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To achieve this goal, the Director of the Department shall annually review (i) recruitment and retention trends, (ii) the functions performed by each classified job role, (iii) the number of employees and distribution of classified job roles across state agencies, and (iv) how the salaries for each classified job role compare to salaries paid by other employers in the Commonwealth and, as appropriate, to comparable salaries at a regional or national level.B\n\nThe Director of the Department shall, on or before September 1 of each odd-numbered year, submit a report on (i) the classified job roles that should receive higher salary increases based on identified recruitment and retention challenges, (ii) the appropriate amount by which the salary of such classified job roles should be increased, and (iii) cost estimates for funding any salary increases to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":206438,"text":"It is a goal of the Commonwealth to compensate its employees at a rate comparable to the rate of compensation for employees in the private sector of the Commonwealth in similar occupations, and consistently recruit and retain the most suitably qualified employees. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 761 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 1976 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 2001, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0844\">844<\/a>; in 2019, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0424\">424<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":172873,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56381,"identifier":"2.2-1202","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/12\/2.2-1202","url":"\/2.2-1202\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-1202\/","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/12\/2.2-1202","dublin_core":{"Title":"Review of employee compensation; biennial report on employee recruitment and retention","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-1202","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> It is a goal of the Commonwealth to compensate its employees at a rate comparable to the rate of compensation for employees in the private sector of the Commonwealth in similar occupations, and consistently recruit and retain the most suitably qualified employees. To achieve this goal, the Director of the Department shall annually review (i) recruitment and retention trends, (ii) the functions performed by each classified job role, (iii) the number of employees and distribution of classified job roles across state agencies, and (iv) how the salaries for each classified job role compare to salaries paid by other employers in the Commonwealth and, as appropriate, to comparable salaries at a regional or national level. <a id=\"paragraph-206438\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/2.2-1202\/#A\"><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> The Director of the Department shall, on or before September 1 of each odd-numbered year, submit a report on (i) the classified job roles that should receive higher salary increases based on identified recruitment and retention challenges, (ii) the appropriate amount by which the salary of such classified job roles should be increased, and (iii) cost estimates for funding any salary increases to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations. <a id=\"paragraph-206439\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/2.2-1202\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREVIEW OF EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION; BIENNIAL REPORT ON EMPLOYEE RECRUITMENT AND\nRETENTION (\u00a7 2.2-1202)\n\nA. It is a goal of the Commonwealth to compensate its employees at a rate\ncomparable to the rate of compensation for employees in the private sector of\nthe Commonwealth in similar occupations, and consistently recruit and retain the\nmost suitably qualified employees. To achieve this goal, the Director of the\nDepartment shall annually review (i) recruitment and retention trends, (ii) the\nfunctions performed by each classified job role, (iii) the number of employees\nand distribution of classified job roles across state agencies, and (iv) how the\nsalaries for each classified job role compare to salaries paid by other\nemployers in the Commonwealth and, as appropriate, to comparable salaries at a\nregional or national level.\n\nB. The Director of the Department shall, on or before September 1 of each\nodd-numbered year, submit a report on (i) the classified job roles that should\nreceive higher salary increases based on identified recruitment and retention\nchallenges, (ii) the appropriate amount by which the salary of such classified\njob roles should be increased, and (iii) cost estimates for funding any salary\nincreases to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on\nAppropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations.\n\nHISTORY: 1976, c. 761, \u00a7 2.1-114.6; 2001, c. 844; 2019, c. 424.","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}}