keeping12
S12
Section vs. Title When referring to the Code of Virginia, Section and Title can be used interchangeably.12
Serial comma (also known as Oxford comma)12
Spacing after periods and colons12
Staff For internal use, use “Team Members”, do not use “employees” or “staff”.12
State abbreviations12
T12
Telephone Numbers12
Third Party Administrator12
Time12
Titles13
Toll-free13
Tone13
U13
URLs13
Uninsured Employer’s Fund13
V13
Verbs13
Vertical punctuation of bulleted lists14
VWC14
VWC / Virginia Workers Compensation Commission14
Virginia Victims Fund14
W15
Web15
WebFile15
Worker’s vs. workers vs. workers’15
Workforce15
Workplace15
Work-related injury / occupational disease15
www15
X15
Y15
Year-end15
Z16
Zip Codes16

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