§ 2.2-3200 Short title; purpose
A. This chapter shall be known as the Workforce Transition Act of 1995.
B. The purpose of this chapter is to provide a transitional severance benefit, under the conditions specified, to eligible state employees who are involuntarily separated from their employment with the Commonwealth. “Involuntary separation” includes, but is not limited to, terminations and layoffs from employment with the Commonwealth, or being placed on leave without pay-layoff or equivalent status, due to budget reductions, agency reorganizations, workforce down-sizings, or other causes not related to the job performance or misconduct of the employee, but shall not include voluntary resignations. As used in this chapter, a “terminated employee” shall mean an employee who is involuntarily separated from employment with the Commonwealth.
History
This law was first created in 1995. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 152 and 811 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2001, chapter 844.
1995, cc. 152, 811, § 2.1-116.20; 2001, c. 844.