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In connection with some or all of such employee benefit programs, the county may enter into voluntary salary reduction agreements with its officers and employees when such agreements are authorized under the laws of the United States relating to federal income taxes. Any such voluntary salary reduction agreements entered into prior to January 1, 1988, are hereby validated.B\n\nAny such county shall have the power to establish, alter, amend or repeal at will any provision adopted under subsection A hereof.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":240880,"text":"A county may establish and prescribe for all county employees and, as necessary, for officers thereof, the following provisions:","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"A1"},"1":{"id":240881,"text":"Normal workdays and hours of employment therein;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"A1","prefix_anchor":"A1","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"A2"},"2":{"id":240882,"text":"Holidays;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"A2","prefix_anchor":"A2","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A1","next_prefix":"A3"},"3":{"id":240883,"text":"Days of vacation allowed;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","3"],"prefix":"3","entire_prefix":"A3","prefix_anchor":"A3","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A2","next_prefix":"A4"},"4":{"id":240884,"text":"Days of sick leave allowed;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","4"],"prefix":"4","entire_prefix":"A4","prefix_anchor":"A4","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A3","next_prefix":"A5"},"5":{"id":240885,"text":"Other provisions concerning the hours and conditions of employment;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","5"],"prefix":"5","entire_prefix":"A5","prefix_anchor":"A5","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A4","next_prefix":"A6"},"6":{"id":240886,"text":"Plans of personnel management and control;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","6"],"prefix":"6","entire_prefix":"A6","prefix_anchor":"A6","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A5","next_prefix":"A7"},"7":{"id":240887,"text":"Systems of retirement for all or any classes of officers and employees of the county but the adoption of the urban county executive form of government shall in no way affect any retirement system in effect in any such county prior to the date of adoption of such form; and","type":"section","prefixes":["A","7"],"prefix":"7","entire_prefix":"A7","prefix_anchor":"A7","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A6","next_prefix":"A8"},"8":{"id":240888,"text":"Notwithstanding any other provision of law, such employee benefit programs as it deems appropriate. In connection with some or all of such employee benefit programs, the county may enter into voluntary salary reduction agreements with its officers and employees when such agreements are authorized under the laws of the United States relating to federal income taxes. Any such voluntary salary reduction agreements entered into prior to January 1, 1988, are hereby validated.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","8"],"prefix":"8","entire_prefix":"A8","prefix_anchor":"A8","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A7","next_prefix":"B"},"9":{"id":240889,"text":"Any such county shall have the power to establish, alter, amend or repeal at will any provision adopted under subsection A hereof.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A8"}},"ancestry":[{"id":14819,"edition_id":1,"name":"Departments and Commissions","identifier":"2","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":14133,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:50:07","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:50:07","permalink":{"id":152201,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14819,"identifier":"2","token":"15.2\/I\/8\/2","url":"\/15.2\/I\/8\/2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":14133,"edition_id":1,"name":"Urban County Executive Form of Government","identifier":"8","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13138,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:46:58","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:46:58","permalink":{"id":152109,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14133,"identifier":"8","token":"15.2\/I\/8","url":"\/15.2\/I\/8\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13138,"edition_id":1,"name":"General Provisions; 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fee system abolished","url":"\/15.2-848\/","token":"15.2\/I\/8\/2\/15.2-848","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":67260,"structure_id":14819,"section_number":"15.2-850","catch_line":"Bonds of officers","url":"\/15.2-850\/","token":"15.2\/I\/8\/2\/15.2-850","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/15.2-849\/","history_text":"<p>The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 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 1960, chapter 382; in 1962, chapter 623; in 1988, chapter 879; in 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0587\">587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":152319,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66350,"identifier":"15.2-849","token":"15.2\/I\/8\/2\/15.2-849","url":"\/15.2-849\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-849\/","token":"15.2\/I\/8\/2\/15.2-849","dublin_core":{"Title":"Establishing times and conditions of employment; personnel management, etc","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-849","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> A <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span> may establish and prescribe for all <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span> employees and, as necessary, for officers thereof, the following provisions: <a id=\"paragraph-240880\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/15.2-849\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A1\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> Normal workdays and hours of employment therein; <a id=\"paragraph-240881\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/15.2-849\/#A1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A2\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> Holidays; <a id=\"paragraph-240882\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/15.2-849\/#A2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A3\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> Days of vacation allowed; <a id=\"paragraph-240883\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/15.2-849\/#A3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A4\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">4.<\/span> Days of sick leave allowed; <a id=\"paragraph-240884\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/15.2-849\/#A4\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A5\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">5.<\/span> Other provisions concerning the hours and conditions of employment; <a id=\"paragraph-240885\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/15.2-849\/#A5\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A6\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">6.<\/span> Plans of personnel management and control; <a id=\"paragraph-240886\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/15.2-849\/#A6\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A7\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">7.<\/span> Systems of retirement for all or any classes of officers and employees of the <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span> but the adoption of the urban <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span> executive form of government shall in no way affect any retirement system in effect in any such <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span> prior to the date of adoption of such form; and <a id=\"paragraph-240887\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/15.2-849\/#A7\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A8\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">8.<\/span> Notwithstanding any other provision of <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>, such employee benefit programs as it deems appropriate. In connection with some or all of such employee benefit programs, the <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span> may enter into voluntary salary reduction agreements with its officers and employees when such agreements are authorized under the <span class=\"dictionary\">laws<\/span> of the United States relating to federal income taxes. Any such voluntary salary reduction agreements entered into prior to January 1, 1988, are hereby validated. <a id=\"paragraph-240888\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/15.2-849\/#A8\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> Any such <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span> shall have the power to establish, alter, <span class=\"dictionary\">amend<\/span> or repeal at will any provision adopted under subsection A hereof. <a id=\"paragraph-240889\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/15.2-849\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nESTABLISHING TIMES AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT, ETC (\u00a7\n15.2-849)\n\nA. A county may establish and prescribe for all county employees and, as\nnecessary, for officers thereof, the following provisions:\n\n   1. Normal workdays and hours of employment therein;\n\n   2. Holidays;\n\n   3. Days of vacation allowed;\n\n   4. Days of sick leave allowed;\n\n   5. Other provisions concerning the hours and conditions of employment;\n\n   6. Plans of personnel management and control;\n\n   7. Systems of retirement for all or any classes of officers and employees of\n   the county but the adoption of the urban county executive form of government\n   shall in no way affect any retirement system in effect in any such county\n   prior to the date of adoption of such form; and\n\n   8. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, such employee benefit programs\n   as it deems appropriate. In connection with some or all of such employee\n   benefit programs, the county may enter into voluntary salary reduction\n   agreements with its officers and employees when such agreements are authorized\n   under the laws of the United States relating to federal income taxes. Any such\n   voluntary salary reduction agreements entered into prior to January 1, 1988,\n   are hereby validated.\n\nB. Any such county shall have the power to establish, alter, amend or repeal at\nwill any provision adopted under subsection A hereof.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 15-384.69; 1960, c. 382; 1962, c. 623, \u00a7 15.1-782; 1988,\nc. 879; 1997, c. 587.","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}}