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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 256 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1973 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 12 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1974, chapters 260 and 449; in 1975, chapter 176; in 1976, chapter 93; in 1978, chapter 845; in 1979, chapter 734; in 1984, chapter 746; in 1985, chapter 515; in 1988, chapter 290; in 1991, chapter 661; in 1996, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?961+ful+CHAP0164\">164<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?961+ful+CHAP0869\">869<\/a>; in 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0587\">587<\/a>; in 2000, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?001+ful+CHAP0363\">363<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":77432,"section_number":"15.2-1507","catch_line":"Provision of grievance procedure; training programs","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1507\/"},{"id":61586,"section_number":"15.2-709.2","catch_line":"County auditor","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-709.2\/"},{"id":65650,"section_number":"15.2-738","catch_line":"Modification of grievance procedure","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-738\/"},{"id":70081,"section_number":"15.2-821","catch_line":"Board to provide for and set up departments; removal of department head or person assigned to county executive's office; powers of supervisors generally","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-821\/"},{"id":81095,"section_number":"15.2-825","catch_line":"Committee for legislative audit and review","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-825\/"},{"id":69265,"section_number":"2.2-3012","catch_line":"Application of state or local grievance procedure; other remedies","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3012\/"},{"id":77705,"section_number":"9.1-502","catch_line":"Notice of charges; response; election to proceed under grievance procedure of local governing body","order_by":null,"url":"\/9.1-502\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":153051,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57426,"identifier":"15.2-1506","token":"15.2\/II\/15\/1\/15.2-1506","url":"\/15.2-1506\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-1506\/","token":"15.2\/II\/15\/1\/15.2-1506","dublin_core":{"Title":"Establishment of grievance procedure, personnel system and uniform pay plan for employees","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-1506","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Notwithstanding any other provision of <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> to the contrary, general or special, every <span class=\"dictionary\">locality<\/span> which has more than fifteen employees shall have a grievance procedure for its employees that affords an immediate and fair method for the resolution of disputes which may arise between the public employer and its employees and a personnel system including a classification plan for service and a uniform pay plan for all employees excluding employees and deputies of division superintendents of schools.\n\t\tNotwithstanding the provisions of any local charter, a <span class=\"dictionary\">locality<\/span> may establish a personnel system for local administrative officials and employees based on merit and professional ability. 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Such system shall consist of rules and\nregulations that provide for the general administration of personnel matters, a\nclassification plan for employees, a uniform pay plan, and a procedure for\nresolving grievances of employees as provided by general law.\n\nHISTORY: 1973, c. 256, \u00a7 15.1-7.1; 1974, cc. 260, 449; 1975, c. 176; 1976, c.\n93; 1978, c. 845; 1979, c. 734; 1984, c. 746; 1985, c. 515; 1988, c. 290; 1991,\nc. 661; 1996, cc. 164, 869; 1997, c. 587; 2000, c. 363.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}