Virginia Law

Article 2. Sick Leave and Family and Personal Leave.

A. On the effective date of coverage for existing employees, and thereafter on each January 10, existing participating full-time employees shall receive an amount of sick leave based on the employee's number of months of state service as an eligible employee, as follows:

B. Participating full-time employees, except for those described in subsection A, shall receive an initial amount of sick leave at the time their employment or reemployment commences, as follows:

Thereafter, on each January 10 such employees shall receive an amount of sick leave as provided in subsection A.

C. On the effective date of coverage for existing qualifying part-time employees, and thereafter on each January 10, existing participating qualifying part-time employees shall receive an amount of sick leave based on the employee's number of months of state service as an eligible employee, as follows:

D. Participating qualifying part-time employees, except for those described in subsection C, shall receive an initial amount of sick leave at the time their employment or reemployment commences, as follows:

Thereafter, on each January 10 such employees shall receive an amount of sick leave as provided in subsection C.

E. Any partial calendar month during which a participating employee was employed shall constitute one month of state service for purposes of this section.

F. Participating employees shall not be paid or otherwise compensated upon leaving employment for any balance of unused sick leave provided to them under this section.

G. Unused balances of sick leave granted under this section shall not be carried forward beyond the calendar year in which such leave is granted.

H. Employees receiving disability benefits on January 10 of any year shall be granted sick leave for such year on the date they return to active employment. The amount of sick leave granted for such year shall be determined as if they were continuing employment on the date of their return to work as provided in subsections A through D.

1998, c. 774; 1999, c. 144; 2000, c. 889.

Participating employees shall be eligible to take sick leave to account for absences due to an incident, illness, or injury for periods when disability benefits are not payable. Participating employees shall be compensated by their employers at 100 percent of creditable compensation for each hour of sick leave taken, not to exceed the employee's sick leave balance.

1998, c. 774; 1999, c. 144; 2000, c. 889.

Eligible employees subject to personnel policies of the Department of Human Resource Management who elect not to participate in the program shall receive sick leave benefits in accordance with policies of the Department of Human Resource Management. Eligible employees not subject to personnel policies of the Department of Human Resource Management who elect not to participate in the program shall receive sick leave benefits in accordance with policies of their appointing authority.

1998, c. 774; 2000, cc. 66, 657; 2002, cc. 663, 697.

A. On the effective date of coverage for existing employees, and thereafter on each January 10, existing participating employees shall receive an amount of family and personal leave based on the number of months of state service as an eligible employee, as follows:

B. Any partial calendar month during which a participating employee was employed shall constitute one month of state service for purposes of this section.

C. Participating employees, except for those described in subsection A, shall receive an initial amount of family and personal leave at the time their employment or reemployment commences, as follows:

Thereafter, on each January 10 such employees shall receive an amount of family and personal leave as provided in subsection A.

D. Participating employees shall not be paid or otherwise compensated upon leaving employment for any balance of unused family and personal leave provided to them under this section.

E. Unused balances of family and personal leave granted under this section shall not be carried forward beyond the calendar year in which such leave is granted.

F. Employees receiving disability benefits on January 10 of any year shall be granted family and personal leave for such year on the date they return to active employment. The amount of family and personal leave granted for such year shall be determined as if they were continuing employment on the date of their return to work as provided in subsections A, B and C.

1998, c. 774; 1999, c. 144; 2000, c. 889.

A. Participating employees shall be eligible to take family and personal leave to account for absences due to a short-term incident, illness or death of a family member, or other personal need. Participating employees shall be compensated by their employers at 100 percent of creditable compensation for each hour of family and personal leave taken, not to exceed the employee's family and personal leave balance.

B. Family and personal leave may be taken for any permitted purpose at the sole discretion of the participating employee, provided that the employee gives reasonable prior notice to his immediate supervisor and the immediate supervisor does not inform the employee that his taking the leave will materially impede the ability of the employing agency to perform a critical function due to an emergency or exigent circumstances.

1998, c. 774.